Summer 2021 Iowa Public Health Tracking Portal Updates

Our hope is that the data provided can create awareness of environmental health concerns, and inform public health actions and programs. Included in this quarter’s updates are: 

New Content and Data:

Substance Use and Misuse

Prescription Monitoring Program Data

• Prescriptions for Stimulants

Additional Years of Data*:

Asthma Hospitalization and Emergency Department Visits- 2020

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Deaths, Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits- 2020

COPD Hospitalization and Emergency Department Visits- 2020

Deaths- 2020

Immunization and School & Childcare Immunization Audit- 2020

Injury Deaths, Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits- 2020

Heart Attack Hospitalizations- 2020

Heat Related Illness Hospitalization and Emergency Department Visits- 2020

Lyme Disease- 2020

Oral Health Child Dental Services, Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits- 2020

Reproduction and Birth- 2020

Substance-Involved Deaths- 2020

*Note: due to delays to the release of 2020 Population Estimates, rates for the above measures are calculated using the 2019 Population Estimates.

To view all of the available content and data, please visit the portal at https://tracking.idph.iowa.gov/. 

Questions and comments can be sent to the Tracking program at publichealthtracking@idph.iowa.gov.