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Health Data Tools and Statistics

County and Local Health Data

  • Area Resource File (ARF) - (Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA))  - The ARF database contains more than 6,000 variables for each of the nation's counties and provides information on health facilities, health professions, measures of resource scarcity, health status, economic activity, health training programs, and socioeconomic and environmental characteristics.
  • Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) - (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S.)  - County-specific data and reports on health status indicators. States and counties can use the indicators to check county health status, compare one's county to peers and the U.S., and characterize the overall health of the county and its citizens to support health planning.
  • County Health Calculator - (Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Human Needs)  - Tool for advocates and policy makers to understand and demonstrate how education and income affect health.
  • County Health Rankings & Roadmaps - (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), University of Wisconsin)  - Provides county-by-county health rankings in each of the 50 states, explanations of each health factor, and actionable strategies to improve the health of communities across the nation.
  • Diabetes Interactive Atlases - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - The interactive atlases allow users to view data and trends for diagnosed diabetes (new and existing cases), obesity, and leisure-time physical inactivity at national, state, and county levels.
  • Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - An online mapping tool that documents geographic disparities in cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors at the local level. The Atlas allows users to create county-level maps of heart disease and stroke and include overlays of congressional boundaries and health care facility locations. In addition, county-level maps of poverty rates, education levels, the food environment, access to health care, and other social factors are available.
  • PeriStats - (March of Dimes)  - Provides access to to maternal and infant health-related data at the U.S., state, county, and city level.
  • Profile-IQ - (National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO))  - Online data query system for statistics on local health department (LHD) financing, workforce, and activities. The data is from NACCHO's National Profile of Local Health Departments (LHDs) Survey.
  • Quick Health Data Online - (Office on Women's Health, HHS (OWH))  - State and county level data available by gender, race and ethnicity. Categories include demographics, mortality, natality, reproductive health, violence, prevention, disease, and mental health.
  • SMART: BRFSS City and County Data - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - The Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Area Risk Trends (SMART) project uses the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to analyze the data of selected metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (MMSAs) with 500 or more respondents. The data can be used to identify emerging health problems, establish and track health objectives, and develop and evaluate public health policies and programs.

State Health Data

  • America's Health Rankings - (United Health Foundation)  - Provides a comprehensive perspective on national health issues, state by state. The rankings feature an interactive map to explore health statistics and compare states side-by-side.
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - State-based system of health surveys that collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices, and health care access primarily related to chronic disease and injury.
  • CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: Data Trends & Maps - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - National repository of resources that document the public health burden of cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors at the national and state levels. Data for cardiovascular diseases, risk factors, and biomarkers can be displayed by age, race/ethnicity, and gender.
  • CDC Sortable Stats - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Interactive data set composed of 20 behavioral risk factors and health indicators, compiled from state-level data for all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
  • Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health - (Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI))  - National and state-based data on over 100 indicators from the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN).
  • Diabetes Interactive Atlases - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - The interactive atlases allow users to view data and trends for diagnosed diabetes (new and existing cases), obesity, and leisure-time physical inactivity at national, state, and county levels.
  • Disability and Health Data System (DHDS) - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Data about disability, psychological distress, and disability-associated health care expenditures that can be used by state health departments, national disability and health organizations, policymakers, researchers, educators, and others.
  • FastStats - State and Territorial Data - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Health facts for states and territories including birth and death rates and additional sources of health data.
  • Health Indicators Warehouse (HIW) - (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S.)  - The Health Indicators Warehouse serves as the data hub for the HHS Community Health Data Initiative by providing a single source for national, state, and community health indicators.
  • Kaiser State Health Facts - (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF))  - Provides health data on more than 700 health topics including demographics, health insurance coverage, health costs, minority health, and women's health for all 50 states.
  • NCHHSTP Atlas - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Interactive platform for accessing HIV, Viral Hepatitis, sexually transmitted disease (STD), and tuberculosis (TB) data collected by CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP).
  • PeriStats - (March of Dimes)  - Provides access to to maternal and infant health-related data at the U.S., state, county, and city level.
  • Public Health Snapshots by State - (National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH))  - Compilation of public health data for each state including education and training sources, community health statistics, public health partnerships, board of health state statutes, and more.
  • Quick Health Data Online - (Office on Women's Health, HHS (OWH))  - State and county level data available by gender, race and ethnicity. Categories include demographics, mortality, natality, reproductive health, violence, prevention, disease, and mental health.
  • State Agency Data Sites - (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S.)  - Statistical information and reports collected from state agencies.
  • State Cancer Profiles - (National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI))  - The objective of the State Cancer Profiles website is to provide a system to characterize the cancer burden in a standardized manner in order to motivate action, integrate surveillance into cancer control planning, characterize areas and demographic groups, and expose health disparities. The focus is on cancer sites for which there are evidence based control interventions. Interactive graphics and maps provide visual support for deciding where to focus cancer control efforts.
  • State Scorecard - (Commonwealth Fund)  - Interactive U.S. map to view state-specific health system rankings and results compared to benchmarks and the number of lives and dollars each state could save by achieving benchmark levels of performance.
  • State Snapshots - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))  - Provides state-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. The goal is to help state officials and their public- and private-sector partners better understand health care quality and disparities in their state.
  • Trust for America's Health State Data - (Trust for America's Health (TFAH))  - State-specific public health data and information on key health indicators, public health preparedness, and public health funding indicators.
  • United States Cancer Statistics - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI), North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR))  - Official federal statistics on cancer incidence from registries that have high-quality data and cancer mortality statistics for each year and for a combined five-year period. The site provides state-specific and regional data for cancer cases diagnosed and cancer deaths.
  • Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence, tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, unhealthy dietary behaviors, and physical activity.
  • Youth Violence: State Statistics - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - State-specific statistics on youth homicide and non-fatal assault-related injury rates.

