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Our Mission

We will take the initiative to facilitate opportunities for Wood County residents to lead healthy lives.

Our Mission will be accomplished by:

Coordinating community assessment efforts to define health issues to prevent disease, promote health, and protect residents from health risks
Developing local health policies which support and encourage better health
Encouraging and assisting citizens to understand personal and community health risks and accept responsibility to adopt practices that enhance individual and collective health
Assuring that appropriate services are accessible to all residents and delivered in an effective and efficient manner

Mission Statement
Governance
Board of Health
Health Commissioner
County Rankings and Assessments
Financial Report
Annual Report
Strategic Plan
Emergency Operations Plan
Community Health Assessment
Wood County Demographics
Employees
History
Employment
Partners
Policies

Wood County Demographics

	Wood County	Ohio
Population	125,380	11,542,645
% below 18 years of age	21%	24%
% 65 and older	12%	14%
% African American	2%	12%
% American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%
% Asian	1%	2%
% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	0%	0%
% Hispanic	4%	3%
% not proficient in English	1%	2%
% Females	51%	51%
% Rural	32%	23%
Health Outcomes
Diabetes	9%	11%
HIV prevalence rate	45	170
Health Care
Mental health providers	2,193:1	2,501:1
Health care costs	$9,110	$9,903
Uninsured adults	14%	17%
Could not see doctor due to cost	10%	13%
Dentists	3,132:1	2,435:1
Social & Economic Factors
Median household income	$49,344	$45,151
High housing costs	30%	32%
Children eligible for free lunch	19%	30%
Illiteracy	7.1%	9.1%
Homicide rate		5
Physical Environment
Commuting alone	83%	83%
Access to healthy foods	45%	64%

Number of Households: 45,172

Income (in 1999):
Less than $10,000: 7.8%
$10,000 to $24,999: 18.2%
$25,000 to $49,999: 29.7%
$50,000 to $99,999: 33.2%
$100,000 to $199,999: 9.3%
$200,000 or more: 1.8%

For more detailed census data, go to: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/39173.html
Source: U. S. Census Bureau

Health Commissioner

Pamela Butler, MPH. Prior to being named Wood County Health Commissioner, Ms. Butler had been Health Commissioner in Pickaway County, OH. In addition to her experience as a health commissioner, Ms. Butler spent a great deal of time on emergency preparedness while working for the Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio. She has a Masters in Public Health in Health Education and Promotion from the Northwest Ohio Consortium of Public Health at BGSU and UT.

Financial Report

2011 Revenues

	Administration	Environmental	Nursing	Total
Intergovernmental - Federal	$249,696	0	$502,452	$752,148
Intergovernmental - Local	0	$260,001	$498,174	$758,175
Intergovernmental - State	$36,785	0	$157,362	$194,147
Levies	$1,329,029	0	0	$1,329,029
Fees	$4,025	$207,935	$159,818	$371,778
Licenses/Permits	$193,197	$353,530	0	$546,727
Fines	0	20	0	$20
Other receipts	$16,859	$13,192	$106,180	$136,231

Total	$1,829,591	$834,678	$1,423,986	$4,088,255

2011 Expenditures

Salaries	$2,233,122
Insurance	$352,073
OPERS	$311,207
Other	$277,738
Remittance to State	$275,475
Contracts	$209,039
Supplies	$194,783
Bldg	$101,250
Equipment	$88,704
Travel	$81,479
Medicare	$31,259
Adv & Print	$23,326
Work Comp	$0
Total	$4,179,455