Jennifer MuellerVice President, Info. Center; Privacy Officer608-274-1820EMAIL: Jennifer Mueller
Childhood cancer is the leading cause of death for those aged 14 and younger. According to St. Jude, 43 children in the United States are diagnosed with a form of cancer every day. When looking at it worldwide, it is estimated that 400,000 children are diagnosed with some type of pediatric cancer each year. In the U.S. alone, there are 480,000 childhood cancer survivors. The WHA Information Center analyzed inpatient and outpatient hospital data from 2017-2021. Brain and spinal cord tumors hold the highest visit counts for patients aged 0-19 years old. The next highest visit counts were for lymphoma. In terms of gender, boys had a higher visit count (58% of total visits) than girls. The ZIP codes with the highest visit counts for childhood cancer are in Dane and Brown County. Visits for childhood cancer have gone down when looking at counts by year and quarter from 2017 to 2021.
WHA’s 2022 Wisconsin Health Care Workforce Report shows that an aging workforce combined with a spike in worker departures associated with nationwide employment disruption dubbed the “Great Resignation” created unprecedented levels of vacancy rates in health care professions in 2021.
The WHA Information Center (WHAIC) provides actionable information to increase the efficiency and effectiveness with which Wisconsin hospitals provide care to their communities. And the latest WHAIC data resource—the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) Mapping Tool—is no exception.
The Guide to Wisconsin Hospitals provides detailed information about each hospital in Wisconsin. For each hospital, the publication provides selected measures of utilization, service, staffing and finance.