Blood Lead Surveillance Report
Asthma Burden Document
The Asthma Burden Document summarizes data on asthma prevalence and burden in Kansas and includes data from 2000 to 2017. To download a copy of this report, please click on The Burden of Asthma in Kansas 2019. Kansas Success Story
Kansas is featured as a CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program success story!
Agriculture can be a hazardous industry. Farmers, and oftentimes their family members, are at high risk for injuries, fatalities, and illness. Read about how the Kansas Department of Health and Environment used syndromic surveillance to understand how Kansans are affected.
Click here to read the story.
Statewide Blood Lead Surveillance Report
The Statewide Blood Lead Surveillance Report describes trends in lead testing and rates of elevated blood lead among children and adults in Kansas between 2000 and 2014. To download a copy of this report, please click on Statewide Blood Lead Surveillance Report 2017.
Non-Infectious Disease Cluster Investigation (NIDCI)
All infectious disease surveillance and outbreak investigations are conducted by the Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Response program within KDHE. If you would like more information about that program, please click on the Infectious Disease link. For disease reporting and public health emergencies please call the EpiHotline at 1-877-427-7317.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment responds to all reports of suspected disease clusters. Disease clusters that are not associated with an infectious agent are investigated by environmental health professionals within the Environmental Public Health Tracking program. Investigation of non-infectious disease clusters are a critical public health function and every report is investigated to the extent possible.
A disease cluster is the occurrence of a greater than expected number of cases of a particular disease or health outcome within a group of people in a geographic area over a defined period of time. Some examples of disease cluster investigations may include cancer and birth defects.
Investigation Reports
Other Reports