Research Guides: NURS 4500/4515: Community Health Nursing (Chicago): Health/Vital Statistics

Chicago Health Statistics

Chicago Health Atlas
View info on births, crime, deaths, environmental health, and infectious disease by choosing one of the 77 official community areas in Chicago. All of this data is supplied by the Chicago Department of Public Health.
Community Area Health and Resource Inventory
Profiles of community health statistics and resources in each of Chicago's community areas.
NOTE: This data is from 2007. Use for comparison only.
Health and Human Services -- City of Chicago Data Portal
Check out city statistics collected by the department of Public Health on birth & prenatal care, leading causes of deaths per neighborhood, clinic access, immunization and more.
Illinois Youth Survey - Chicago Community Reports
The IYS is a self-report survey administered in school settings and is designed to gather information about a variety of health and social indicators including substance use patterns and attitudes of Illinois youth.
City of Chicago Department of Public Health
Check out the Healthy Chicago initiative, as well as other programs and plans aimed at the people of Chicago
2021 HIV/STI Data Brief

Websites published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These links are mainly topic-based and include state and national statistics.

CDC Data & Statistics by topics
Provides data and statistics on a variety of different health topics.
Minority Health
Discusses health disparities for vulnerable populations as defined by race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, geography, gender, age, disability status, risk status related to sex and gender, etc.

Healthy People 2030
Healthy People 2020
Provides national goals and status of leading health indicators. Provides context in which you can understand certain health problems of your own community, for example AIDS or heart disease.
Health, United States, 2016
Annual report on trends in health statistics.