HSCI 3300: Public and Community Health

Provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Provided by the U.S Census Bureau. You can search for statistics for all Texas counties and for cities and towns with a population over 5,000.

The Vital Statistics Section of the Texas Department of State Health Services maintains vital records for the state of Texas, including birth and death certificates, marriage applications, and divorce records.

The Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project annually produces reports, databases and interactive maps showing the current geographic concentration of Hispanics throughout the U.S. by states, counties and metropolitan areas and how that distribution has changed over time.

The mission of the Office of Minority Health is to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities.

A combined social science/journalism effort based at the Michigan State University School of Journalism, the ACP uses a vast array of data – from election results and economic numbers to consumer survey and polling – to break communities into different types for analysis. The Project correlates economic and demographic data to election results and consumer data to see what is moving those different communities and to see who is struggling and who is thriving in the 21st- century United States.

From the U.S. Census Bureau: "Learn about America's communities through our data profiles. They cover 100,000+ different geographies: states, counties, places, tribal areas, zip codes, and congressional districts. For each, we cover topics like education, employment, health, and housing just to name a few."

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Healthy People provides 10-year, measurable public health objectives, and tools to help track progress toward achieving them.

State Health Facts is a project of KFF and provides free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the United States. In some cases, data are available for counties, territories, and other geographies. State Health Facts is comprised of more than 800 health indicators and provides users with the ability to map, rank, trend, and download data. Data come from a variety of public and private sources, including KFF reports, public websites, government surveys and reports, and private organizations.