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Iowa State Profile and Resources

Known as the Hawkeye State, Iowa was the 29th state admitted to the Union in 1846. It is bordered by two major rivers - the Missouri to the west and the Mississippi to the east. Agriculture is an mainstay of the Iowa economy. It is number one in the country for corn, soybean, egg and pork production. The state is 55,869 square miles (25th in the nation), 89% of which is farmland. The population of Iowa is approximately 3 million, 30th in the country. Its capital is Des Moines.

Iowa Network Information

State Information

• Quick Facts from the Census: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/19000.html
• Healthy People 2010 Iowa: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/healthy_iowans_2010.asp
• Population Profiles: http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/special/profile2k/IA_2K_Profile.pdf
• Congressional Map: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Redist/congress-color.pdf

State Health Information

• Iowa Department of Public Health: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/
• IPHI (Iowa Public Health Information): http://www.iowapublichealth.org/
• HealthInfoIowa: http://www.healthinfoiowa.org/
• Healthy Iowans 2010: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/healthy_iowans_2010.asp
• Iowa Go Local: http://www.medlineplus.gov/iowa
• Iowa Health Fact Book: http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/FACTBOOK/
• Disease Trends: State and Local Health Statistics from the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/distrnds.html
• Family and Community Information Tracking System: http://facits.idph.state.ia.us/
• Iowa Department of Public Health Bureau of Health Statistics: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/apl/health_statistics.asp
• National Center for Health Statistics - FASTATS - Iowa Health Facts: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/popup_ia.htm
• The 2000 Iowa Child and Family Household Health Survey: http://ppc.uiowa.edu/health/iowachild2000/

State Health Resource Lists

• State Resources - Iowa (from the Rural Assistance Center: http://www.raconline.org/states/iowa.php

Health Workforce Profiles

• Health Resource Shortage Area Workforce Profiles: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/reports/statesummaries/iowa.htm

State Medical or Health Professional Associations

• Alzheimer's Association - Greater Iowa Chapter: http://www.alz.org/greateriowa/
• American Lung Association of Illinois-Iowa: http://www.lungil.org/
• Iowa Board of Medicine: http://medicalboard.iowa.gov/
• Iowa Health Care Association-Iowa Center for Assisted Living: http://www.iowahealthcare.org/
• Iowa Medical Society: http://www.iowamedical.org/
• Iowa Nurses Association: http://www.iowanurses.org/
• Iowa Public Health Association http://www.iowapha.org/
• Iowa/Nebraska Primary Care Association http://www.ianepca.com/

Emergency Preparedness

• Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management: http://www.iowahomelandsecurity.org/
• Iowa Emergency Management Association: http://www.dcoem.org/iema/

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