The Neighborhood Atlas is a free mapping tool of the Centers for Health Disparities Research, an institution that’s part of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Using U.S. Census block data, researchers have developed a measure to rank a neighborhood’s socioeconomic advantage.
PLACES: Local Data for Better Health
PLACES is a project developed by the CDC, the CDC and Prevention Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The first iteration of it started in 2015 and was called 500 Cities. Its name and scope changed in December 2020.
Rural Data Explorer
The Rural Health Information Hub’s tool allows users to compare the prevalence of certain health indicators in rural and urban areas in the U.S., including obesity, diabetes and HIV. It also includes data on the density of health care and medical professionals such as doctors, nurses and dentists. The statistics come from the CDC, the National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which is part of the University of Washington.
Health Equity Tracker
This project was created during the COVID-19 pandemic by researchers at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute, which is part of the Morehouse School of Medicine. Although the tool was created to aggregate demographic data from communities that were most affected by COVID-19, investigators have added data on chronic diseases such as diabetes and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as well as opioid misuse and social and political determinants of health.
This website produces public health profiles for all 3,143 counties in the United States. Each profile includes key indicators of health outcomes, which describes the population health status of a county and factors that have the potential to influence health outcomes, such as health care access and quality, health behaviors, social factors, and the physical environment. The online application includes updated peer county groups, health status indicators, a summary comparison page, and U.S. Census tract data and indicators for sub-populations (age groups, sex, and race/ethnicity) to identify potential health disparities. In this version of CHSI, updated in March 2015, all indicators are benchmarked against those of peer counties, the median of all U.S. counties, and Healthy People 2020 targets.