If you’ve lived in Southern Nevada for any length of time, you know that markers of public health here tend to be discouraging — and that might be putting it lightly.
Our age-adjusted fentanyl overdose rate is at a six-year high; active tuberculosis cases are up 68% since before the pandemic. Last summer, record numbers of people died from the heat. Skin cancer rates are still high, though other types of cancer and overall cancer mortality have fallen slightly.
All of these and more are part of the Southern Nevada Health District’s Community Health Assessment. The CHA comes out every five years — from the most recent one, SNHD says it will focus more resources on chronic disease, access to care and public health funding.
Guest: Jessica Johnson, health education supervisor, Southern Nevada Health District