Statistical Reports

  • ASTHO Data and Analysis: Profiles of State Public Health - (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO))  - Findings from profile surveys of state and territorial health agencies that provide core data for ongoing public health systems research and a source for tracking state public health performance and best practices. The site includes survey questionnaires and codebooks.

Individual State Data

California

  • California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) - (UCLA Center for Health Policy Research)  - Provides public health information for California's diverse population. Results on a variety of health topics are produced for the entire state and most counties.
  • EPICenter - California Injury Data Online - (California Department of Health)  - (California Department of Health) Interactive website with fatal and nonfatal injury data for California residents beginning in 1991.

Florida

  • Florida CHARTS - Florida Public Health Statistics - (Florida Department of Health)  - Provides access to Florida's health data at the community and statewide level including access to over 2,000 health indicators, county and state profile reports, county and census tract level maps, and queriable data access.

Georgia

  • OASIS (Online Analytical Statistical Information System) - (Georgia Department of Public Health)  - Suite of tools used to access the Georgia Department of Public Health's standardized health data repository. Tools include interactive tables, maps, animated charts, and a Community Health Needs Assessment Dashboard.

Kansas

  • Kansas Health Matters - (Kansas Partnership for Improving Community Health)  - Kansas Health Matters is a one stop source of non-biased data and information about community health in Kansas. It is intended to help hospitals, health departments, policy makers, community planners and members learn about issues, identify improvements and collaborate for positive change.

Maine

  • One Maine Health Collaborative StateWide Community Health Needs Assessment - (Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems (EHMS))  - Community health needs assessment report that identifies the most important health issues in the state and by county. The report can help communities make decisions about the future of healthcare and prevention in Maine by identifying problems in various regions.

Massachusetts

Missouri

  • Missouri Data, Surveillance Systems & Statistical Reports - (Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services)  - Access to Missouri health data and reports including Community Data Profiles, Missouri Information for Community Assessment, and Community Health Improvement Resources.

New Hampshire

  • New Hampshire Health Data Inventory - (New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice)  - Inventory of New Hampshire health data sources and reports.

North Carolina

Oklahoma

  • OK2Share (Oklahoma Statistics on Health Available for Everyone) - (Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH))  - The OK2SHARE Service databases support the information needs of the Oklahoma State Department of Health and other users such as health officials, educators, and students in improving service delivery, evaluating health care systems, and monitoring the health of the people of Oklahoma.

Pennsylvania

  • EpiQMS - Pennsylvania Epidemiologic Query and Mapping System - (Pennsylvania Department of Health)  - Interactive health statistics web site that can produce numbers, rates, graphs, charts, maps, and county profiles using various demographic variables (age, sex, race, etc.) from birth, death, cancer and population datasets for the state of PA and its counties.

