MONROE - Green County has the highest percentage of fully immunized two-year-olds in southern Wisconsin.
RoAnn Warden, head of the Green County Health Department, shared this and other highlights of the agency's 2011 annual report at the June Green County Board of Supervisors' meeting.
Other notable statistics from the report:
- There was a 280 percent jump over the previous year in pregnant women receiving Prenatal Care Coordination, a program intended for high-risk women. Twenty women participated in the program in 2010; 56 women participated in 2011.
- Participants in the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program redeemed $364,090 at local grocery stores on their WIC accounts. The program averaged 664 participants monthly, about a six percent increase over 2010.
- WIC participants in 2011 also received vouchers, via the USDA's Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, to redeem for fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs at authorized markets and farm stands. Only 49 percent of these vouchers were redeemed, for a total of $2,637.
- There were 233 reportable cases of communicable diseases in 2011, including 19 cases of E. coli from an outbreak in the fall in Monroe, up from four reported cases of E coli in 2010. Also include were 65 cases of chlamydia, down from 92 in 2010, and 21 cases of campylobacteriosis (a type of foodborne illness), down from 40 in 2010. Communicable diseases with reported increases over 2010 were hepatitis C, pertussis and Lyme disease.
- One in five high school students use tobacco in Green County, according to the report. Adult tobacco use in 2011 is reported at 14 percent. The county conducted 38 tobacco sales compliance inspections, with one sale recorded to minors. In 2010, the county conducted a similar number of checks, 37, and reported two sales to minors.
- Almost twice as many women in 2011 than the previous year participated in First Breath, a program designed to help women quit or reduce smoking during pregnancy. Participation jumped from 11 to 21 women.
- Katjusa Cisar
RoAnn Warden, head of the Green County Health Department, shared this and other highlights of the agency's 2011 annual report at the June Green County Board of Supervisors' meeting.
Other notable statistics from the report:
- There was a 280 percent jump over the previous year in pregnant women receiving Prenatal Care Coordination, a program intended for high-risk women. Twenty women participated in the program in 2010; 56 women participated in 2011.
- Participants in the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program redeemed $364,090 at local grocery stores on their WIC accounts. The program averaged 664 participants monthly, about a six percent increase over 2010.
- WIC participants in 2011 also received vouchers, via the USDA's Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, to redeem for fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs at authorized markets and farm stands. Only 49 percent of these vouchers were redeemed, for a total of $2,637.
- There were 233 reportable cases of communicable diseases in 2011, including 19 cases of E. coli from an outbreak in the fall in Monroe, up from four reported cases of E coli in 2010. Also include were 65 cases of chlamydia, down from 92 in 2010, and 21 cases of campylobacteriosis (a type of foodborne illness), down from 40 in 2010. Communicable diseases with reported increases over 2010 were hepatitis C, pertussis and Lyme disease.
- One in five high school students use tobacco in Green County, according to the report. Adult tobacco use in 2011 is reported at 14 percent. The county conducted 38 tobacco sales compliance inspections, with one sale recorded to minors. In 2010, the county conducted a similar number of checks, 37, and reported two sales to minors.
- Almost twice as many women in 2011 than the previous year participated in First Breath, a program designed to help women quit or reduce smoking during pregnancy. Participation jumped from 11 to 21 women.
- Katjusa Cisar