The Health of King County 2006 report examines the current health status of King County residents and recent trends, mostly spanning the last 10 years of available data.
As in the last Health of King County report issued in 1998, a range of health indicators including social determinants of health, behavioral risks, access to care and diseases are described by age, gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, time trend and place of residence. Selection of the health indicators is based on the impact on health status, severity and frequency of the condition, whether a disease is amenable to prevention and early detection, and data availability.
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