At Calaveras County Public Health, we believe in understanding our community to serve it better. Our Epidemiology & Informatics Unit plays a key role in this mission.

Our team collects and studies data about health in our county. We do this in several ways:

• We conduct surveys to learn directly from our community members
• We analyze data from trusted sources like the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
• We look at hospital data to spot disease outbreaks early

We also study things like:

• How many people get certain diseases
• What health problems are most common
• How our community's health changes over time

We use all this information to:

• Find out what health issues are most important in Calaveras County
• Create programs that can really help our community
• Make sure our work is based on solid evidence
• Quickly respond to any disease outbreaks