Seneca County General Health District

About Us:

We will take the initiative to promote wellness, prevent disease, protect the environment, and assure access to quality health care.

We will strive to provide to all, regardless of age or economic status, quality, competent, caring health services.

Our Vision will be accomplished by:

Being responsive to changing environmental and community needs, our diverse staff and interrelated programs will carry out this duty in an honest, sincere manner, utilizing all available resources and creating programs to meet the community’s needs.
Accepting the responsibility to keep up-to-date with both continuing education and with technological changes. As investors in the future, a competent staff, in collaboration with the community, will continue to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevent premature death.

Seneca County Demographics

Health Commissioner Bio

Seneca County Health Commissioner Marjorie Broadhead began her tenure as Health Commissioner in Seneca County in 1999. Commissioner Broadhead holds current license as a Registered Nurse with the State of Ohio. She received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Akron and a Masters degree in Business from Kent State University.

In addition to her duties locally, she is active with state legislators on issues of public health and in the State Northwest District of the Association of Ohio Health Commissioners. She serves locally in the community as a board member of Community Health Services and as current chair, past chair and member of several local organizations.

She is a published author, an avid golfer and enjoys the outdoors.

2000 Population: 58,683

Age

14 and under:	21.1%
15 to 34 years:	26.9%
35 to 59 years:	34%
60 to 84 years:	16.4%
85 years and over:	1.5%

Gender

Male:	49.5%
Female:	50.5%

Number of Households: 22,292

Income (in 1999)

Less than $10,000:	7.4%
$10,000 to $24,999:	22.3%
$25,000 to $49,999:	36.2%
$50,000 to $99,999:	30%
$100,000 to $199,999:	9.9%
$200,000 or more:	.5%

For more detailed census data, go to: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/39147.html