Texas

  • CHARTing Health Information for Texas - (University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston)  - Provides a comprehensive collection of links to publicly available, localized or geographically-discrete health data, community characteristics data and sociodemographic data for the state of Texas.

Wisconsin

National Health Data

  • AgingStats.gov - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS), National Institute on Aging (NIA))  - provides an updated, accessible compendium of indicators, drawn from the most reliable official statistics about the well-being of Americans primarily age 65 and older. The indicators are categorized into five broad areas-population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care. The 155-page report contains data on 37 key indicators.
  • AHRQ Data & Surveys - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))  - AHRQ provides access to a plethora of data and surveys on healthcare access, expenditures, quality, etc.
  • America's Health Rankings - (United Health Foundation)  - Provides a comprehensive perspective on national health issues, state by state. The rankings feature an interactive map to explore health statistics and compare states side-by-side.
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - State-based system of health surveys that collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices, and health care access primarily related to chronic disease and injury.
  • CDC Data and Statistics - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Provides access to CDC data and statistics including national surveys, surveillance resources, and vital records.
  • CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: Data Trends & Maps - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - National repository of resources that document the public health burden of cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors at the national and state levels. Data for cardiovascular diseases, risk factors, and biomarkers can be displayed by age, race/ethnicity, and gender.
  • CDC National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) is the ongoing collection, integration, analysis, and interpretation of data about environmental hazards, exposure to environmental hazards, and human health effects potentially related to exposure to environmental hazards.
  • CDC Sortable Stats - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Interactive data set composed of 20 behavioral risk factors and health indicators, compiled from state-level data for all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
  • CDC Wonder - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research. Access statistical research data published by CDC; Public-use data sets about deaths, cancer incidence, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, vaccinations, births, census data and many other topics are available for query.
  • Child Trends Data Bank - (Child Trends)  - National trend data and research on over 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being.
  • CMS Research, Statistics, Data & Systems - (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS))  - This site provides access to CMS computer data and systems; research studies and reports; statistics, series, and trends; and files for order.
  • Community Commons - An interactive mapping, networking, and learning utility for the broad-based healthy, sustainable, and livable communities movement. Users have access to all kinds of tools and information. One highlight is the searchable profiles of hundreds of place-based community initiatives (multi-sector collaboratives) working towards healthy/sustainable/livable/equitable communities
  • Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health - (Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI))  - National and state-based data on over 100 indicators from the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN).
  • DATA2010 - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Database system that contains monitoring data for tracking Healthy People 2010.
  • Diabetes Interactive Atlases - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - The interactive atlases allow users to view data and trends for diagnosed diabetes (new and existing cases), obesity, and leisure-time physical inactivity at national, state, and county levels.
  • Directory of HHS Data Resources - (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S.)  - Compilation of information about virtually all major data collection systems sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
  • Disability and Health Data System (DHDS) - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Data about disability, psychological distress, and disability-associated health care expenditures that can be used by state health departments, national disability and health organizations, policymakers, researchers, educators, and others.
  • FastStats A-Z - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - The FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.
  • HCUPnet - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))  - On-line query system based on data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) that provides access to health statistics and information on hospital inpatient and emergency department utilization.
  • Health Data Interactive - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - Tables with national health statistics for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. Tables can be customized by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and geographic location to explore different trends and patterns.
  • Health Indicators Warehouse (HIW) - (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S.)  - The Health Indicators Warehouse serves as the data hub for the HHS Community Health Data Initiative by providing a single source for national, state, and community health indicators.
  • Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) - (National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI))  - Nationally representative telephone survey of the general population to evaluate how the general public accesses and uses information about cancer, and how this information can be delivered most effectively.
  • Health System Measurement Project - (Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S.)  - The Health System Measurement Project tracks government data on critical U.S. health system indicators. The website presents national trend data as well as detailed views broken out by population characteristics such as age, sex, income level, and insurance coverage status.
  • Health, United States, 2011: In Brief - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS), National Library of Medicine (NLM) U.S.)  - Interactive website that allows users to view, create, and export charts and tables; incorporate additional data from the full Health, United States report; and link to related Web pages. Brief tutorial videos guide users through the features of the website.
  • Health.Data.Gov - (United States Government)  - Health datasets, tools, and applications from agencies across the Federal government.
  • Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP) - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))  - Family of healthcare databases and related software tools and products that provide national information and data on patient-level health care.
  • HRSA Data Warehouse - (Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA))  - Provides access to information about HRSA programs and related health resources including data on health professional shortage areas, medically underserved areas, and primary care service areas.
  • Integrated Health Interview Series - (Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota US, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH (NICHD))  - NHIS provides invaluable data on health behaviors, conditions, and care. With thousands of variables, large sample size, and sampling frame representative of the non-institutionalized civilian population, NHIS is also a potential tool for teaching statistics.
  • Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))  - The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage.
  • MEPSnet Query Tools - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))  - Provides easy access to Medical Expenditure Survey Panel statistics on health care use, expenditures, sources of payment, and insurance coverage.
  • MIDAS Resources - (Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS))  - Data sets and documents compiled by computational modelers of infectious disease.
  • National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - The Nation's principal health statistics agency that compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve public health. NCHS provides access to data, reports, surveys, and tools.
  • National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides data on a broad range of health topics that are collected through personal household interviews.
  • National Survey of Family Growth - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) gathers information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men's and women's health.
  • NCHHSTP Atlas - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Interactive platform for accessing HIV, Viral Hepatitis, sexually transmitted disease (STD), and tuberculosis (TB) data collected by CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP).
  • NHQRDRNet Online Query System - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))  - Online query system that allows you to access national and state data on the quality of, and access to, health care from scientifically credible measures and data sources. This is an interactive tool to explore data from the National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports.
  • PeriStats - (March of Dimes)  - Provides access to to maternal and infant health-related data at the U.S., state, county, and city level.
  • SEER (Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results) - (National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI))  - Cancer statistics in the United States. SEER collects information on incidence, survival, and prevalence from specific geographic areas representing 26 percent of the US population and compiles reports on all of these plus cancer mortality for the entire US.
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics - (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA))  - National data on alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use. Also included are data on mental health topics including depression, serious psychological distress, and suicidal thoughts and attempts.
  • United States Cancer Statistics - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI), North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR))  - Official federal statistics on cancer incidence from registries that have high-quality data and cancer mortality statistics for each year and for a combined five-year period. The site provides state-specific and regional data for cancer cases diagnosed and cancer deaths.
  • VitalStats - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - A collection of vital statistics products including tables, data files, and reports that allow users to access and examine vital statistics and population data interactively.
  • WebMIRS - (National Library of Medicine (NLM) U.S.)  - Provides access to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data and related x-ray images. Users need to register and install free Java software to use WebMIRS.
  • Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence, tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, unhealthy dietary behaviors, and physical activity.
  • Youth Violence: National Statistics - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - National statistics on youth homicide and non-fatal assault-related injury rates.

