Health Data and Statistics

Web Data Query System

The Web Data Query System provides online query access to several key public health data sets for Rhode Island.

Available Modules :

Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (1998-2007)
Measures a number of health risk behaviors among RI adults 18 years and older, including alcohol consumption, diabetes, healthcare access, health status, mammograms, nutrition, pap smears, and weight control. (more)

Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) (2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007)
A survey of students in grades 9-12 that measures health risk behaviors which contribute to injuries; tobacco, alcohol and other drug use; unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); unhealthy dietary behaviors; and physical inactivity. (more)

Death Certificates (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
Death data are collected from funeral directors who are responsible for obtaining the cause of death from physicians. The definition of a case or record in the Death Records is a person who died in RI or a RI resident who has died out-of-state.  Preliminary data on deaths occurring in RI are available within one year after the end of the calendar year.  Final data, including out-of-state deaths of RI residents, are available 2 years after the end of the calendar year.

Related Links

Statehealthfacts.org
A project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation designed to provide free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use data on all 50 states. Data is provided on more than 500 health topics.

CDC Wonder
Provides a single point of access to a wide variety of reports and numeric public health data, including death certificates, birth certificates and linked birth/infant death records.

Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
Interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury related data.

HCUPnet
A free, on-line query system based on data from the Healthcare cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). It provides access to health statistics and information on hospital stays at the national, regional, and State level.

The Office on Women's Health
The system provides county-level data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories and possessions. Data are available by gender, race and ethnicity and, to the extent possible, age.