Status of Health
Developing and sustaining a healthy community requires the efforts of many varied civic, business and community organizations, as well as the contributions of individuals who live, work and play in DeKalb County. An essential function of county boards of health in Georgia is to assess the status of health in their communities and to present this information to the public in order to identify opportunities for health promotion and disease prevention. This is the fifth in a series of reports produced by the DeKalb County Board of Health that describes temporal and geographic patterns of disease, leading causes of death, pregnancy outcomes and other important health information. The major goals of the Status of Health reports are to identify priorities for health improvement and to serve as a stimulus for community action.
     Click here to view the 2001 Status of Health in DeKalb report. It is a large document that may take a few moments to download. Once the Status of Health is open, use the links in the table of contents to navigate to areas of interest.
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