Global Health Data

  • Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) - (MEASURE DHS)  - The Demographic and Health Surveys program collects, analyzes and disseminates accurate and representative data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition through more than 200 surveys in over 75 countries.
  • European Health For All Database (HFA-DB) - (World Health Organization (WHO))  - Contains data on about 600 health indicators for Member States of the WHO European Region, including basic demographic and socioeconomic indicators; lifestyle- and environment-related indicators; mortality, morbidity and disability; hospital discharges; and health care resources, utilization and expenditure. The database is a helpful tool for international comparison and for assessing the health situation and trends in any European country in an international context.
  • Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx) - (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington)  - Catalog for demographic, public health and global health data. Use the GHDx to research population census data, surveys, registries, indicators and estimates, administrative health data, and financial data related to health.
  • Global Health Observatory (GHO) - (World Health Organization (WHO))  - WHO's gateway to health-related statistics from around the world. GHO covers global health priorities such as the health-related Millennium Development Goals, women and health, mortality and burden of disease, disease outbreaks, health equity, and health systems.
  • GlobalHealthFacts.org - (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF))  - Global data on HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB and other key health and socio-economic indicators. The data are displayed in tables, charts, and color-coded maps and can be downloaded for custom analyses.
  • Health, Nutrition and Population Data and Statistics - (World Bank)  - This database contains international statistics for 250 indicators dealing with areas such as: health financing, HIV/AIDS, immunization, malaria and tuberculosis, health workforce and health facilities use, nutrition, reproductive health, population and population projections, cause of death, non-communicable diseases, water and sanitation, with background information on poverty, labor force, economy and education.
  • PAHO Health Data - (Pan American Health Organization (PAHO))  - Health data and statistics for countries of the Americas.

