HPEX 435: Health Disparities

Brief overviews of health issues of particular significance to different populations. Statistics are reported at the national level.

Online tool to access data from U.S Census and related economic and community surveys. In addition to demographic and income information, it includes some health-related topics such as insurance coverage and disability.

The main pdf is a large compilation of tables on health-related topics. Specific statistics can be found by jumping through the pdf or by navigating to topical pages on the site. Information is primarily at the national level.

From CDC, world’s largest, ongoing telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the U.S. yearly since 1984. Factors assessed include tobacco use, health care coverage, HIV/AIDS, physical activity, consumption. It includes built-in graphing tools to look at summary statistics by state or over time.

Births and deaths, broken down by county and by White / Black / Other for race and ethnicity. Other health information for Virginia, not always by county or by race / ethnicity.

NIH information portal for Alaska Natives

NIH information portal

U.S. DHHS, Indian Health Service

The Healthy People website provides access to data that is used to measure progress in public health goals.

Analysis of health care at the state level from the State Health Access Data Assistance Center.

Archived page from Health People 2020

A subset of iPoll, Health Poll is the most comprehensive database for health-related U.S. survey questions, covering eighty years of national polling.

A VCU Libraries guide to finding, using, and citing images