Selected Public Health Data Web sites
This section of the Minnesota County Health Tables is a list of selected public health data Web sites by category. This list is by no means exhaustive.
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Access and Service Delivery
MinnesotaCare Coverage - Minnesota Department of Human Services
Minnesota Health Care Program enrollment by month for the state.
Health Economics Program Publications - Minnesota Department of Health
The Health Economics Program conducts research and applied policy analysis to monitor changes in the health care marketplace; to understand factors influencing health care cost, quality and access; and to provide technical assistance in the development of state health care policy. The information is used to inform policymakers, consumers, and other stakeholders in Minnesota
Workforce Data - Office of Rural Health (MDH)
Information on the healthcare workforce in Minnesota including workforce profiles by profession and shortage information.
Office of Rural Health Publications (MDH)
A listing of publications out of the Office of Rural Health and Primary Care.
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
Tobacco Reports - Center for Health Statistics (MDH)
Minnesota Student Survey - survey of 6th, 9th,and 12th graders (MDH)
CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
State data on adult risk behaviors such as smoking and alcohol use
Births and Deaths
Center for Health Statistics (MDH)
Minnesota Health Statistics Annual Summary (MDH)
Yearly publications on birth and deaths in Minnesota by county and selected cities.
National Center for Health Statistics
National data on births and deaths
Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting - Info Exchange
Statistical reports on adolescent pregnancy and birth.
Child and Adolescent Health
Children’s Report Card (Minnesota Department of Administration)
Minnesota Planning developed the Children's Report Card in 1994 to help the state and its 87 counties gauge the well-being of Minnesota's children and youth. The site includes state, county and school district data over several years for each of the 31 indicators. Maps and county rankings are some of the features that allow comparisons from county to county and with the state as a whole.
Minnesota Student Survey - survey of 6th, 9th,and 12th graders (MDH)
Results from the 2004 and 2007 Minnesota Student Survey by state and county.
Data Center - District Information - Minnesota Department of Education
The Data Center provides a repository of information about Minnesota schools. Several years of data have been compiled describing general characteristics of each school district including enrollment, attendance and language.
Minnesota KIDS COUNT - Children's Defense Fund Minnesota
Minnesota KIDS COUNT provides county-by-county data on the well-being of Minnesota's children and families. Minnesota KIDS COUNT releases periodic reports and an annual data book to provide a statistical profile of Minnesota's children and suggestions for action on their behalf.
City-County-Community Level Information on Kids System
This Web site brings together data on the well-being of children collected by KIDS COUNT grantees from state and local sources. The unique system allows users to access state-specific inventories of data from local sources, such as health departments, human services agencies, and schools. The content of state pages is determined by a participating KIDS COUNT partner using data from local jurisdictions.
Minnesota Children with Special Health Care Needs - Research and Reports (MDH)
Chronic Conditions
Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System (MDH)
The Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System (MCSS) is the state's cancer registry. It is an ongoing program within the Section of Chronic Disease and Environmental Epidemiology at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The MCSS systematically collects demographic and diagnostic information on all Minnesota residents with newly-diagnosed cancers.
Minnesota Diabetes Program (MDH)
Includes national and state publications on diabetes.
Demographics
Census 2000 (Minnesota Department of Administration)
A compilation of most requested Census 2000 data, issues, links and presentations.
Per Capita Income for previous years by county (Minnesota Department of Administration)
Datanet (Minnesota Department of Administration)
Datanet is an online system consisting of summarized statistical information designed to serve Minnesota's governments, businesses, schools, nonprofit agencies and citizens. The system contains statistics about social, economic and demographic conditions in Minnesota. Datanet delivers 200,000 reports, maps and data downloads annually.
Census County Quick Facts (US Census)
A summary of often requested census data by county.
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates
1989 – most recent Intercensal Estimates for States, Counties & School Districts of age 0-17 in poverty, age 5-17 in families in poverty, age 5-17 in families in poverty, under age 5 in poverty (Only available for states), median household income
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development - Workforce Data
Employment related statistics for the state of Minnesota and its counties.
Bureau of Economic Analysis: Local Data
Per Capital Income, Personal Income, Population by county
Environmental Health
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
MPCA has information on air quality, hazardous waste and water quality.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Ground Water
Lakes
Minnesota Emergency Response Commission
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control (MDH)
Data on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, other reportable diseases and vaccine preventable diseases.
STD Surveillance Reports (MDH)
HIV Surveillance Reports (MDH)
Violence and Unintentional Injury
Criminal Justice Data
The Criminal Justice Statistics Center at Minnesota Planning obtains databases from various state agencies and analyzes them for policy-makers. Updated annually, these databases contain data on criminal offenses, arrests and apprehensions, justice system expenditures, and probation cases.
Traffic Safety - Crash Data Reports - Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Minnesota Department of Public Safety reports including the Minnesota Crash Facts.
State Fire Marshal Publications - Minnesota Department of Public Safety
This Web site lists state and national publications on fires including Fire in Minnesota - 2001
Injury and Violence Prevention (MDH)
Injury and violence publications on injury-related mortality, intimate partner violence and violence-related injury.
The Minnesota Injury Data Access System (MIDAS)
To support its mission of preventing injuries in Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Health has developed MIDAS, the Minnesota Injury Data Access System. It will enable you to more easily learn about the injury and violence data for Minnesotans, whether for a specific county, for a type of injury, or by gender, timeframe, or other factor.
Miscellaneous
Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS)
Minnesota Department of Health
Minnesota Department of Health, Health Data and Statistics (Links to selected MDH publications)
Minnesota Vital Signs
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CDC Homepage
CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
State data on adult risk behaviors such as smoking and alcohol use
CDC Wonder
Provides a multitude of public health data such as births, deaths and injury
If you have questions or comments about this page, please contact the Minnesota Center for Health Statistics:
healthstats@state.mn.us.
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