1. Report Card Working Group of the MA-HDC 05.24.10 1 The Massachusetts Report Card Production Plan Update May 24, 2010

2. Report Card Working Group of the MA-HDC 05.24.10 2 Report Card Production– Part I Data Tables and Explanatory Text  Phase I Obesity Table completed w/draft narrative Diabetes and Asthma Tables reviewed by DPH

3. Report Card Working Group of the MA-HDC 05.24.10 3 Obesity Table – At A Glance

4. Report Card Working Group of the MA-HDC 05.24.10 4 Prevalence of overweight and obesity using BRFSS 2008 and 2001 survey - Highlights  The percent of overweight among all groups increased between 2001 and 2008.  In 2008, among the overweight population with annual household income less than $25,000 the percent overweight was higher among Black Non-Hispanics (71.23%) and Hispanic/Latino (62.73%) compared to White Non-Hispanics (58.62%). Among the obese population with annual household income less than $25,000, the percent obese among the Black Non-Hispanics (34.31%) was higher compared to White Non-Hispanics (24.04 %).  In 2008, the percentage of health consequences such as fair or poor health, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, disability among the overweight or obese population was higher among Black Non- Hispanics compared with Hispanic/Latino, White-Non Hispanics and Asians. However, the prevalence of asthma among overweight or obese population was higher among Hispanic/Latino.

5. Report Card Working Group of the MA-HDC 05.24.10 5 Overweight or Obese White Non-Hispanic Black Non-Hispanic Hispanic/ LatinoAsian Percent of Overweight or Obese 2008 57.53 (56.22-58.84) 66.43 (60.80-72.05) 66.01 (61.86-70.15) 38.25 (30.11-46.38) Percent of Overweight or Obese 2001 54.29 (52.86-55.71) 64.19 (57.68-70.70) 63.46 (59.01-67.92) 23.28 (16.43-30.13) The prevalence of overweight was higher among Black Non- Hispanics and Hispanic/Latino compared with White-Non Hispanics and Asians in 2008 Significantly higher than White rate.Significantly lower than White rate.

6. Report Card Working Group of the MA-HDC 05.24.10 6 In 2007-2008, among overweight or obese population the percent of adults with less than high school education was higher among Black Non-Hispanics (72.51%) Education among Overweight or Obese 2007- 2008 Combined WhiteBlackHispanicAsian Adults with less than high school education % (CI) 61.71 (57.09-66.33) 72.51 (63.29-81.73) 69.15 (63.67-74.62) 31.68 (2.37-61.25) Adults with high school education % (CI) 61.46 (59.66-63.27) 62.97 (56.15-69.79) 64.26 (58.69-69.84) 34.10 (17.90-50.31) Adults with college or more education % (CI) 54.64 (53.44-55.84) 71.28 (65.44-77.12) 60.41 (52.87-67.96) 34.96 (29.12-40.79) Significantly higher than White rate.Significantly lower than White rate.

7. Report Card Working Group of the MA-HDC 05.24.10 7 Report Card Production– Resources and Timeline  Interns from local colleges will continue to be recruited  The work continues to be co-managed by Georgia Simpson May and Kristin Golden at DPH.  Additional persons from DPH with epidemiological skills will work with the production team on the technical aspects of indicator specification, generation, and reporting.

8. Report Card Working Group of the MA-HDC 05.24.10 8 Report Card Next Steps  Reconvene Report Card Working Group  Identify sources of data to capture Community Attributes  Complete Obesity chapter  Complete Diabetes and Asthma chapters  Complete draft of Executive Summary and other summary sections