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Heart Attack

A heart attack is a serious condition that typically requires emergency care. Tracking hospitalizations resulting from heart attacks can be used to examine possible time trends, seasonal trends, geographic differences, and to evaluate these differences by age, race and gender. 

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Cold-related Illness

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Asthma

Maine has some of the highest rates of asthma in the country. About 1 in 9 Mainers currently has asthma, compared to 1 in 12 nationally.

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Radon

Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer overall, and the leading cause among people who do not smoke. Many households in Maine have unsafe levels of radon.

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Radon, arsenic, lead, ticks… these are just a few of the public health frights that may be haunting your neighborhood! Check out these Halloween cards and learn ways we can all keep safe from public health frights!

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• Read more about Cold-Related Illness Metadata: Near Real-Time Emergency Department Visits

Origin: 

Near real-time emergency department visit data for cold-related illness are from the Maine CDC Infectious Disease Program’s syndromic surveillance system.

Dates Available: 

2017 to date

Geographic Resolution: 

State

Abstract: 

The Maine EPHT program receives daily counts of emergency department visits for cold-related illness from syndromic surveillance data collected by the Infectious Disease Program at the Maine CDC.

The dataset contains the following measures:

• Read more about Cold-Related Illness Metadata: Hospitalizations

Origin: 

Hospitalization data are from the Maine Health Data Organization (MHDO). Population data are from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Dates Available: 

2001 - 2018

Geographic Resolution: 

State, County

• Read more about Cold-Related Illness Metadata: Emergency Department (ED) Visits

Origin: 

Emergency department data are from the Maine Health Data Organization (MHDO). Population data are from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Dates Available: 

2001 - 2018

Geographic Resolution: 

State, County

• Read more about Heat Illness Metadata: Near Real-Time Emergency Department Visits

Origin: 

Near real-time emergency department visit data for heat illness are from the Maine CDC Infectious Disease Program’s syndromic surveillance system.

Dates Available: 

2017 to date

Geographic Resolution: 

State, County

Abstract: 

The Maine EPHT program receives daily counts of emergency department visits for heat illness from syndromic surveillance data collected by the Infectious Disease Program at the Maine CDC. The dataset contains the following measures: