Community Health Priorities: A Resource for Oregon in Action

U.S. census Bureau's site for the American Community Survey profiling states, counties and some communities. Searchable for demographic, economic, social data, and includes convenient narrative interpreting the data.

An informational project of the Office of Health Policy and Research includes 58 elements important for local communities to better understand the health of their population. The majority of these data elements are a compilation of leading sources of health related data to facilitate easy access by communities.

Statehealthfacts.org is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and is designed to provide free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states. Statehealthfacts.org provides data on more than 500 health topics and is linked to both the Kaiser Family Foundation website and KaiserNetwork.org

Reportable diseases including flu, Chlamydia Hepatitis, HIV-AIDS, Tuberculosis

County-level tables for alcohol and tobacco use by adolescents and adults; County mortality rates due to alcohol, tobacco or drugs

Health behaviors, pregnancy rates, death and suicide rates;

Topical reports, Current Disease (CD) Summary

Telephone survey to monitor modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases and other leading causes of death.

Information from the Oregon and National EPHT programs current study on two pollutants: Ozone and Particulate Matter. Include links to related information.

Fact sheets and reports from the Department of Environmental Quality about affects of toxins in the air on health.

Reports and information about the prevalence and mortality due to asthma in adults and children.

The Oregon and National EPHT programs are collecting information about hospitalizations for asthma around the state. Include links to related information.

The Oregon and National EPHT programs are collecting information about birth outcomes to study relationships related to exposures to environmental hazards (i.e. air pollution, contaminated water, lead) during pregnancy. Includes links to related information.

Center for Health Statistics data tables profiling birth demographics and outcomes

Data and information about cancer prevalence and trends in Oregon.

Searchable queries and reports by the Data Resource Center (DRC) from the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH).

Searchable queries and reports by the Data Resource Center (DRC) from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NSCHCN).

Data and information about chronic diseases

Oregon reports of the Global Warming Commission and Climate Change Integration Group.

Center for Health Statistics data tables profiling death demographics and causes.

Reports and information on diabetes prevalence, diabetes mortality, major complications, and economic costs of diabetes in Oregon.

Facts and report to the 2009 legislature