The councils examined death rate data, disease data, health attitude surveys and results of informal interviews to derive the health priorities, Morris said. The seriousness of the condition. This was up to the council members. For example, one county decided that heart disease was more serious than asthma, which was more serious than allergies. An evaluation of the effectiveness of treatments.
Councils operate in two ways.
County councils can also be given grant money by the state for certain health problems - based on the list of health priorities it provides the state.