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California Counties Web Sites from the California State Association of Counties
California Cities Web Sites from the League of California Cities
California County and Municipal Codes
(Not all counties and cities have codes online.)
City of Berkeley Division of Public Health
Includes Health Status Reports, and more.
San Francisco. Department of Public Health.
Provides many full-text reports on San Francisco health issues. Included are AIDS Surveillance Unit Quarterly Reports; Annual AIDS Surveillance Report; Asthma in San Francisco, 2000; Bosnian Refugees in San Francisco; Cancer Incidence Among Residents of the Bayview-Hunters Point Neighborhood, San Francisco, California, 1993-1995; Overview of Health Status 2002; and Health and Well-Being of Children and Youth in San Francisco, 1998.
» Building A Healthier San Francisco: 2007 Community Health Assessment (Health Matters in San Francisco).
» Tales of City Workers: A Profile of Work and Health in San Francisco, June 2007 (PDF)
Alameda County. Public Health Department
Contains some Healthy People 2000 objectives for Alameda County, information on communicable diseases, vital statistics such as birth, death, and infant death data, and other reports and data, including city health profiles.
Contra Costa County. Health Services Department
Includes health data on:
Air Resources Board
Completed and Ongoing Research: Short descriptions and final reports of all of the ARB Research Division's research projects conducted since January 1989, including those in progress, are available here.
Department of Pesticide Regulation
This site contains information on pesticide laws, regulatory and rulemaking information, data on pesticide use, on pesticide residue on fresh produce, pesticide illness surveillance, and information on exposure, sampling, and more. Also includes links to the U.S. EPA/OPP Pesticide Product, Chemical Ingredients, Product Labels, and Company Information Databases.
Department of Toxic Substances Control
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
California Proposition 65 documents
Environmental Protection Indicators for California (EPIC)
"Environmental indicators are measurements that track environmental conditions over time. When included as part of a planning process, environmental indicators can be used in setting goals
and tracking progress toward those goals. The EPIC Project is responsible for maintaining an environmental indicator system to assist environmental programs in evaluating the outcomes of their efforts, and in identifying areas that require more attention."
Toxicity Criteria Database
Search by chemical name or CAS number to find cancer potency information, acute reference exposure levels, chronic exposure reference levels, California public health goals, Proposition 65 information, and more.
Toxics Directory
This directory lists agencies and organizations that can provide information about or have authority over toxic substances and their health effects.
California Bureau of State Audits. State Auditor.
"The State Auditor conducts financial and performance audits as directed by statute, and other government audits requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. The State Auditor also administers the California Whistleblower Protection Act."
» Reports from 1993 to the present
California Department of Aging
California Department of Finance
Includes the Demographic, Economic, and Financial Research Unit, which is designated as the single official source of demographic data for State planning and budgeting.
California Demographic Research Unit Reports
Topics of the reports include California city and county population estimates, legal immigration to California by county, fertility of immigrant women in California, and refugee immigration to California.
California Department of Public Health
California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
Brief tables of Birth Defects in California and fact sheets and data on selected birth defects.
Statistics: public health and vital statistics data
Occupational Health Branch
Surveillance, evaluation, and public education about occupational disease and injury among California workers.
California Department of Industrial Relations
» California Code of Regulations. Title 8 CAL/OSHA Standards.
Division of Occupational Safety and Health
California Department of Managed Health Care
This site includes HMO financial data, data on consumer complaints, Department enforcement actions, and information on getting help from one's HMO.
California Environmental Resource Evaluation Systems (CERES)
"CERES is an information system developed by the California Resources Agency to facilitate access to a variety of electronic data describing California's rich and diverse environments."
California Healthy Kids Resource Center
At this site, one may "access reviewed health education material for free loan, research summaries, school health laws, programs, and consultant servcies, and links to reviewed health education websites". Subjects covered include HIV/AIDS education, nutrition education, alcohol and drug abuse prevention, mental health, and more. A newsletter is also available.
California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
Has some hospital data products: inpatient discharges, utilization, finances and more.
California Rural Health Policy Council
"The mission of the California Rural Health Policy Council is to formulate and establish rural health policy, to provide a focal point for discussion of policy issues within the California Health and Human Services Agency, to receive recommendations from rural health constituencies, and to improve services provided to rural health providers. The Council responds to requests from rural providers, assists with recruitment through an employment clearinghouse, assists with funding through a funding clearinghouse on its web site and by awarding rural health grants," and more.
California State Home Page - Government
Medical Board of California
The Medical Board of California licenses and disciplines doctors. Consumers can contact the Board to find out license information and to investigate complaints against physicians.
Official California Legislative Information
Includes California Law and current bills and legislation.
California Behavioral Risk Factor Survey 1995 Update
"The California Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (BRFS) is an ongoing telephone survey conducted by the California Department of Health Services to assess the prevalence of and trends in health-related behaviors in the adult California population." This is an update to "California Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance, 1991."
California Code of Regulations
Excludes Title 24, California Building Standards.
California Health Interview Survey
"The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) is the largest state health survey in the United States. It is a telephone survey conducted every two years on public health topics and access to health care." The web site contains the questionnaires, data files, and AskCHIS, an online data query system. (Requires one-time, free registration).
California State Assembly. Office of the Chief Clerk: Archives.
Historical Archives of California State Assembly Journals (1949-1997), Histories and Indexes (1881-2001), and Statutes (1850-1995), are available here. You can read the original statute as it appears in Statutes and Amendments to the Codes. You can also read the bill history, which lists all of the action taken on a bill. And, the Assembly Journals provide information on the legislative intent of bills. Note: documents on this site consist of very large PDF files that may take many minutes to download.
California Statistical Abstract
The California Statistical Abstract is "a compilation of data on social, economic, and physical aspects of the State. The volume is a cooperative effort of various government agencies, coordinated and issued annually by the California Department of Finance, Economic Research Unit."
Public Health Preparedness in California: Lessons Learned from Seven Health Jurisdictions (RAND Corp., 2004)
This Rand report assesses gaps in California's public health infrastructure, beginning with an assessment of preparedness for a public health emergency. The study makes several findings and recommendations regarding redundancies, jurisdictional issues, and costs.
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
The State and Metropolitan Area Data Book is a local area supplement to Statistical Abstract of the United States. Data is broken down by state and metropolitan area. Data includes but is not limited to population figures; vital statistics; Social Security, Food Stamp, and School Lunch Programs; medicare and medicaid. The full publication is available as a PDF file.
USA Counties
USA Counties provides data for the United States, 50 states and the District of Columbia, and counties. Some of the general topics covered include age, crime, earnings, education, health, housing, income, population, poverty, and vital statistics.
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