BRFSS Maps

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Maps display information on:

• alcohol consumption
• asthma
• cardiovascular disease
• colorectal cancer screening
• diabetes
• disability
• exercise
• health care access/coverage
• health status
• immunization
• oral health
• overweight and obesity (BMI)
• prostate cancer
• tobacco use
• women’s health

Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Time frame: (as of June, 2010) 2002-2008
Available at:  http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/gisbrfss/default.aspx

Health, United States, 2009: With Special Feature on Medical Technology

The Health, United States series presents national trends in health statistics. Each report includes an executive summary, highlights, a chartbook, trend tables, extensive appendixes, and an index. Health, United States, 2009 is the 33rd report on the health status of the Nation. The report provides data on selected topics:

• American Indian or Alaska Native Population
• Asian or Pacific Islander Population
• Black or African American Population
• Child and Adolescent Health
• Disability
• Diseases and Conditions
• Education
• Health Expenditures
• Health Risk Factors
• Hispanic or Latino Population
• Infectious Disease
• Injury
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Men's Health
• Mental Health
• Metro and Nonmetropolitan Areas
• Older Population
• Poverty
• Private Health Insurance
• Special Feature: Medical Technology
• State Data
• Uninsured
• White Population
• Women's Health

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Time frame: (as of June 2010) Data available thruogh 2007 with projections until 2050
Availabe at: www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus09.pdf

United States Cancer Statistics (USCS)

This Web-based report includes the official federal statistics on cancer incidence from registries that have high-quality data and cancer mortality statistics for each year and 2002–2006 combined. It is produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), in collaboration with the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Time frame: (as of June 2010) 1999-2006
Available at: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/uscs 

CDC Wonder

CDC WONDER (Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research) is an easy-to-use, menu-driven system that provides an integrated information and communication system for public health. With CDC WONDER you can:

• Access statistical research data published by CDC, as well as reference materials, reports and guidelines on health-related topics
• Query numeric data sets on CDC's computers, via "fill-in-the blank" web pages. Public-use data sets about mortality (deaths), cancer incidence, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, vaccinations, natality (births), census data and many other topics are available for query, and the requested data are readily summarized and analyzed, with dynamically calculated statistics, charts and maps.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Time frame: (as of June 2010) ranges from 1970-2008

Available at: http://wonder.cdc.gov/

Health Data Interactive

Health Data Interactive presents tables with national health statistics for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. Tables can be customized by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and geographic location to explore different trends and patterns.

Table Topics:

• Health and functional status
• Health care use and expenditures
• Health conditions
• Health insurance and access
• Mortality and life expectancy
• Pregnancy and birth
• Risk factors and disease prevention

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Time frame: (as of June 2010) Most data is listed through 2008

Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hdi.htm

Chronic Disease State Profile Report

Profile for each state with information on:

• General Chronic Disease
• Arthritis
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Heatlhy Aging
• Healthy Youth
• Heart Disease and Stroke
• Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
• Oral Health
• Reproductive Health
• Smoking and Tobacco Use

Each section links to data sets, charts, and graphs as well as information on programs related to each health issue.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Time frame: (as of June 2010) Michigan profile for year 2008
Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/states/index.htm

*Taken from the 2008 Michigan State Profile Report

Chronic Disease Cost Calculator

The Chronic Disease Cost Calculator is a downloadable tool that supports states in:

1. Estimating state Medicaid expenditures for six chronic diseases – congestive heart failure, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, cancer, and diabetes.
2. Generating estimates of the costs to Medicaid of selected chronic diseases using customized inputs (e.g., prevalence rates and treatment costs).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Time frame: (as of June 2010) Estimated spending in the Cost Calculator is based on 2001–2005 data inflated forward to 2007 dollars.

Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/calculator/

Interactive Cancer Atlas

The Interactive Cancer Atlas (InCA) allows you to create customized United States maps showing how many people were diagnosed with or died from cancer by cancer site, gender, race/ethnicity, and state during a given period.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/Features/CancerAtlas/