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GENERAL

AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY: Allows reader to select state, obtain census data, and make comparisons with previous years (part of American FactFinder). You may also read a full description of survey and report.

US CENSUS DATA: Go to “Quick Tables” to create tables by selecting geographic or census tract level.

YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (YRBSS), Supported By The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, US DHHS. Developed in 1990 to track health behaviors and risk factors that contribute to death, disability and social problems among children, youth, and adults in the US. Public health focus. Data are collected on tobacco use, dietary behaviors, physical activity, alcohol and other drug use, sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases, and behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence. Data are collected through national, state and school-based surveys every 2 years.

STATE-SPECIFIC

Colorado Health Information Data Sets. Allows access to local-level data on variety of issues and indicators to determine health status of a neighborhood, community, county or region.

ILLINOIS Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN). Contains 102 indicators for county-level assessment of health needs; 39 indicators are available at the community level.

KENTUCKY Cabinet for Health and Family Services Surveillance and Health Data

NEW YORK PRISMS: Prevention Risk Indicator Services Monitoring System. Information on 62 risk indicators and ten consequences indicators is provided in tables organized under three general domains for each county: community risk, youth risk and early consequences of alcohol and substance abuse (ASA). Risk indicators are individual measures of a risk factor that are combined into risk constructs. Consequences indicators are measures of problems youth are experiencing as a result of ASA.

See also County Health Indicators.

TENNESSEE HIT: Health Information Tennessee Reports: Reader can access a variety of reports and data, including a state health status report, health data on 95 communities, interactive map and GIS function, and data specifically on children.

UTAH: Public Health Data Resource: Interactive data system provides information on a variety of public health indicators, has reports, and has community-level data.

WASHINGTON State Public Health Data: Site has a variety of links to internal and external data sources.  Health data queries are available for a number of topics.

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