Resources
Helpful links to information relevent to rural health in Kansas
Data Sets
General
- Census.gov
Current facts and figures about America’s people and economy. - Data.gov
Data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, the U.S. Government's open data source. - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
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. - The General Social Survey (GSS)
The General Social Survey (GSS) is a nationally representative survey of adults in the United States, the GSS collects data on contemporary American society in order to monitor and explain trends in opinions, attitudes and behaviors. - County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R)
CHR&R, a program of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, draws attention to why there are differences in health within and across communities. - CDC Archive
Archived web material for CDC.gov is preserved on the CDC Archive Site for historical purposes. - CDC Wonder
Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research -- an easy-to-use, menu-driven system that makes the information resources of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) available to public health professionals and the public at large. - Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx)
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) GHDx is the world’s most comprehensive catalog of surveys, censuses, vital statistics, and other health-related data. - IPUMS
IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space
Food Access
- Food Access Research Atlas | Economic Research Service
Presents an overview of food access indicators for low-income and other census tracts using different measures of supermarket accessibility; provides food access data for populations within census tracts; and offers census-tract-level data on food access that can be downloaded for community planning or research purposes.
Youth Data
- Kids Count Data Center
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT® (LA INFANCIA CUENTA™) is a trusted source of data on children, youth and families.
General
- All Things Kansas
A free interactive tool with data-driven mapping, reports and insights for all 105 counties in the Sunflower State. The website uses national, state and local resources to help analyze and visualize data across Kansas communities. - Kansas Health Matters
Community health-related statistical data, local resources and a wealth of information in one accessible, user-friendly location, providing communities tools to read and understand the public health indicators that affect the quality of Kansans. - Kansas Department of Health and Environment: Kansas Information for Communities (KIC)
Kansas Information for Communities or KIC is a health information portal. You can query public health datasets, access statistics for Kansas counties, and find links to public health reports. - National Association of Community Health Centers - State Level Health Center Data & Maps - NACHC
The latest state-level data available from the Uniform Data System, including data on health center patients, services provided, staffing, costs, and more. - Kansas Health Institute (KHI) 2024 County Health Rankings: County Profiles
To support state and local health improvement efforts, the KHI has produced individual county profiles that include a five-year comparison of County Health Rankings data and the “drivers,” or measures with the greatest impact, on health grouping of each county - USDA Economic Research Service: Rural Classifications
Analysis and study of conditions in nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) areas, defined on the basis of counties.
Environmental Health
- Kansas Environmental Health Surveillance & Reporting
Tracks health outcomes that may be related to environmental exposures, including blood lead surveillance and reporting. - AirNow
This air quality data site highlights air quality in your local area first, while still providing air quality information at state and national views. - United State Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Data
Water quality data submitted from over 900 federal, state and tribal agencies, watershed organizations and other groups are available to support your water quality analyses.
Cancer
- KDHE Cancer Data Dashboard
Visualization of numbers and percentages of the top 10 cancer diagnoses and mortalities, risk factors, screening prevalence, cancer incidence, rates of cancer death and cancer survivor care in the state of Kansas.
Disease
- Reportable Infectious Disease Statistics
The KDHE Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics - Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Rsponse section conducts infectious disease surveillance and outbreak investigations and provides subject matter expertise to locatl health departments,healthcare facilities, clinicians, veterinarians and the public. Data are extracted from the Kansas secure electronic disease surveillance system, EpiTrax. - Kansas Syndromic Surveillance Program (KSSP)
The KSSP collects information from hospital emergency department and urgent care/immediate care visits in a timelye manner. Data are pulled from the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE).