Library: Public Health, Primary Health Care and Epidemiology: State and City-level Statistics

New England

Connecticut
Rhode Island

Connecticut State Department of Public Health
All data and reports will be located in the "Statistics and Research" tab, along the left of the webpage.
Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance Survey
School Health Survey
Community Health Data Center
Healthy People 2030 - Connecticut

State-Level

Rhode Island Department of Health: Data

For all Rhode Island state health data.

Chronic Conditions

Check the Rhode Island Data tab for data related to specific chronic conditions.

Health Equity

Youth Risk Behavior

Check the Rhode Island Data tab for data related to specific risk factors.

Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System

Search for datasets by selecting options (three lines on the top-left corner) and "Data".

Mid-Atlantic

New Jersey Center for Health Statistics and Informatics
New Jersey State Health Assessment Data
Some topics will only be viewable via Query building.
Behavioral Risk Factor Survey
Data source for various NJ Department of Health reports.
Healthy People 2030 - New Jersey
Go to "Tools & Resources" to view data and reports related to NJ health goal.

State-Level

Open New York Health Data

database of all open NYS excluding NYC health data. Some datasets may require the use of statistical analysis tools such as SAS or SPSS.

Statistics on communicable diseases at the State and County levels

See especially the "Communicable Disease in New York State Annual Reports".

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Reports

See reports that estimate prevalence based on sample sizes.

Asthma Information

New York State Cancer Registry

Diabetes in New York State

Heart Disease Statistics

NY Office of Mental Health (OMH) Statistics

Other vital statistics, information on Leading Causes of Death is collected by state health departments. Census Tract-level data is most likely unavailable.

Local level vital statistics

You may be able to find leading causes of death in your Community on local government Web sites. New York City, for example, publishes cause of death information for the city as a whole, and for various community districts, in the "Vital Statistics Summary" (http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/data/vs.shtml). If your local government does not provide cause of death data, try the Infoshare Database.

City-Level

New York City Department of Health Data

The NYC Department of Health makes data available to researchers and the public through various interactive tools. In addition the recently revamped the interactive EpiQuery tool, they launched the Community Health Profiles tool, which allows you to explore the health of your neighborhood and compare it with other communities across the city.

Keeping Track Online: NYC Children

Published by the Citizen's Committee for Children of New York,

Keeping Track lets you create local or city-wide reports for 100+ measures of child well-being.

Identify needs and advocate for New York City's 1.7 million children

NYC Health Epi Data Briefs

NYC Department of Health published briefs that highlight specific data findings from various health programs.

Pennsylvania Department of Health

For all Pennsylvania state health information. Specific topics can be selected.