Health Issues and Concerns

Mississippi Health Awareness Project, Inc.

Health Issues and Concerns

Leading Causes of Death by State of MS and Project Counties

State & County Death Causes

Heart Disease

Cancer

Stroke

Accidents

Other

Mississippi

9000

6000

2000

-

-

Panola

105

78

27

26

-

Tate

78

60

22

-

18 Emphysema and other respiratory

Marshall

79

76

22

32

-

Tallahatchie

48

38

8

15

-

Grenada

94

63

41

-

11 Flu-pneumonia

Yalobusha

44

27

7

10

-

HEALTH CONCERNS - GRENADA

-More preventive medicine education

-Increase the number of full-time specialists

-Improvement in mental health area

-Use of crack and crystal meth by teens and adults

-More alcohol & drug treatment programs

-Improve pay and working condition to change negative attitudes of workers

-Education for parents concerning children health needs

HEALTH CONCERNS - YALOBUSHA

-Teen pregnancy

-Health Department opened only 1 day a week

-Teens having sex at early age

-Drug and alcohol use by teens

-Increase medical services

-Improve emergency transportation

-More effort on part of local law enforcement when dealing with drugs in community

-Provide more educational programs concerning health

HEALTH CONCERNS – TALLAHATCHIE

-Education of parents about the availability of services provided by various health care agencies

-Concern about lack of emergency medical transportation

-Recruitment of new doctors

-Obesity in young people-emphasis on adolescents

-Drugs-crystal meth & crack

-Lack of transportation for the elderly

-Lack of preventive screening for high blood pressure, cholesterol, etc..

-Assess to child safety seats

-Access to proper dental care

-Mosquito control

-Shortage of doctors

-Drug use in the community

-Hospital lacks emergency room

-Emergency transportation needs improvement

-Provide alcohol and drug treatment program

-Not enough financial support for the hospital

-Teen Pregnancy

-More focus on preventive medicine

HEALTH CONCERNS – PANOLA

-Lack of transportation for elderly

-Lack of specialist for healthcare

-Increase use of drugs

-Teen-age pregnancy rate

-Increased rate of transmission of STDs

-Transportation problems

-Adult supervision

HEALTH CONCERNS – MARSHALL

-High prevalence of diabetes

-High blood pressure rates

-Increased rate of HIV in women

-Unsolved teenage pregnancy rate

-Increased rate of transmission of STDs

-Transportation problems

HEALTH CONCERNS - TATE

-Obesity in children

-High teenage pregnancy rate

-Lack of elderly social systems

-Increased rate of drug and alcohol abuse

-Increased rate of diabetes

-Increased rate of heart disease