Hospital Discharge Rates for Health Conditions in Lake County

Lake County, Illinois provides hospitalization discharge rates per 100,000 residents for various health conditions. The dataset includes rates for conditions such as anxiety disorder, mood disorder, diabetes, hypertension, asthma, senior falls, and mental health emergency room visits. It was last updated in November 2024.

Use Cases

• Compare the per 100,000 rates of Anxiety Disorder and Mood Disorder to analyze mental health hospitalization patterns.
• Assess the burden of chronic diseases by examining Diabetes and Hypertension discharge rates relative to other conditions.
• Identify potential gaps in community care by studying Total Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs) hospitalization rates.
• Analyze emergency care utilization for vulnerable populations using Senior Falls Emergency Room Visit and Mental Health Emergency Room Visit rates.

Strengths

• Covers 11 distinct health condition categories, including mental and chronic physical diseases.
• Rates are standardized per 100,000 residents, enabling population-adjusted comparisons.
• Data is provided by a governmental organization (Lake County, Illinois), suggesting official collection methods.
• Offers multiple file formats including CSV, GEOJSON, and XLS for flexible access.

Limitations

• The total number of rows, columns, and underlying record count is unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data is limited to a single geographic area (Lake County, Illinois), reducing generalizability.
• The description does not specify the time period covered by the rate calculations.

Provenance

Source

Lake County, Illinois

Freshness

Last updated on November 22, 2024.

Geography

Lake County, Illinois, USA