Health Equity, Administration, and Technology

Portal to Our Health - Health Topics A-Z; Community Health Profiles available through Data - Publications- comprehensive reports that detail the health of all New York City neighborhoods.

EpiQuery is an online interactive portal that provides data on the health of New Yorkers from a variety of sources, including Health Surveys, Disease Reporting and Vital Statistics (births, infant mortality, and deaths).

A useful tool for performing community assessments. Population statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and death data, hospitalizations, local trade data, and much more featuring data from New York City and New York State. The 2010 Census data by zip code is now available. COVID-19 Data by Zip Code now available.

Portal to information on Diseases and Conditions, Data and Reports, and Health Topics concerning New Yorker's health.

New York State has a large, multi-faceted mental health system that serves more than 900,000 individuals each year. The Office of Mental Health (OMH) operates psychiatric centers across the State. OMH also regulates, certifies and oversees more than 4,500 programs, operated by local governments
and nonprofit agencies.
Mission: To promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a particular focus on providing hope and recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation’s premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services. Established in 1984 with 15 states, BRFSS now collects data in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories. BRFSS completes more than 400,000 adult interviews each year, making it the largest continuously conducted health survey system in the world.

CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System's tool to compare prevalence of variables across states or years.

Dept. of Health and Human Services’ public health agency. Provides data, statistics and information on various health and safety topics.

Federal agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Look at “Research, Statistics, Data & Systems” section.

The mission of the Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high-performing, equitable health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including people of color, people with low income, and those who are uninsured. Supports independent research on health care issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy.

Annual government report on trends in health.

Healthy People is a set of goals and objectives with 10-year targets designed to guide national health promotion and disease prevention efforts to improve the Nation’s health.

The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news.

An electronic archive for digital resource materials in the fields of minority health and health disparities research and policy. It is offered as a no-charge resource to the public, academic scholars and health science researchers interested in the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the federal government's principal agency for cancer research and training.

NCHS collects, analyzes, and disseminates timely, relevant, and accurate health data and statistics. Our products and services inform the public and guide program and policy decisions to improve our nation’s health.

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. NIMH is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.

A team of 8000+ professionals of the world's leading public health experts, doctors, epidemiologists, scientists and managers. WHO coordinates the world’s response to health emergencies, promote well-being, prevent disease and expand access to health care.
Data:
Mortality Database: Causes of death by age and sex
Global Health Estimates: Assessment of mortality and loss of health due to diseases, injuries and risk factors
Global Health Observatory: Portal providing access to data and analyses for monitoring the global health situation