Epidemiology Division

​​​​HSC has a team of epidemiologists who analyze the VSS and BRFSS datasets and produce state and county level health statistics. Via statistical requests and HSC publications, these statistics are disseminated to public health officials, practitioners, and researchers as well as coalitions and non-profit agencies for use. Public health statistics are used for program planning, implementation, and evaluation; needs assessments; grants and other funding proposals; goal and objective setting; policy development; trend analysis; and to describe the burden of disease. Epidemiologists produce surveillance reports, statistical briefs, fast stats, and fact sheets and fill statistical requests for Vital Statistics and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. To make a request for statistics not found under Most Requested Statistics, Vital Statistics, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, or Publications, please see Data Access.

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