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Data Sources: Health/Environment

Secondary data sets for use in research

Environment

  • AirData- National Air Quality Data
    Contains information on air quality in cities and towns throughout the United States. 
  • Envirofacts (EPA)
    Enter a location address, city, county, zip code to find data.
  • MyEnvironment (EPA)
  • EnviroMapper (EPA)
    Maps of watersheds and their environmental assessment, Superfund sites, and facilities monitored by the EPA. The information is easily searchable and browsable.
  • Chemical Scorecard (Environmental Defense Fund) 
    Ranks states, counties, zip codes, and facilities by pounds of pollution. Can be customized by type of pollution (air, water, ground) Data  from EPA's Toxic Release Inventory.
  • State Environmental Agencies 
    State level directory with links to key Environment Agencies.

County/Local Health

Area Resource File - Health Resources & Services Adm.
Information on health, socioeconomic and environmental characteristics for the nation's counties.

Community Health Status Indicators - U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
Select a state and county from the left column. Includes characteristics of the population, measures of health, access to care, environmental health.

County Health Rankings & Roadmaps - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Provides county-by-county health rankings.

Health Indicators Warehouse - U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
For a picture of community health, select by geography as not all topics or initiatives contain data at the local level.

Quick Health Data Online - HHS, Office on Women's Health
State and county level data by gender, race and ethnicity.

School Health Profile
The School Health Profile (SHP), developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is a survey of the status of health education as reported by middle and high school principals and lead health education teachers.

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