Deaths/Mortality

Activities Projects Publications

Indicators on mortality and causes of death shed light on the health, economic, and safety conditions of our communities . Three-quarters of our partners have or make use of cause of death data from vital statistics files.

Related Activities:
Greater Hartford Neighborhood Data Hub
May 1, 2017 to December 1, 2020
DataHaven   (New Haven - Connecticut)


The Greater Hartford Neighborhood Data Hub program, managed by DataHaven, is designed to support the more effective curation, collection, sharing, and use of local-level cross-sector data... [read more]

Southwestern Pennsylvania Community Profiles
June 5, 2015
University Center for Social and Urban Research   (Pittsburgh)


The Southwestern Pennsylvania Community Profiles presents community data and indicators from dozens of sources in a series of interactive tables, maps, and charts. The tool was built by our... [read more]

Bexar County Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan
November 3, 2014
Community Information Now (CI:Now)   (San Antonio)


CI:Now provided secondary data for the Health Collaborative's 2013 Community Health Assessment and is working with the Health Collaborative to develop an online platform for tracking progress on... [read more]

Comal and Guadalupe County community assessment
March 1, 2014 to November 30, 2014
Community Information Now (CI:Now)   (San Antonio)


On behalf a broad collaborative of organizations convened by the United Way of Comal County, CI:Now is conducting a broad secondary data assessment of community needs in Comal and Guadalupe Counties... [read more]

Public Health-Seattle/King County develops new Automated Disease Surveillance program
January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2015
Communities Count   (Seattle)


Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC) is developing an Automated Disease Surveillance (ADS) program using Stata statistical software.  In addition to being able to analyze the... [read more]

Polis Center Partners with Local Organizations to Develop Health Indices
December 31, 2013
The Polis Center   (Indianapolis)


The Polis Center is partnering with the Regenstrief Institute, the Fairbanks School of Public Health, and the School of Medicine to develop public health indices from the Indiana Network for... [read more]

Polis Center Creating New Data Analysis and Visualization Tools
December 31, 2013
The Polis Center   (Indianapolis)


Through a grant from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, the Polis Center is creating new data analysis and visualization tools for SAVI, such as the Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis tool,... [read more]

City Profiles
September 30, 2012 to December 31, 2012
Communities Count   (Seattle)


Over the next 12 months Public Health- Seattle & King County will be developing new data profiles for 22 cities and unincorporated areas of King County.  The profiles will include up-to-date... [read more]

Developing Data for Health Reporting Areas (HRAs)
February 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012
Communities Count   (Seattle)


Our new HRA boundaries match exact city boundaries, which often are not consistent with ZIP codes, census tracts or block groups. Developing data from sources that only include these other... [read more]

Methods for Monitoring Health Inequities
February 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012
Communities Count   (Seattle)


We expect to release the methodological information and data for 2-3 key health indicators in a technical report this summer. Health inequities have typically been measured using single... [read more]

Related Cross-Site Projects:
Neighborhoods and Health
2001 - 2003
Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Contact: Tom Kingsley , [email protected]


Variations in neighborhood conditions are critical to health outcomes and program options in America. In almost all urban areas, serious health problems are highly concentrated in a fairly small... [read more]

Related Publications:
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Health Equity in Connecticut 2023
November 14, 2023
Book - By: Kelly Davila, Camille Seaberry, Mark Abraham
PDF icon DataHaven 2023 Health Equity Report 082323.pdf
Health Equity in Connecticut 2023
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Connecticut Town Equity Reports
September 13, 2021
Report - By: Camille Seaberry, Kelly Davila, Mark Abraham
DataHaven Connecticut Town Equity Reports
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Greater Hartford Community Wellbeing Index 2019
December 18, 2019
Report - By: DataHaven
PDF icon DataHaven Hartford, Connecticut Community Wellbeing Index community indicators data report
PDF, Link to report page
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
2019 Valley Community Index: Understanding the Valley Region
October 10, 2019
Report - By: DataHaven
PDF, Link to report page
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Greater New Haven Community Index 2019
September 9, 2019
Report - By: DataHaven
PDF icon DataHaven_GNH_Community_Index_2019a.pdf
PDF, Link to report page
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index 2019
September 9, 2019
Report - By: DataHaven
PDF icon DataHaven Fairfield County/Bridgeport, Connecticut Community Wellbeing Index community indicators data report
PDF, Link to report page
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Greater Waterbury Community Wellbeing Profile
September 9, 2018
Report - By: DataHaven, Greater Waterbury Health Partnership
PDF, Link to report page
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Connecticut's Opioid Epidemic: A Glimpse of the Past Five Years
September 2018
Report - By: Josephine Ankrah
Connecticut’s opioid epidemic: A glimpse of the last five years
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
The Status of Women and Girls in Eastern Connecticut
February 8, 2018
Report - By: DataHaven
PDF, Link to report page
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
As State Ages, Havens For Young Will Grow
September 6, 2017
News article - By: Mark Abraham, Camille Seaberry
Link
Urban Health Collaborative
Philadelphia
Neighborhood health and poverty in Philadelphia
May 24, 2017
Report - By: Urban Health Collaborative at the Dornsife School of Public Health
PDF
University Center for Social and Urban Research
Pittsburgh
A Guide for Data Related to Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Allegheny County
March 27, 2017
Website - By: Bob Gradeck
A Guide for Data Related to Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Allegheny County
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Who Are the Centenarians? Part 2: Dying at Age 100+ vs. Dying at Ages 65-99
January 2017
Blog post - By: Kit Frohardt-Lane, Data Driven Detroit
Who Are the Centenarians? Part 2: Dying at Age 100+ vs. Dying at Ages 65-99