Statistical Reports

  • AgingStats.gov Reports - (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics USA)  - Statistical reports on the health and economic status of older Americans.
  • Cancer Trends Progress Report - (National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI))  - Summarizes progress in the U.S. against cancer in relation to Healthy People 2010 targets set forth by the Department of Health and Human Services. The report includes key measures of progress along the cancer control continuum and uses national trend data to illustrate where advancements have been made.
  • Child Health USA - (Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA))  - Annual report on the health status and service needs of America's children. The report is a compilation of secondary data for many health status indicators, and provides both graphical and textual summaries of data and addresses long-term trends.
  • ChildStats.gov: America's Children Reports - (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics)  - Reports on the condition of children in America that groups federal statistics on children and youth under several domains: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health.
  • Growing Older in America: The Health and Retirement Study - (National Institute on Aging (NIA))  - Report published in 2007 with data and information from the longitudinal Health and Retirement Study. Includes data on health, work and retirement, income and wealth, and family characteristics and intergenerational transfers.
  • Health, United States - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - Annual report on trends in health statistics. The report consists of a chartbook that illustrates major trends in the health of Americans, and a trend tables section of detailed data tables. Refer to Appendix I for data sources.
  • MIDAS Resources - (Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS))  - Data sets and documents compiled by computational modelers of infectious disease.
  • National Health Statistics Reports - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - Reports on the health of the American people that provide annual data summaries, analyses of health topics, and new information on methods or measurement issues.
  • National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS), a nationally-representative telephone survey that collects detailed information on sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence victimization of adult women and men in the United States.
  • National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Statistical summary of notifiable diseases compiled from reports of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). The publication contains text, graphs, and maps for the reported occurrence of diseases for the designated year.
  • National Vital Statistics Reports - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - The reports provide monthly and cumulative data on vital events and statistics, along with brief analyses.
  • NCHS Data Briefs - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - Concise statistical publications that provide up-to-date information about current public health topics.
  • Noncommunicable Diseases Country Profiles 2011 - (World Health Organization (WHO))  - The report features information about the noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) situation in 193 countries, including details of what proportion of each country's deaths are due to diseases such as cancer, heart and lung diseases, and diabetes.
  • Rural Health Reports - (South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)  - Reports and chartbooks on rural health issues including Access to Care, Behavioral Health, Diabetes, Health Care Services, Maternal/ Perinatal Health, Child and Adolescent Health, Older Americans, Oral Health, Uninsured, and Border Health.
  • Women's Health USA - (Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA))  - Annual report on the trends in the health status and service needs of women in the United States. It contains information on population characteristics, health status, health services utilization, and disparities.

Demographic Data

  • AARP State Data Center - (AARP)  - The AARP Public Policy Institute analyzes and publishes a wide range of state-specific data related to Americans over 50.
  • American Fact Finder - (U.S. Census Bureau)  - Source for finding population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the national to the local level.
  • Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America - (United States Department of Agriculture (USDA))  - This Internet-based information system allows one to manipulate various socioeconomic data series used in many Economic Resource Service (ERS) products. Use the interactive tools to create and manipulate charts, maps, and tables-including multidimensional tables, such as poverty rates by metro/nonmetro status.
  • Children of Immigrants Data Tool - (Urban Institute (UI))  - Interactive tool designed to generate charts and tables with indicators on children, age 0 to 17, for the United States and for the 50 states and the District of Columbia using data from the American Community Survey.
  • DATA.gov - (United States Government)  - Provides access to datasets generated by the Federal Government and includes descriptions of the datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.
  • Diversitydata.org - (Center for Advancing Health USA, Harvard School of Public Health)  - Diversitydata.org allows visitors to explore how metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. perform on a diverse range of social measures that comprise a well-rounded life experience. The site provides access to socioeconomic indicators for metropolitan areas in the form of tables, thematic maps, and customizable reports.
  • Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Data Sets - (Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota US)  - Population databases that include IPUMS - USA, data on people in the U.S. census and American Community Survey; IPUMS-CPS, data on people in the Current Population Survey; the North American Population Project (NAPP); the National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS); and the Integrated Health Interview Survey (IHIS), an integrated version of the U.S. National Health Interview Survey.
  • KIDS COUNT Data Center - (Annie E. Casey Foundation)  - Provides access to hundreds of measures of child well-being to track the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of children state by state.
  • SNAPS: Snap Shots of State Population Data - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - SNAPS provides local-level community profile information nationwide. It can be browsed by county and state and searched by zip code. SNAPS serves as a valuable tool when responding to public health emergency events at the state, Tribal, and local levels.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

  • Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America - (United States Department of Agriculture (USDA))  - This Internet-based information system allows one to manipulate various socioeconomic data series used in many Economic Resource Service (ERS) products. Use the interactive tools to create and manipulate charts, maps, and tables-including multidimensional tables, such as poverty rates by metro/nonmetro status.
  • BRFSS Maps - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Interactive mapping application that graphically displays the prevalence of behavioral risk factors at the state and metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area (MMSA) level from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
  • Chronic Disease GIS Exchange - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - An online forum for showcasing maps of heart disease, stroke, and other chronic diseases (e.g., cancer, diabetes, and asthma) as well as learning Geographic Information Systems (GIS) techniques and accessing a wide range of GIS-related resources. The site encourages the use of GIS to document the burden of chronic diseases, inform and guide policy and program decisions, build and strengthen partnerships, and facilitate collaboration among health department programs, especially within chronic disease units.
  • Community Commons - An interactive mapping, networking, and learning utility for the broad-based healthy, sustainable, and livable communities movement. Users have access to all kinds of tools and information. One highlight is the searchable profiles of hundreds of place-based community initiatives (multi-sector collaboratives) working towards healthy/sustainable/livable/equitable communities
  • Diabetes Interactive Atlases - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - The interactive atlases allow users to view data and trends for diagnosed diabetes (new and existing cases), obesity, and leisure-time physical inactivity at national, state, and county levels.
  • HealthLandscape - (Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati)  - Interactive web-based mapping tool that allows health professionals, policy makers, academic researchers, and planners to combine, analyze and display information in ways that promote better understanding of health and the forces that affect it. The tool can be used to create maps from publicly available data sets including regional criminal justice, education, healthcare, and demographic data, allowing users to discover community characteristics and share information with health professionals, policy makers, and legislators.
  • HealthMap - Global disease alert map that brings together disparate data sources for a comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. Data is aggregated by disease and displayed by location with links to disease alerts.
  • HRSA Mapping Services & Data - (Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA))  - HRSA's mapping data and tools can be used to create maps displaying HRSA grant data, HRSA supported health care service delivery sites, health professional shortage areas, medically underserved areas and populations, and other geographic data including census tracts and congressional districts.
  • Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - An online mapping tool that documents geographic disparities in cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors at the local level. The Atlas allows users to create county-level maps of heart disease and stroke and include overlays of congressional boundaries and health care facility locations. In addition, county-level maps of poverty rates, education levels, the food environment, access to health care, and other social factors are available.
  • State Cancer Profiles: Interactive Maps - (National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI))  - Interactive maps of mortality statistics for use in assessing the burden and risk for a major cancer site for the U.S. overall or for a selected state and its counties or parishes.
  • TOXMAP - (National Library of Medicine, Specialized Information Services Division)  - Creates nationwide and local area maps to show the amount and location of toxic chemicals released into the environment. Data is derived from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), which provides information on the releases of toxic chemicals into the environment and the Superfund Program, which identifies land that has been contaminated by hazardous waste.

Training and Education

  • AMIA 10x10 Courses - (American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA))  - Training program conducted across the United States by AMIA in collaboration with key academic partners in the biomedical and health informatics education community. The content covers areas such as electronic and personal health records, health information exchange, standards and terminology, and health care quality and error prevention.
  • Finding and Using Health Statistics: A Self-Study Course - (National Library of Medicine, National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology)  - This online course describes the range of available health statistics and presents strategies to successfully find health statistics.
  • Health Statistics on the Web: It's as Easy as…1,2,3! - (National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM))  - Course materials for a hands-on course that focuses on the location, selection, and effective use of statistics relevant to health on the local, state, national, and international levels.

