Data

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network – Cancer Disparities: A Chartbook: Data on cancer racial and ethnic disparities, ranging from cancer prevention and screening to access and coverage, to help policymakers and health experts improve cancer-related outcomes for all populations.

America’s Health Rankings / United Health Foundation: State-by-state health analysis evaluating a comprehensive set of health, environmental and socioeconomic data to determine national health benchmarks and state rankings.

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Nation’s premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect data about U.S. residents regarding health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions and use of preventive services.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Overweight and Obesity Statistics: CDC’s Obesity efforts focus on policy and environmental strategies to make healthy eating and active living accessible and affordable for everyone.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Tobacco Statistics: The CDC and its partners promote tobacco control interventions, including actions to prevent youth from starting to use tobacco, smoke-free environments, programs to help tobacco users quit, and steps to eliminate tobacco-related health disparities in different population groups.

Child Health Data / Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health: Provides data on children’s health data ranging from health status and disparities to specific problems and conditions and system performance. Depending on the data requested, custom snapshots of data can be created at the national, regional, state and city level.

Community Resource Guide / Well-Ahead, Louisiana Dept. of Health: This helpful search tool helps you find local Louisiana health resources ranging from screenings to tobacco cessation and healthy eating.

City Health Dashboard / Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: See and compare where your city stands on 36 measures that shape health, in order to help find solutions. The site also offers links to proven solutions found in the organization’s County Health Rankings & Roadmaps.

County Health Rankings & Roadmaps / Robert Woods Johnson Foundation & Univ. of Wisconsin Population Health Institute: Interactive data showing Louisiana parish-level rankings in health outcomes and factors, including smoking and obesity rates. A state-level report derived from this information is also available on this site.

Healthy People 2020 / Office of Disease Prevention and Promotion: The science-based, 10-year set of national objectives used to help improve health in the United States. It strives to identify priorities, increase public awareness, provide measurable goals at all levels, engage multiple partners and sectors, and identify research, evaluation and data collection needs.

Louisiana Cancer Data / Louisiana Tumor Registry: Top-ranked statewide cancer registry which compiles information to guide cancer efforts. It collects information on all Louisiana cancer, collecting over 500 data items on 28,000+ cases annually.

Louisiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan, aka “The State Cancer Plan” (2017-2021) / Louisiana Cancer Prevention and Control Program (LCP): A 5-year state cancer plan compiled under the auspices of the Louisiana Comprehensive Cancer Control Program or “Comp Cancer” and which is housed at LCP. This report outlines statewide efforts, partners and goals to help reduce cancer in the state.

Louisiana Health Statistics / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Basic data on birth, death, mortality, marriage, etc for the state of Louisiana.

Louisiana Smoking & Tobacco Use Statistics / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Overall look at tobacco use, secondhand smoke exposure, policies, awareness and policies in the state.

Louisiana State Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Profile / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Highlights data on dietary quality, physical activity and obesity in the state of Louisiana.

Opportunity Atlas: Mapping The Childhood Roots of Social Mobility / United States Census Bureau: Provides census-tract level data of children’s outcomes in adult using data covering the entire U.S. population. Findings showed that even with same demographics, even neighborhoods next to each other could have different outcomes. Policy makers are now using this information to understand and change factors affecting children.

The State of Obesity / Robert Woods Johnson Foundation & Trust for America’s Health: State-by-state health analysis evaluating a comprehensive set of health, environmental and socioeconomic data to determine national health benchmarks and state rankings.

Tobacco Resources / Well-Ahead, Louisiana Dept. of Health: Educational materials, signs, checklists and more to help reduce tobacco use and aid your organization’s drive to be designated a “WellSpot” by the Louisiana Dept. of Health.