DPH Expands SC Tracking Dashboards with County-Level Health Data, Including Laurens County

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) has expanded its SC Tracking dashboards, offering residents, policymakers, and public health professionals access to comprehensive, county-specific health and environmental data for all 46 counties—including Laurens County.

The 13 dashboards—available in both English and Spanish—track important health indicators such as cancer incidences, asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), heart attack and stroke, air quality, childhood lead exposure, drinking water quality, heat-related illness, life expectancy, Lyme disease, reproductive health, and unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning.

The latest updates provide expanded demographic breakdowns by race/ethnicity and age, along with additional county data, improved data visualization, downloadable infographics, and new resource links. These tools aim to make complex health information more accessible and actionable for every community in the state.

“The additional data provides a more comprehensive view and can enable better targeting of prevention strategies as well as empowering public health professionals, policymakers, and researchers,” said Jessica Threatt, DPH Data Visualization Strategist and Epidemiologist. “By providing more contextual data into the dashboards, we are also improving transparency and enhancing the public’s ability to engage with this data.”

Data for Laurens County—and all other South Carolina counties—can be explored on the SC Tracking website at:
SC Tracking County Profiles

The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services and the South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office contributed additional data to support the dashboard expansion.

Additional dashboards focusing on topics such as food insecurity and emergency preparedness will be added later this year.