General County and City Health Data

• County Health Profiles (Health Resources and Services Administration)
  CHSI Reports provide a profile of each county's overall health status using a broad spectrum of health indicators. Counties can compare their health indicators to Healthy People 2010 targets, 1997 U.S. rates, and peer counties – counties which share characteristics of population size, density, age distribution, and poverty. Mortality data age-adjusted to the new year 2000 standard also are provided. The Reports serve as a baseline for the next decade, supply data-based priorities, estimate needy populations, and provide an overview of public health. CHSI Reports offer data on: a) population characteristics; b) four summary measures of health; c) leading causes of death; d) measures of birth and death; e) vulnerable populations; f) environmental health; g) preventive services use; h) risk factors for premature death; and i) access to care.
  
  
• USA Counties 1998 (Oregon State University)
  Site provides county data from USA Counties CD-ROM, a compendium of a number of sources including Census. BLS, BEA; all series provide several years' worth of data.  User has full control over selection of numerous variables including a) demographic characteristics; b) household/family characteristics; c) labor force/employment characteristics; and d) housing characteristics.  Area comparisons list all counties and state average (only 1 variable per table).  Data can be imported into spreadsheets.
  
 
• U.S. Census, City and County Data Book (University of Virginia)
  Site provides county, city and place data from 1988 and 1994 Data Books.  User has full control over selection of numerous variables from Data Books, including a) demographic characteristics; b) household/family characteristics; c) labor force/employment characteristics; and d) housing characteristics.
  
  
• Map Stats (Bureau of Census)
  Site allows user to obtain a) TIGER maps; and b) 1996 General Profile of any U.S. county, based on data from a variety of sources and years (as compiled in USA Counties 1996 CD-ROM).
  
  
• 1990 Census Data (Bureau of Census)
  Site allows user to create and print customized reports by MSA, county, city, Zip Code and census tract.  User has full control over selection of numerous variables from 1990 Census, including a) demographic characteristics; b) household/family characteristics; c) labor force/employment characteristics; and d) housing characteristics.
   
• County Business Patterns (Bureau of Census)
  Site includes County Business Patterns for 1993, 1994 and 1995 showing a) number employed and annual payroll by detailed SIC industry codes; and b) number of establishments by number of employees.
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• Area Resource Files (Health Resources and Services Administration)
 
• The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, 1998 (ordering information)

General Population Characteristics

• Population size (July 1, 1997): Census (CHSI)*
• Annual population growth rate: Census (annual)
• Population by age (July 1, 1997): Census (CHSI)*
• Percent 65 years and older: Census (annual)
• Percent female: Census (annual)
• Population by race/ethnicity (July 1, 1997): Census (CHSI)*
• Percent non-white: Census (annual)
• Population per square mile (1997): Census (CHSI)*
• Average persons per household: Census (annual)
• Percent non-metropolitan: Census (annual)
• Per capita personal income: BEA (annual)
  • Revised Estimates for 1993-1995 (September 1997)
• Percent below poverty (1995): Census (CHSI)*
• No high school diploma, adults age 25+ (1990): Census (CHSI)*
• Unemployment rate (1998): BLS (CHSI)*

Mortality

• Average life expectancy at birth (1990): (CHSI)*
• Average annual age-adjusted mortality rate, all causes: (CHSI)*
• Leading causes of death, by age (1988-1997): (CHSI)*
• Mortality by Cause: Atlas of Mortality (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Occupational Fatalities: DOL (annual)
• Motor Vehicle Deaths: National Safety Council (annual)

Morbidity

• Self-rated health status (1993-1997): CDC (CHSI)*
• Average # unhealthy days in past month (1993-1997: CDC (CHSI)*
• Severe work disability (1997): CDC (CHSI)*
• Chronic Diseases
  • Cancer Incidence: American Cancer Society (annual)
  • Hypertension: CDC (annual)
  • Major depression, adults 18+ (1997): synthetic estimate (CHSI)*
• Infectious Diseases
  • Infectious disease incidence: NCHS (CHSI)*
  • AIDS Incidence: NCHS (annual)

Health Behaviors

• Immunization Rates: CDC (annual)
• Recent drug use, age 12+ (1997): synthetic estimate (CHSI)*

Reproductive Health

• Birth Rates: NCHS (annual)
• Unwanted Pregnancy Rates: NCHS (annual)
• Abortion Rates: NCHS (annual)
• Fertility Rates: NCHS (annual)
• Low birthweight percent (1988-1997): CDC (CHSI)*
• Very low birthweight percent (1988-1997): CDC (CHSI)*
• Premature birth percent (1988-1997): CDC (CHSI)*
• Teen (<18) birth percent (1988-1997): CDC (CHSI)*
• Older mother (>40) birth percent (1988-1997): CDC (CHSI)*
• Unmarried mother birth percent (1988-1997): CDC (CHSI)*
• No first trimester prenatal care percent (1988-1997): CDC (CHSI)*
• Infant mortality rate (first year) (1988-1997): CDC (CHSI)*
• Race-specific infant mortality rate (1988-1997): CDC (CHSI)*
• Neonatal (first 28 days) mortality rate (1988-1997): CDC (CHSI)*
• Post-neonatal (after 28 days) mortality rate (1988-1997): CDC (CHSI)*

Environmental Health

• Toxic chemical release (1996): EPA (CHSI)*
• National Air quality standards met by county (1998): EPA
  • Carbon monoxide: (CHSI)*
  • Nitrogen dioxide: (CHSI)*
  • Sulfur dioxide: (CHSI)*
  • Ozone: (CHSI)*
  • Particulate matter: (CHSI)*
  • Lead: (CHSI

Coverage: Managed Care

• HMO Enrollment Rate: InterStudy (annual)
• Medicare HMO Enrollment Rate: CMS (annual)
• Medicaid HMO Enrollment Rate: CMS (annual)

Coverage: Medicare

• Medicare Enrollment, Disabled (1999): CMS
• Medicare Enrollment, Elderly (1999): CMS

Coverage: Low Income Population

• Medicaid Enrollment, by Eligibility Status (state Medicaid agencies)

Access: Barriers to Access

• Percent Living in Areas Underserved by Primary Care MDs: HRSA (annual)
• Percent Living in Areas Underserved by Dentists: HRSA (annual)
• Percent Living in Areas Underserved by Dentists: HRSA (annual)

Access: Resources Available

• Primary care MDs per 100,000 (1997): AMA (CHSI)*
• Community health centers (1999): HRSA (CHSI)*
• Specialty MDs per 100,000: AMA (annual)
• Dentists per 100,000 (1995): ADA (CHSI)*
• RNs per100,000: Bureau of Health Professions (annual)
• Nurse Practitioners per 100,000: AANP (annual)
• Physician Assistants per 100,000: AAPA (annual)
• Hospital Beds per 1,000: AHA (annual)
• Licensed SNF/ICF Beds per 1,000:
• Medicare-certified Home Health Agencies/10,000 Aged: HCFA (annual)

Access: Utilization

• Hospital Admissions per 1,000: AHA (annual)
• Emergency Room Visits per 1,000: AHA (annual)
• Hospital Outpatient Visits per 1,000: AHA (annual)

Cost: Public Expenditures

• Average Cost per Medicaid Beneficiary:  (state Medicaid agencies)
• Local Health Expenditures per Capita, SMSAs: Census (annual)

*Data reported by individual county only.