King County Child Death Review Report
January 2017
Report - By: Public Health – Seattle & King County: Child Death Review Team
Report
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Who are the Centenarians? Part 1: Dying at Age 100 or More
December 2016
Blog post - By: Kit Frohardt-Lane, Data Driven Detroit
Who are the Centenarians? Part 1: Dying at Age 100 or More
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index 2016: Measuring social progress, economic opportunity, and well-being in Fairfield County neighborhoods
October 10, 2016
Report - By: Mark Abraham, Mary Buchanan
PDF icon Index report PDF
Link to report
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Greater New Haven Community Index 2016
October 10, 2016
Report - By: Mark Abraham, Mary Buchanan
PDF icon DataHaven_GNH_Community_Index.pdf
Link to report page
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
Understanding the Valley Region: 2016 Valley Community Index
October 10, 2016
Report - By: Mary Buchanan, Mark Abraham
Link to report page
Community Information Now (CI:Now)
San Antonio
2016 Bexar County Community Health Needs Assessment
August 2016
Report - By: The Health Collaborative and Community Information Now
View or download the 2016 Assessment
The New Orleans Youth Index
December 15, 2015
Report - By: Vicki Mack
PDF icon TheDataCenter_TheYouthIndex.pdf
The New Orleans Youth Index
The Mid-America Regional Council
Kansas City
Transportation Outlook 2040: Metropolitan Kansas City's Long Range Transportation Plan
June 23, 2015
Report - By: Mid-America Regional Council
Transportation Outlook 2040: Metropolitan Kansas City's Long Range Transportation Plan
(Inactive) Atlanta Regional Commission
Atlanta
Public Health in Metro Atlanta: Exploring How Healthy Our Neighborhoods Are
May 2015
Blog post - By: Mike Carnathan, Audrey Spiegel
Public Heath in Metro Atlanta: Exploring How Healthy Our Neighborhoods Are (Full slide deck), Public Heath in Metro Atlanta: Exploring How Healthy Our Neighborhoods Are (infograph))
Community Information Now (CI:Now)
San Antonio
Local news coverage of CI:Now's 2014 community assessment for Comal and Guadalupe Counties
April 19, 2015
Announcement - By: CI:Now
Comal County Needs Get Spotlight, Community Needs Assessment for Comal and Guadalupe Counties, 2014 Update
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
7.2 SQ MI: A Report on Greater Downtown Detroit, 2nd Edition
March 2015
Report - By: Data Driven Detroit
Communities Count
Seattle
King County Community Health Indicators
2015
Website - By: King County Hospitals for a Healthier Community
Link
Community Information Now (CI:Now)
San Antonio
Community Needs Assessment for Comal & Guadalupe Counties, 2014 Update, Rev. Ed.
November 2014
Report - By: Laura C. McKieran, DrPH, Norma I. Garza, MPH, Clarissa R. Ozuna, MA, Stephanie Martinez
PDF
Institute for Urban Policy Research
Dallas
2014 Beyond ABC: Assessing Children's Health in the North Texas Corridor
November 2014
Book - By: Timothy M. Bray, PhD, Anthony M. Galvan, Sara A. Mokuria, Lauren A. Villa, Alexis J. Harper, Sheila N. Dang
PDF icon Download Report
Community Information Now (CI:Now)
San Antonio
SA2020 Data Dashboard
September 2014
Report - By: SA2020 and CI:Now
SA2020: The Data Dashboard
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore
Vital Signs 12
May 5, 2014
Report - By: Seema Iyer
PDF icon PDF
Link to Portal, Link to Data
DataHaven
New Haven - Connecticut
2013 Greater New Haven Community Index
September 2013
Report - By: Mark Abraham
PDF icon datahaven_2013communityindex.pdf
2013 Greater New Haven Community Index
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Data Empowered: Community Development and NEO CANDO 2010+
July 17, 2012
Presentation - By: Claudia Coulton
PDF icon PDF
Communities Count
Seattle
Life Expectancy in King County
March 1, 2012
Presentation - By: David Solet
PDF icon PDF
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
Every Kid Counts in the District of Columbia: 17th Annual Fact Book 2010
February 2, 2011
Report - By: Jennifer Comey, Kaitlin Franks, Zach McDade, Ashley Williams
PDF
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Trends in Maternal and Infant Health in Poor Urban Neighborhoods: Good News from the 1990s, but Challenges Remain
August 2005
Journal Article - By: Embry Howell, Kathryn L.S. Pettit, G. Thomas Kingsley
Link
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy
May 30, 2003
Report - By: Kathryn L.S. Pettit, G. Thomas Kingsley, Claudia J. Coulton
Link
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy - Cross-Site Analysis
April 24, 2003
Presentation - By: Kathy Pettit, Tom Kingsley
Office presentation icon PPT