The rates for heart disease and stroke deaths, motor vehicle crashes and pneumonia and flu hospitalizations are higher than expected in several La Crosse area counties.
Data from the La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium's scorecard project, one of the first of its kind in the country, helped identify weaknesses in health conditions in 20 counties,
Brenda Rooney, chairwoman of the La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium's Population Health Committee, made an analysis after evaluating health data as part of the scorecard project. The consortiums scorecard can be found at at www.lmhscscorecard.com.
The data shows whether counties are above or below the state and national averages in ...