Quick Facts for St. Joseph County

• Selected Birth Statistics - Teen births, education, married, smoked during pregnancy, low birth weight
• 10 leading causes of death by gender
• 10 leading causes of preventable hospitalization
• Infant mortality rates
• Population trends by age category

St. Joseph County Health Data and Statistics
 

Birth Information

• Health Agency Summary table - with tri-county comparison and comparisons to Michigan Data. (1996 - 2006)
• County specific natality data including:  Births, low birth weight, teen pregnancy, race, ancestry, prenatal care, and birth defects.

Cancer Information (All Cancers, lung, breast, colorectal, prostate)

• County specific cancer data including:  stage at diagnosis, incidence by age, incidence by sex, and cancer mortality.

Communicable Disease Data

• Up to date tracking (updated monthly) of the most common communicable diseases including; chicken pox, flu, head lice, hepatitis, tuberculosis and sexually transmitted infections/diseases.  Also includes comparisons and a closer look at some selected disease numbers.

Mortality Information

• County specific mortality data including:  cancer, liver disease, COPD, diabetes, heart disease, homicides, kidney disease, influenza, stroke, and suicide.  Additional tables are available including leading causes of death, numbers of deaths, death rates, years of potential life lost, deaths by age, sex, race, marital status and underlying cause.

Preventable Hospitalizations

• County specific hospitalization data including:  selected diagnosis, age groups, leading causes, and grouped by age and sex.

Population Data

• County specific population data including: trends by race, age, gender, hispanic origin, and general population trends.
• Population Projections – 1990 - 2020

Motor Vehicle Data

•  Alcohol related crashes, deer related crashes – 1997 through 2004
   

Power Point Presentations

This section contains data from Search Institute data obtained from St. Joseph County Schools.  This data is collected via survey every 2 years in St. Joseph County.  Data is compared with similar Search Institute studied (where applicable) and with similar data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Surveys collected by the CDC. 

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2002-2004    Data with comparisons

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2004-2006 Data with comparisons

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Other County and State Data
 

Branch County Data

Hillsdale County Data

Tri-County Data

All other Michigan counties and state data

Additional data and detailed statistics on these and other health related topics are available through the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Demographer. You can reach the Demographers office at 517-279-9561 x 144.