Dietetics, Nutrition, and Health

The BRFSS is the world’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984. Currently, data are collected monthly in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.

The Bexar County Community Health Assessment is a major initiative of The Health Collaborative. The mission of the organization is to improve the health status of the community through collaborative means. Partners include Baptist Health System, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care, Methodist Healthcare System, University Health System, the YMCA of Greater San Antonio, Community First Health Plans, Methodist Healthcare Ministries, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District and Steve Blanchard PhD.

This is the nation's health prevention agenda providing statistics from NHANES and BRFSS which inform a 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.

INFOSAN aims to promote the rapid exchange of information during food safety related events;
share information on important food safety related issues of global interest; promote partnership and collaboration between countries; and help countries strengthen their capacity to manage food safety risks.

NHANES is a major program of the National Center for NHANES is a major program of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). NCHS is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and has the responsibility for producing vital and health statistics for the Nation.

Rural Health Information Hub distills data from the U.S. Census Bureau, American FactFinder specific to minority populations which experience a disproportionate burden of chronic health conditions including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, infant mortality, and depression.

This agency focuses on the community and environmental health hazards along the Texas-Mexico border.

The State Demographer's Office from right here at UTSA collects and disseminates state census information for Texas including population estimates and projections.

Collects and disseminates socio-demographic data about the U.S. population, geography, business, housing, economics, race/ethnicity and educational attainment.

Morbidity and mortality, demographics, life expectancy, and much more are covered in this annual report.