Community Health Assessment
Montgomery County’s Community Health Assessment (CHA) provides comprehensive information on the community’s current and past health status, factors contributing to higher health risks and poorer health outcomes, disparities, needs in the community, and community resources available to improve health.
The new online format allows for a more interactive experience as data from different years and for different populations can be selected. This format will also allow Public Health to share more up-to-date information by updating dashboards as new data is released.
The CHA helps aid community partners, stakeholders, and residents in identifying priority health issues, developing goals, and selecting strategies to improve residents’ health. The data come from multiple sources including surveys and surveillance systems. Using multiple data sources allows for a comprehensive picture of the community.
The CHA will be instrumental in developing the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). This strategic plan will help guide health-related activities and will be created in consultation with community partners. It will also align with existing regional and state strategic plans.
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To request additional data, please submit an electronic Data Request Form.
How to use the Community Health Assessment (CHA) Dashboard:
Use the CHA Dashboard Search option to locate all dashboards that contain the subject of interest.
The following options are available to either return to the Table of Contents, return to the previous data page, or move to the next page.
Select for Additional Information icon displays :
- Definitions of Key Terms related to the data of that page
- Public Health Importance of the data, and
- Key Points related to the data
Key Terms
- Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity – A person of Latin- American or Spanish descent
- Race vs. Ethnicity – Race refers to a person’s physical characteristics (i.e., skin, hair, or eye color). Ethnicity refers to cultural factors, including nationality, regional culture, ancestry, and language.
- Percent – A ratio “out of 100.” Example: 75% means 75 per 100
- Rate – Occurrence of a disease within a population in a given time period often expressed as a ratio. Example: 5.0 per 100,000 means 5 cases for every 100,000 people.
- Age-Adjusted Rate – A rate of morbidity or mortality in a population that is statistically modified to eliminate the effect of age differences in a population.
- Morbidity – A term used to refer to an illness or illnesses in a population.
- Mortality – A term used to refer to death or deaths in a population. Healthy People 2030 – A framework of national health objectives used to track progress towards national goals of improved health and reduced health threats.