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LCHD tracks the health status of the community to better inform decisions about the public health services and programs that we deliver. The statistics that we monitor allow us to implement data driven responses to disease outbreaks and emerging health challenges, and to identify health disparities. Highlights from the Community Health Assessment which is conducted every 3 years and updated annually. The current CHA report dashboard is located below.
The Licking County Health Department recently released their report on 2018 overdose deaths based on data compiled by the Licking County Drug Overdose Fatality Review Board.
In 2018 there were 42 unintentional overdose deaths that occured wihin Licking County, up from 35 in 2017, a 20% increase.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 80-100 times stronger than morphine, and 50 times more potent than heroin, and was responsible for the increase in deaths. 2018 Licking County Overdose Fatality Report.
As this map generated from U.S. Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP) data illustrates, there is a 14.9-year difference in life expectancy within Licking County. Many of our communities have life expectancies below the average for Ohio of 77.9 years, and well below the national average of 79.1 years.
The areas where the greatest health disparities are found are located in the city of Newark, with the lowest being 69.4 years.
These areas are home to large numbers of lower income residents, many living in rental housing, lacking reliable transportation, lower graduation rates, higher smoking rates, less healthy food options, and other factors that contribute to this disparity.
The leading sites/types of cancer incidence in Licking County in 2012-2016 were lung and bronchus, female breast, prostate, colon andrectum, and melanoma of the skin, representing 55 percent of all invasive cancer cases.
