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Surveillance of Suicide Attempts and Ideation Presenting in Area Emergency Departments
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In 2015, Idaho was among the top 10 states for suicides in the United States. Suicide as the cause of death for teens and young adults in Idaho was exceeded only by accidental deaths. On average, one suicide death occurred among all ages every day.… read more… were identified by the query and line-by-line review of visit data. Zero to four (mean = 1.17) cases per week were … 2017. Additional years of data are needed to determine if lack of a temporal pattern is unusual or expected. PHD1 … of methods to sex and age. Syndromic surveillance of ED visit data can provide aggregated and timely information … -
Syndromic Surveillance of Non-traumatic Dental Conditions in Idaho Core Areas
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Access to dental care is a public health problem in Idaho because most of the state is experiencing a shortage of dental health professionals. The Idaho Oral Health program has anecdotal evidence that some Idahoans compensate for this shortage by… read more… for non-traumatic dental care and how often. Given the lack of data available to understand this problem, the … problems from being a relatively minor topic, because of lack of data, to one about whether this issue should be … dental care and how often. Actions Taken Given the lack of data available to understand this problem, the …