Data (Links)
Below are brief descriptions of data with associated tools to analyze health disparities, with URLs, grouped into the following categories:
- Vulnerable or Disadvantaged Populations
- Geographic Region
- Healthcare Systems
- Risk Factors and Surveillance
- Diseases and Conditions
- Disease Burden
- Economic Factors
- Context/Cross Cutting
Vulnerable or Disadvantaged Populations
- USDA Food Access Research Atlas
USDA Food Access Research Atlas presents a spatial overview of food access indicators for low-income and other Census tracts using different measures of supermarket accessibility. - 2010 Population Finder
2010 Population Finder provides demographic profiles for states and places from the 2010 US Census. - My Tribal Area Data Tool
My Tribal Area Data Tool provides comprehensive maps, data profiles and easy access to select demographic and economic statistics for each of the nation's tribal areas. - US Census Housing Vacancies And Home Ownership Data
US Census Housing Vacancies And Home Ownership Data are available for the U.S., regions, states, and for the 75 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). - ADD Health
ADD Health - National Longitudinal (cohort) study of health in adolescents and young adults collected periodically since 1992.
Geographic Region
- AskCHIS
AskCHIS is an online health query system that allows you to search for health statistics on California counties, regions, and the state. AskCHIS draws upon the responses of more than 50,000 Californians interviewed by The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) - the largest state health survey in the United States. - AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition
provides health estimates at the local level (zip codes and cities). AskCHIS NE computes estimates on top health indicators for zip code, city, county and legislative district.
Healthcare Systems
- CDC Teen Vax View Interactive!
CDC Teen Vax View Interactive! allows users to view national, regional, state, and selected local area adolescent vaccination coverage estimates with interactive maps, trend lines, bar charts, and data table. - Health Data Alliance
Health Data Alliance, the Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance is pooling medical records from three Pittsburgh institutions: Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. - Health Care Systems Research Network
The Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN) pools data from large health delivery systems across the US. - OECD Health Database
The OECD Health Database offers a comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries, with a tool to enable international comparisons of diverse health systems.
Risk Factors and Surveillance
- Overweight and Obesity
CDC Overweight and Obesity mapping tool provides data, trends and prevalence maps by state and territory, and legislation pertaining to nutrition, physical activity and obesity.
Diseases and Conditions
- Chronic Disease Indicators
The CDC Chronic Disease Indicators enables public health professionals and policymakers to retrieve uniformly defined state and selected metropolitan-level data for chronic diseases and risk factors that have a substantial impact on public health. - United State Cancer Statistics: Data Visualizations
The Data Visualizations page shows the most recent USCS data in a dynamic format. - CDC State Health Profiles
CDC Data Base provides statistical and other information on HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB for all 50 states and Washington, District of Columbia. - Diabetes Data Base
CDC Diabetes Data Base provides data and statistics for US counties.
Disease Burden
- OECD Better Life Index
This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life.
Economic Factors
- CMS Medicare Disparities
CMS Medicare Disparities is a disparities mapping tool showing prevalence, costs, morbidity and mortality from 20 medical conditions.
Context/Cross Cutting
- Federal Interagency Health Equity Team Compendium of Publicly Available Datasets and Other Data-Related Resources
Federal Interagency Health Equity Team Compendium of Publicly Available Datasets and Other Data-Related Resources related to health disparities, health equity and minority health. - CDC Wonder
CDC Wonder is a menu-driven system that provide access to the wide array of public health information available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. - Global Nonviolent Action Database
Global Nonviolent Action Database is available to provide free access to information about hundreds of cases of nonviolent action for learning and for citizen action that have reached a point of completion. - National Equality Atlas
National Equity Atlas provides data on demographic change, racial inclusion, and the economic benefits of equity for the 100 largest cities, 150 largest regions, all 50 states, and the United States.