An Approach to Developing Local Climate Change Environmental Public Health Indicators in a Rural District

Table 1

Availability of Green River District climate and health indicator datasets from the EPHT Network, external sources.

Indicator category	Data available from EPHT Network; (notes)	Data from external source; (source)
Environmental exposure	Exposure to heat; Exposure to heavy precipitation; Exposure to air	Exposure to heat; (Kentucky Climate Center); Exposure to; (US Drought Monitor); Exposure to air; (CDC WONDER); Exposure to heavy precipitation; (Kentucky Climate Center, National Weather Service)
Human health outcome	Heat-related mortality during summer; (annualized data; not available at county level)	Heat-related morbidity and mortality during extreme heat; (Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of Health Policy; Kentucky Department for Public Health, Cabinet for Health and Family Services); Unintentional flooding-related mortality during flooding; (Kentucky Department for Public Health, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, CDC WONDER); Unintentional flooding-related morbidity during flooding; (Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of Health Policy; Kentucky Department for Public Health, Cabinet for Health and Family Services)
Population vulnerability	Heart; (not available at county level); (not available at county level); (not available at county level)	, , population living in , non-Hispanic , outdoor , population with limited English , ambulatory (US Census); (Kentucky Housing Corporation, US Housing and Urban Development); Long-term; (Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Office of Health Policy); Chronic lower respiratory; (CDC Community Health Status Indicators); (Kentucky Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System); Heart , cerebrovascular; (CDC Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke); Mental; (Kentucky Safety and Prevention Alignment Network); (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System)
Environmental vulnerability	100-year; Carbon monoxide; (KY data currently not available via EPHT portal)	Air conditioning; (Energy Information Administration Residential Energy Consumption Survey); Carbon monoxide; (Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services); Stressed; (CDC Community Health Status Indicators)

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