Health Journalism Data

Discover the power of data in health care journalism with our curated archive of valuable statistics and trends.


Data Dive

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    Cancer

    Single digits: Black, Hispanic scientists strikingly underrepresented at NCI among senior workforce and grantees  Annual Report to the Nation on…

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    Children and health

    2018-2019 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) Child and Family Health Measures: The Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent…

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    Data visualization tools

    Rural Assistance Center Maps: The Rural Assistance Center, in conjunction with the University of Missouri’s Center for Applied Research and…

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    Databases, research and statistics

    Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded its 500 Cities Project, a 2016 initiative to provide city-…

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    Disabilities

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains statistics and analysis on disability and health disparities. This source…

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    Food insecurity

    Food insecurity is a growing concern for many people in the United States. Prior to COVID-19, it was estimated that…

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    Global

    The IPCC Climate Report For data on global health, Duke University maintains an updated site that links to several global…

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    Hospitals

    The American Hospital Association maintains a site where it is aggregating data about the social determinants of health and the…

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    Incarceration: U.S. and world prisons

    The database that Gary Harki and his reporting team found in Texas that lists all deaths that have occurred in…

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    Literacy

    Health Literacy “Tool Shed:” Funded by the National Library of Medicine, this online health literacy resource from Boston University offers a…

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    Maps and mapping tools

    The Appalachian Overdose Mapping Tool illustrates the relationship in each Appalachian county between overdose deaths and socioeconomic factors, including poverty,…

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    Mental health

    National Institute of Mental Health Statistics: NIMH compiles data on the prevalence of a wide range of mental illnesses from eating…

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    Minority health

    CDC’s FastStats on Minority Health: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics offers FastStats on the…

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    State reports

    Affiliated with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) is a multidisciplinary health…

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    Substance use

    Monitoring the Future: This national survey, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) tracks drug, alcohol, and cigarette use…

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    Urban health

    World Health Organization on Urban Health: The WHO’s Global Health Observatory offers key data on urban health worldwide, from urban…

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    Veterans

    The Office of Health Equity (OHE) was established in 2012. On its website, you’ll find data on the top 50…

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