Illinois Department of Public Health
publishes scientific health articles
Inaugural Illinois Morbidity and Mortality
Bulletin
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[January 08, 2015]
SPRINGFIELD
– The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has released the
inaugural issue of its Illinois Morbidity and Mortality Bulletin (IMMB).
The IMMB is IDPH’s primary publication for scientific articles of
interest to public health communities and professionals in Illinois.
Articles in the IMMB are prepared by IDPH staff from various programs
based on analysis, description, interpretation and discussion of data.
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“We use data and data analyses to identify public health problems,
chart our progress and contribute to the knowledge base of public
health science and practice,” said IDPH Director Dr. LaMar
Hasbrouck. “One of the pillars of IDPH’s strategic plan is to
improve population health and healthcare by informing policy,
programs and priorities through improved quality, availability,
utilization and dissemination of data. Creating the IMMB represents
just one of our efforts toward that direction.”
This first bulletin features three articles written by IDPH staff.
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The data analysis team, lead by Nancy Amerson from the Division of
Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, reported the prevalence of
multiple chronic conditions among Illinois adults. Using data from
the Illinois Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the article
describes the prevalence of people having more than one chronic
condition and the most common multiple chronic condition
combinations in Illinois.
Dr. Connie Austin, Division of Infectious Diseases, assessed the
appropriateness of use and administration of rabies post-exposure
prophylaxis in Illinois. Dr. Austin reviewed potential human
exposures to rabies reported in 2013 and evaluated if rabies
post-exposure prophylaxis was correctly assessed and administered.
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For the third article, Dr. Mohammed Shahidullah and Nelson
Agboda (Health Facilities and Services Review Board) estimated
life expectancies using population data from the U.S. Census
Bureau and death data from the Illinois Vital Records System.
Life expectancy, a widely used summary indicator of human health
and development, was estimated by age and sex for residents of
Illinois, Chicago and, for the very first time, for Illinois
counties.
The IMMB targeted audience is public health practitioners,
researchers, physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, educators,
staff at local health departments and policy makers throughout
Illinois. IDPH plans to publish three issues this year and then
move to a quarterly publication schedule. The IMMB can be found
at
http://www.idph.state.il.us/pdf/Jan2015-Vol1-Issue1_Multi-Chronic-Rabies-Life-Expect.pdf
[Melaney Arnold, Illinois Department
of Public Health]
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