Data and Evaluation

The chronic disease indicators (CDI) are a set of surveillance indicators developed by consensus among CDC, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD).

This insightful discussion dug deeper into what data exists on health disparities, what are the gaps in data and how those gaps could be closed and/or existing data better used to implement change that addresses the disparities.

This workbook provides an overview of the main points contained in the book Making Data Talk: Communicating Public Health Data to the Public, Policy Makers, and the Press, as well as practical exercises for applying the book’s concepts and communication principles to your unique situation.

Differences in the prevalence of physical inactivity in the United States exist by race/ethnicity and location, according to new CDC maps.

In this report, the authors provide comprehensive and up-to-date US data on disparities in cancer occurrence, major risk factors, and access to and utilization of preventive measures and screening by sociodemographic characteristics.

The objective of the NCI/CDC State Cancer Profiles Web site is to provide a system to characterize the cancer burden in a standardized manner in order to motivate action, integrate surveillance into cancer control planning, characterize areas and demographic groups, and expose health disparities.

This U.S. Cancer Statistics data brief analyzes screening-detectable cancer rates among non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations in Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Areas (PRCDA) counties across six regions: Alaska, Northern Plains, Southern Plains, Pacific Coast, East, and…

The Health Equity Tracker aims to give a detailed view of health outcomes by race, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, and other critical factors.

The U.S. Cancer Statistics Data Visualizations tool displays the official federal statistics on cancer incidence (newly diagnosed cases).

This website from the National Cancer Institute contains maps of lung cancer cancer incidence, mortality and survival.