NUR5701: Population Health, Legislation and Social Policy: Epidemiology and Demographic Resources

A new platform to access demographic and economic data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The vision for data.census.gov is to improve the customer experience by making data available from one centralized place so that data users spend less time searching for data and content, and more time using it.

Select a state to see municipality, county, state and federal data comparisons.

Chronic Disease Indicators (CDIs) that you can explore either nationally or by state.

Provides access to 50 state reports which rank counties by health outcomes and health factors.

This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site provides access to a variety of public health statistics, organized alphabetically by topic.

Births, births rates, deaths, and death rates by state and territory.

Links to objectives, health indicators, and resources for interventions from 2020-2030.

Data is provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the principal source for statistical health information in the US.

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes. They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. These forces and systems include economic policies and systems, development agendas, social norms, social policies, racism, climate change, and political systems.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 goals with 169 targets that all 191 UN Member States have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2030. Health has a central place in SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages, underpinned by 13 targets that cover a wide spectrum of WHO’s work.

These are related indicators for all health-related SDG targets.

In identifying and addressing the priority health needs of New Jersey residents, the Healthy New Jersey 2030 (HNJ2030) Topic Areas are tied together by the cross-cutting issues of Equity, Policy, and Resilience. Integrating these cross-cutting issues into all aspects of Healthy New Jersey’s framework, objectives, and planning processes is crucial to ensuring an intentional, systemic approach to eliminating barriers to good health for all New Jersey residents.

Organizes the wealth of health-related data providded by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. Allows customized queries of public health datasets.

The NJSCR is a population-based registry, mandated by state law, that collects data on all cancer cases diagnosed and/or treated in New Jersey since October 1, 1978. It is a member of the NAACCR, the NPCR, and other certification bodies.

WONDER online databases utilize a rich ad-hoc query system for the analysis of public health data. Reports and other query systems are also available.

Use NJSHAD to create a customized query for mortality statistics at the state, county or municipality level.