| By most measures, Boone County is a fine community. It consistently ranks among Money magazine's top 20 places to live in the United States. But even outstanding communities such as ours can be better. And that's the purpose of the Boone County Health Report Card project: to identify and prioritize areas of need and direct community resources toward them. |
| ISSUE | GRADE |
| Access to Health Care | Incomplete |
| Child Abuse and Neglect | B |
| Child Care | C+ |
| Communicable Diseases | B |
| Dental Health | B |
| Awareness and Integration
of Persons with Disabilities |
Incomplete |
| Domestic Violence | B |
| High School Dropouts | D+ |
| Immunization of Preschool
Children |
B |
| Mental Health | C+ |
| Parent Education | C+ |
| Poor Pregnancy Outcomes | C |
| Substance Abuse and
Prevention |
B- |
| Teen Pregnancy | C- |
| Tobacco Use and
Prevention |
C+ |
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Tanna Klein, tanna@oseda.missouri.edu
Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis Last Modified: April 15, 1998 |