Community and Public Health

Real-time, searchable and visual presentations of community-specific needs of vulnerable populations data from the NC 2-1-1 call center. Offers data-based indicators in an easy-to-use form that will enable users to check trends, make comparisons and share information.

Provides an analysis of national health on a state-by-state basis by evaluating a historical and comprehensive set of health, environmental and socioeconomic data to determine national health benchmarks and state rankings. From the United Health Foundation.

Public health research, decision making, priority setting, and program evaluation resource

The Sheps Center for Health Services Research located at UNC-CH seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations by understanding the problems, issues, and alternatives in the design and delivery of health care services. This is accomplished through an interdisciplinary program of research, consultation, technical assistance, and training that focuses on timely and policy-relevant questions concerning the accessibility, adequacy, organization, cost, effectiveness, and equity of health care services and the dissemination of this information to policymakers and the general public.

Health and socioeconomic metrics and demographics for 900+ UC cities

Provides actionable measures of health and its drivers calculated at the congressional district level, showing users how their district is doing on health outcomes, social and economic factors, and more.

WHO’s gateway to health-related statistics from around the world. The aim of the GHO portal is to provide easy access to country data and statistics with a focus on comparable estimates, and WHO’s analyses to monitor global, regional and country situation and trends.

AHRQ

Includes data visualization from Sheps Center for Health Services Research in NC, FutureDocs Forecasting tool, and more

North Carolina Institute of Medicine

CDC

KIDS COUNT is a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and a premier source of data on children and families.

Includes population surveys, provider surveys, vital records, and much more. From the US Department of Health & Human Services, Center of Disease Control & Prevention.

AHRQ

North Carolina Institute of Medicine

Resource where users can access data, maps, and tools to support community health assessments and other public health activities. The NC Data Portal promises to be the primary source of secondary data for most local health departments in North Carolina.
The NC Data Portal offers over 120 indicators in the following categories: Demographics, Economic Stability, Education, Employment, Health Behaviors, Health Outcomes, Healthcare/Clinical Care, Neighborhood and Built Environment, Physical Environment, and Social Support.

NC RHRP’s research involves primary data collection, analysis of large secondary data sets, and in-depth policy analysis.

NC State Center for Health Statistics, NCDHHS

Office of Minority Health

US HHS Healthy People 2030

CDC

Locate state health facts by health category, location, and more.

NC State Center for Health Statistics, NCDHHS

from the WNC Health Network this site includes local priorities set by WNC counties based on their community assessment reports.