Research by Subject: Health Statistics & Data: Local

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Margaret Henderson and Ashley Wilson have recent received a Collection Equity and Outreach Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Region 5. Books in this collection reflect health and wellness topics, specifically in underrepresented populations. It includes fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, and poetry representing diverse people, illnesses, and other health related concerns. Please take a look at the collection and come to the Library to check out the books.

State, Regional & Local Statistics

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) is the nation's largest state health survey and a critical source of data on Californians as well as on the state's various racial and ethnic groups.
U.S. Census Bureau: County and City Data Book
The County and City Data Book is the most comprehensive source of information about the individual counties and cities in the United States. Covers the following topical areas: age, agriculture, births, business establishments, climate, construction, crime, deaths, earnings, education, elections, employment, finance, government, health, households, housing, income, labor force, manufactures, population, poverty, race and Hispanic origin, social services, and water use.
San Diego County - Community Health Statistics
Community Health Statistics provides health statistics that describe health behaviors, diseases and injuries for specific populations, health trends and comparisons to national targets. Community Health Statistics also provides or refers persons to available local, state and national statistics.
California Department of Public Health
California Health and Human Services Open Data Portal
The California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) has launched its Open Data Portal initiative in order to increase public access to one of the State’s most valuable assets – non-confidential health and human services data. The portal offers access to standardized data that can be easily retrieved, combined, downloaded, sorted, searched, analyzed, redistributed and re-used.
County of San Diego Public Health Services
Includes San Diego County regional and community health statistics/data.
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
The annual County Health Rankings measure vital health factors, including high school graduation rates, obesity, smoking, unemployment, access to healthy foods, the quality of air and water, income, and teen births in nearly every county in America. The annual Rankings provide a revealing snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live, learn, work and play.
America's Health Rankings
America’s Health Rankings® is the longest-running annual assessment of the nation’s health on a state-by-state basis. For the past 25 years, America’s Health Rankings® has provided a holistic view of the health of the nation. America’s Health Rankings® is the result of a partnership between United Health Foundation, American Public Health Association, and Partnership for Prevention™. - See more at: http://www.americashealthrankings.org/about#sthash.WP7GP3UK.dpuf

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