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MassCHIP

(Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile)

28 available data sets including:

·   Births & Deaths

·   Demographic / Census Files

·   Hospital Discharges

·   State BRFSS & YRBS data

·   More….

Interactive database developed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.  State and local data available.

US Census Bureau

·   Population data by age & race

·   Housing data

·   Education data

·   Employment status

·   Income & poverty status

·   More…

Includes tables & maps down to the block level.

·   Age & Sex

·   Race

·   Income & Poverty

·   Employment & Education

·   Language

·   More…

Indicators of child well-being compiled from the 2000 US Census.  Data available at US, state & local levels.

School & District Profiles

Massachusetts Department of Education

·   Enrollment

·   Expenditures

·   Test Results

·   Attendance & dropout rate

·   Plans after graduation

·   More….

State & district profiles for Massachusetts Public Schools.

Massachusetts YRBS Data

·   Alcohol, tobacco & other drug use

·   Violence-related behaviors

·   Suicidal thinking & behavior

·   Sexual behaviors

·   More…

Massachusetts State YRBS information & data from 1995-2001. 

·   Alcohol, tobacco & other drug use

·   Perceptions of alcohol, tobacco & other drug availability and perceptions of harmfulness

Each year, a total of some 50,000 8th, 10th and 12th grade students are surveyed. 

Behavioral Risk Factor

Surveillance System

·   Health-Related Behaviors from Asthma to Substance Abuse

Annual phone survey of adults, 18+.  Site provides breakdowns by state & other demographics for each question.

Profile of Drug Indicators in Massachusetts

(Office of National Drug Control Policy)

·   Types of drug offenses

·   Admissions to treatment

·   Federal sentencing statistics

·   More…

2003 summary of drug indicators in MA, compiled by the Office of National Drug Control Policy

       (Drug Abuse Warning Network)

·   Data on drug-related visits to a sample of the Nation's emergency departments and drug-related deaths from medical examiner and coroner jurisdictions throughout the country.

DAWN is a national public health surveillance system.

National Survey on Drug Use & Health

·   Quantity and frequency of alcohol use

·   Frequency of other drug use

·   More….

Formerly known as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, from SAMSHA.

·   Births

·   Deaths, Infant Deaths

·   Healthy People 2000, State Objectives

·   Health status indicators

The Nation’s principal health statistics agency.  Compilations of statistical information aimed to guide actions and policies to improve the health of people.

·   Health information

·   Drug information

·   MEDLINE Plus

An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Massachusetts Department

of Public Health

·   Substance abuse admissions fact sheets

·   Substance abuse services directory

For specific substance abuse information, go to the Bureau of Substance Abuse Services Publications page.

Commonwealth Communities

·   Public school information

·   Community profiles

·   Summaries of municipal finances

·   State legislators

·   Links to Community sites

A resource for finding information on the 351 cities & towns in Massachusetts. Each Community page has links to information provided by state agencies