On this page:

• Reports
• Topical Reports
• CD Summary
• State Plans and Fact Sheets
• Guest Opinions

Annual or Quarterly Reports:

Keeping Oregonians Healthy - is a statewide report that summarizes data and presents information for preventing and managing chronic diseases. Chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung disease, diabetes and arthritis, are the major causes of disability and death for Oregonians.

Achieving the Oregon Shines Vision - The Benchmark Performance Report - Annual Report to the Legislative Assembly for use in planning, allocating funds, and evaluating progress. Includes BRFSS indicators for self-perceived health status and adult tobacco use; also includes comparison information on insurance coverage and Food Insecurity/Hunger measures (from USDA scale).

Cancer in Oregon - The Cancer Registry's annual report uses breast, cervical, and colorectal screening data from BRFSS, in conjunction with the registry data.

Oregon Tobacco Facts - Tobacco Program's annual report includes information derived from the 90+ state-added questions. Includes county profiles for some information. It is a reference for the most recent Oregon data on tobacco provided to health advocates, and available to the public via web download.

A View of Asthma in Oregon - Quarterly newsletter, first published in October 2001. BRFSS asthma prevalence data by gender, age and income; includes updates regarding asthma symptoms, activity limitations, days of affected activity and health care visits for worsening asthma symptoms by smoking status and ETS exposure (in upcoming April 2003 issue).

Topical Reports:

Smoking Practices, Policies, & Preferences in Oregon Rental Housing 2008 Telephone survey of tenants in Oregon.

Oregon Center for Public Policy, Hunger in Your State A guide for producing state-level reports. November 2002. Oregon Center for Public Policy, Hunger in Oregon. August, 2001.

A Potential for Violent Injury -- Guns and Knives in the Schools Includes BRFSS data on household gun storage. Oregon Health Trends Newsletter No. 56, June 2000.

Men & Women Behaving Badly: Trends from the Adult Behavior Risk Factor Survey Includes BRFSS data on obesity, life style and exercise, diabetes, hypertension, general health, and other behaviors. Oregon Health Trends Newsletter No. 48, December 1997.

Fatal Behavior: Why Oregonians Die Prematurely Oregon Health Trends Newsletter No. 44, December 01, 1995.

Health Risk Factors in Oregon: County and Regional Estimates based on data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1989-1994

The Current Disease (CD) Summary - A newsletter to health care providers

2010

• You Snooze, You Win! March 2, 2010.
• Colorectal Cancer Screening: Getting Your Patients' Rears in Gear February 16, 2010.

2009

• Influenza, The Gift That Keeps Giving November 20, 2009.
• Fact or Fiction: Perceived Knowledge of Asthma Self Management October 27, 2009.
• Smokefree Healthcare Campuses: An Important Next Step June 23, 2009.
• Obesity in Oregon, Part I: Causes and Policy Solutions February 17, 2009.
• Arthritis Can Be a Real Pain in the JointJanuary 6, 2009.

2008

• Like Wine and Cheese, We Can Improve With Age November 25, 2008.
• Defying Gravity: Preventing Falls Among Older Adults September 16, 2008.
• Lung Cancer in Oregon: Where We Are, And What We Can Do About It June 10, 2008.
• Diabetes Care in Oregon; Better But Not Best May 27, 2008.

2007 

• Drinking Him Under the Table Confers No Bragging Rights September 18, 2007.
• Time to Screen for Depression August 21, 2007.
• Hyperlipidemia: A Stealthy Purveyor of Pestilence July 10, 2007.
• Controlling Cancer in Oregon March 3, 2007.
• Tools in the Trenches: What Clinicians Can Do About Poor Fitness, Obesity, and Chronic Disease January 23, 2007.

• Operators Are Standing By: Helping All Your Patients Quit Smoking November 28, 2006.
• High Blood Pressure Management: Are Your Patients Getting the Message? October 3, 2006.
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Lungs August 22, 2006.
• All in the Family: Collecting Family History Information July 11, 2006.
• Perceived Risk of Developing Diabetes Among High-risk Oregonians: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
• April 4, 2006.
• Nicotine Replacement - It Makes a Difference February 7, 2006.
• Be CAGEy With Your Patients January 10, 2006.

• Depression and Chronic Disease: Double Trouble November 29, 2005.
• Fatal Behaviors - What's Really Killing Oregonians May 17, 2005.
• Screening Life Cycle April 19, 2005.

2004

• The Face of Cancer in Oregon November 16, 2004.
• Tobacco and Asthma—Enough to Take Your Breath Away April 20, 2004.
• Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention (or, Sigmoidoscopy, Anyone?) January 27, 2004.
• Oregon Alliance Working for Antibiotic Resistance Education (AWARE) January 13, 2004.

• Pre-diabetes: Borderline No More December 2, 2003.
• Screening for Cervical Cancer, 2003 February 11, 2003. 

2002

• Asthma - It's Nothing to Wheeze at October 8, 2002.
• Oregonians Getting Older (and Better?) July 30, 2002.
• Ask the Hard Questions: Intimate Partner Violence and Health-Care Providers April 9, 2002.
• Successes in Oregon's Tobacco Trenches March 26, 2002.
• Bigger is not always better February 26, 2002.

2001

• Breast Cancer in Oregon November 6, 2001.
• Too much of the good life - Cardiovascular Disease in Oregon August 28, 2001.
• Happy and Health-wise: Measuring Health-related Quality of Life August 14, 2001.
• Arthritis swelling among Oregonians June 19, 2001.
• Colorectal Cancer April 25, 2001.
• Tobacco Prevention: It's working on Many Levels. January 30, 2001.

2000

• The Rise of Diabetes in Oregon September 12, 2000.
• Treating Depressed Patients August 29, 2000.
• Asthma Treatment Guidelines February 29, 2000.

• Obesity Epidemic Hits Oregon November 23 , 1999.
• Successful Aging June 8, 1999.
• Men and Women Behaving Badly: Support Your Patients' Lifestyle Changes April 13, 1999.

1998

• Cancer in Oregonians October 27, 1998.
• Preventive Care for Oregonians with Diabetes August 4, 1998.

1997

• The Oregon Breast and Cervical Cancer Program October 28, 1997.
• Exercise: Live Long and Prosper July 22. 1997.
• Health Insurance and Access to Health Care in Oregon April 29, 1997.

1996

• Diabetes: The Rodney Dangerfield of Diseases November 12, 1996.
• Guns and Ammo August 6, 1996.

State Plans and Fact Sheets:

Oregon Arthritis Facts

Oregon Diabetes Facts and Figures

Oregon Asthma Facts and Figures

Statewide Physical Activity Plan  Created by The Oregon Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity (OCPPA) working with the Oregon Department of Human Services, Health Services. The OCPPA includes representatives from bicycle and pedestrian advocacy groups, education, medicine, nonprofit health organizations, transportation, universities, worksites and state agencies.

Statewide Public Health Nutrition Plan  Created by the Nutrition Council of Oregon with members representing public health, academic settings, nutrition and food programs, and non-profit organizations.

Guest Opinions:

State Epidemiologist Mel Kohn. Obesity is a public health crisis; it will take more than willpower to reverse the trend. February 18, 2003.