Lorain County Data

Community Health Assessment | COVID-19 data | Data briefs | Influenza Reports | Other sources

Lorain County Public Health (LCPH) serves and supports a healthy community by making data-driven decisions. LCPH also wants partners, stakeholders and the public to have access to timely health data.

LCPH intends to provide data that informs the community, including policymakers, medical personnel, researchers, community-based organizations, government agencies and individuals to understand and respond to diseases, threats and underlying conditions impacting the health of Lorain County.

Data briefs

The LCPH health data team compiles information from a variety of sources in order to give a well-rounded view of a health topic. Check back for new topics. To ask questions about these data briefs, fill out the contact us form.

Emergency department visits for fall-related injuries in older adults (aged 65 years and over): Lorain County, 2018-2022

August 2023

Self-reported mental health grades 7, 9, 11 Lorain County, Fall 2021

August 2023

Emergency department visits for ‘self-harm’ among adolescents (aged 13–17 years): Lorain County, 2019-2022

August 2023

Premature birth: Lorain County 2013-2022

October 2023

Incidence of preterm births among non-Hispanic Black mothers: Lorain County, 2008-2023

August 2024

Legionnaires’ disease surveillance summary report: Lorain County, 2013-2022

December 2023

Confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations summary report: Lorain County, 2020-2022

December 2023

Cancer Incidence: Lorain County 2012-2021

December 2023

Suicide Mortality, Lorain County 2007-2021

January 2024

Rural Heart Disease Mortality, Lorain County 2013-2022

January 2024

Incidence of chlamydia infections among people 10-54 years: Lorain County, 2015-2022

January 2024

Incidence of gonorrhea infections among people aged 10-54 years: Lorain County, 2015-2022

January 2024

Working-age (15-64 years) mortality trends, Lorain County 2013-2022

January 2024

Incidence of preterm births among Hispanic mothers Lorain County, 2007-2022

February 2024

Campylobacter infections summary report: Lorain County 2014-2023

May 2024

Incidence of preterm births among non-Hispanic White mothers: Lorain County, 2008-2023

May 2024

Parkinson's Disease: Lorain County 2014-2023

June 2024

Language and terms in these documents conform with either those used by the Centers for Disease Control, by the Ohio Department of Health, or with the dataset from which the data was drawn.

Influenza (Flu) Reports

LCPH releases weekly reports on flu activity during the flu season, typically on Mondays.

Week 20

Lorain County Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report, 2024

Week 16

Lorain County Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report, 2024

Week 17

Lorain County Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report, 2024

Week 18

Lorain County Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report, 2024

Week 19

Lorain County Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report, 2024

View reports from past weeks.

Community Health Assessment 

The 2022 Lorain County CHA contains comprehensive local health data as of 2022. View the full CHA report: 

COVID-19 data

This page previously housed Lorain County's COVID-19 death and case numbers. View that same information on the Ohio Department of Health's data dashboard.

Other data sources

Lorain County Public Health considers the following websites as trusted sources of local health data:

• Healthy Northeast Ohio
• PLACES: Local data for better health