Health Information Technology and Standards

  • AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology - (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))  - AHRQ initiative containing information on programs that promote the use of health information technology. Central repository for research findings from projects developing, testing, and using health IT applications.
  • Center for Public Health Informatics - (University of Washington)  - The Center for Public Health Informatics is dedicated to providing an interdisciplinary environment that supports innovative research into information strategies and technologies to improve the health of the public.
  • Health Information Technology and Health Data Standards at NLM - (National Library of Medicine (NLM) U.S.)  - Describes the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) role in the development of health information technology (HIT) and data standards. Also provides links to additional federal resources in the areas of HIT and data standards.
  • HealthIT.gov - (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS (ONC))  - Resource to support the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care.
  • NACCHO ePublic Health Informatics - (National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO))  - Information about initiatives aimed at helping local health departments advance the use of informatics at their agency.
  • Public Health Data Standards Consortium - (Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC))  - The Consortium is a standards oriented organization focused on representing the public health community at the principal standards development organizations and promoting the use of data and systems standards by the public health community.
  • Rural Health Information Technology Toolkit - (Rural Assistance Center (RAC))  - The toolkit provides federal resources to help guide rural health facilities and providers through the phases of choosing, implementing, and operating health information technology (HIT) systems.

Tools for Data Collection and Planning

  • CDC Surveillance Resource Center - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Provides guidance developed by CDC and its partners for improving the practice of public health surveillance.
  • CHIRr: Consumer Health Informatics Research Resource - (National Library of Medicine (NLM) U.S.)  - Resource of outcome variables and suggested measures to guide consumer health informatics assessment and engage in health communication and related consumer health informatics intervention research.
  • ColorBrewer - (Pennsylvania State University)  - Online tool designed to help select good color schemes for maps and other graphics.
  • CORE Group Monitoring and Evaluation - The Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group develops tools and trainings to increase child survival and health program performance and quality through the standardization of use of data, analysis and reporting.
  • e-Source: Behavioral and Social Science Research - (Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, NIH (OBSSR))  - Web-based interactive anthology that provides behavioral and social science research methods and tools to address emerging challenges in public health.
  • Epi Info - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Public domain software that allows epidemiologists and other public health and medical professionals to develop questionnaires and forms, customize the data entry process, and enter and analyze data.
  • EpiSurveyor - (DataDyne Group)  - EpiSurveyor is a free, open source tool enabling anyone to create a handheld data entry form, collect data on a mobile device, and then upload and analyze the data in real-time.
  • Health Disparities Calculator (HD*Calc) - (National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI))  - Statistical software designed to generate multiple summary measures to evaluate and monitor health disparities.
  • HRET Disparities Toolkit - (Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET))  - The Toolkit is a Web-based tool that provides hospitals, health systems, clinics, and health plans information and resources for systematically collecting race, ethnicity, and primary language data from patients.
  • International Classification of Diseases (ICD) - (World Health Organization (WHO))  - The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is used to classify diseases and other health problems recorded on many types of health and vital records including death certificates and patient health records.
  • Microbial Risk Assessment Guideline - (Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA (FSIS))  - USDA tool to help public health scientists target pathogen risks and uniformly assess and reduce health risks from pathogens.
  • MIDAS Models - (Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS))  - Computational and mathematical modeling of public health problems is a complex endeavor. The site provides a set of model profiles to aid in the process of model description, structure, assumptions and comparison.
  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships - MAPP - (National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO))  - MAPP is a community-wide strategic planning tool for improving community health. Facilitated by public health leadership, this tool helps communities prioritize public health issues and identify resources for addressing them.
  • NCHS Research Data Center (RDC) - (National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS))  - Provides secure access to health and vital statistics information collected by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data systems, while continuing to protect the confidentiality of the respondents and records. Researchers and scientists must submit a proposal to access data.
  • Public Health Information Network (PHIN) - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - The Public Health Information Network is a national initiative to improve the capacity of public health to use and exchange information electronically by promoting the use of standards and defining functional and technical requirements.
  • Public Health Uniform National Data System (PHUND$) - (National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO))  - Web-based public health financial data collection and analysis portal for local health departments (LHDs) and other public health agencies.
  • Resource Center for Community Health Assessments and Community Health Improvement Plans - (National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO))  - Provides practical, customizable tools and resources to support local health departments (LHDs) and their partners in completing community health improvement processes, including the conduct of a community health assessment (CHA) and the development of a community health improvement plan (CHIP).
  • SurvCost - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))  - Tool to help public health officials estimate the cost of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) systems at national, region/province, district, and health facility levels. SurvCost may also be of use to managers of other disease surveillance systems who wish to estimate their costs.
  • TranStat - (Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS))  - The TranStat tool enables field personnel and researchers to enter and revise data from local outbreaks and to test for the presence of human-to-human (or animal-to-animal) transmission.