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Secondary Data Sources

The Public Health Accreditation Board sets standards for community health assessments, which include the use of relevant secondary data. This may include information related to vital statistics (births and deaths), demographics, behavioral risk factor rates (such as tobacco smoking), and other data that are relevant to your community. Read more about PHAB standards here. Standards related to community health assessment can be found under Domain 1.

	Data Source	Data Year(s)*	County level data	Description	Topics
1	American FactFinder	Varying	Yes	Provides data tables from the American Community Survey. Use the “Add/Remove Geographies” function to compare county-level estimates to state and national estimates in side-by-side tables.	Demographics and socioeconomic characteristics
2	America’s Health Rankings	Varying; as recent as 2016	No	This resource provides information on state health rankings across a variety of health indicators. Charts and graphics are available to download and share.	Health behaviors, policy, environment, health outcomes
3	CDC WONDER	Varying	Yes; small counts may be suppressed	Online database that uses various data sources to produce customizable tables on AIDS, births, cancer statistics, environmental data, mortality, and sexually transmitted disease morbidity. Can also save web links to reports.	Vital statistics, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, cancer
4	Community Commons	Varying	Yes	Community Commons has map-making and report-building capabilities. Users can select data of interest from a wide range of sources to generate reports and maps once they’ve created an account (free!).	Various
5	County Health Rankings and Roadmaps	Varying	Yes	The Rankings contain county-level data on numerous health indicators and health outcomes. Users can also compare health statistics between counties.	Various
6	Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health	Varying, as recent as 2016	No	The Data Resource Center pulls together data from five surveys on child and adolescent health. Users can build queries based on survey, topic, year, and location.	Child and adolescent health
7	Disability and Health Data System	As recent as 2014	No	The CDC’s Disability and Health Data system provides access to health and demographic data about adults with disabilities.	Persons with disabilities
8	KIDS COUNT Data Center	Varying	Yes	The KIDS COUNT Data Center provides information on children and families. Users can explore topics by state, county, and year.	Child and family health
9	National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network	Varying; as recent as 2016	Yes	Users can build maps to compare state and county rates for a selection of health indicators, with a focus on environmental health indicators. Data can also be viewed in tables and charts. County environmental health profiles are available with the "Info by Location" tool.	Environmental health and hazards, health effects, population health
10	PeriStats	Varying	No	PeriStats is developed by the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center. It provides data on maternal and infant health.	Maternal and child health
11	SAMHSA State Profiles of Treatment Facilities and Summaries of Client Admissions	As recent as 2016	No	Users can generate state profiles from the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), and view demographics and substance use characteristics of admissions for treatment from the Treatment Episodes Data Set (TEDS).	Substance use and treatment
12	Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates	As recent as 2016	Yes	Use the SAIPE Interactive Data Tool to view maps and tables of population, income, and poverty estimates.	Income and poverty
13	State Cancer Profiles	Varying	Yes	State Cancer Profiles present data on cancer incidence, prevalence, and mortality. Information on demographics and screening & risk factors is also accessible. Users can create maps and tables, and examine trends over time.	Cancer
14	Trust for America's Health	As recent as 2016	No	Provides data on key health indicators, public health preparedness, and public health funding indicators; state rankings are available for selected data points.	Various
15	United States Census QuickFacts	Varying	Yes	Contains demographic and socioeconomic data such as education, income, race, ethnicity, sex, housing, and insurance status.	Demographics and socioeconomic characteristics
16	West Virginia Annual Outbreak Report	2016	Yes; in some cases, by region	Contains counts of disease outbreaks that occurred throughout the state in 2015 and county-level data on outbreak performance measures. Outbreaks by type are presented by region.	Infectious disease
17	West Virginia Annual Surveillance Data for Reportable Diseases	2015	Yes	Contains counts of confirmed, probable, and suspect cases of diseases defined in the Reportable Disease Rule.	Infectious disease
18	West Virginia Behavioral Health Profiles	Varying; as recent as 2014	Yes; in some cases, by region	Contains data on demographics, behavioral risk factors, alcohol, tobacco, drug use, and mental health. Profiles are organized by county.	Demographics, mental health, drug use
19	West Virginia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Report	Varying, as recent as 2014	Yes (2010-2014^)	WV BRFSS contains information on behavioral risk factors, such as physical activity, disability, tobacco use, alcohol use, chronic disease, and other health indicators.	Risk behaviors, chronic conditions, use of preventive services
20	West Virginia Department of Education Data Dashboard	Varying, as recent as 2017	Yes; also by school	The WV Department of Education's data dashboard contains information on educational data for pre-k through grade 12, including enrollment, state assessment results, and graduation rates.	Primary education
21	West Virginia Drug Overdose Deaths Historical Overview	2001-2015	Yes	Provides an overview of overdose deaths by year, sex, age, geographic distribution, and drug type in WV, and includes comparison to national data.	Opioids and overdose deaths
22	West Virginia Cancer Burden Report	2009-2013	Yes	Provides statewide and county-specific data on cancer incidence and mortality in West Virginia.	Cancer
23	West Virginia Health Care Authority Inpatient Discharge Data	Varying; as recent as 2014	Yes; small counts may be suppressed	Allows queries of patient discharge information on all patients discharged from West Virginia general acute care, psychiatric, and medical rehabilitation hospitals.	Hospital discharges
24	West Virginia Health Care Authority Standard Reports	Varying; as recent as 2016	No, by hospital	Annual reports that contain the number of discharges from West Virginia hospitals by the patient’s county of residence.	Hospital discharges
25	West Virginia HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report	Varying; as recent as 2016	No, by region only	Contains data on incident (new) and prevalent (existing) cases of HIV and AIDS by demographics and exposure categories. Also contains data on deaths among persons with HIV/AIDS.	HIV/AIDS
26	West Virginia Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Surveillance Report	2014	No	The West Virginia Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) identifies maternal behaviors that may affect both maternal and child health. Data on family planning, prenatal care, risk factors, and maternal and infant health care are included.	Maternal and child health
27	West Virginia Surveillance Indicators	2015	Yes	Contains evaluation data of surveillance indicators for selected diseases in the West Virginia Electronic Disease Surveillance System.	Infectious disease
28	West Virginia Viral Hepatitis B and C Surveillance Report	2012-2015	Yes	This report contains surveillance data on viral hepatitis B and C. It includes information on acute and chronic cases of viral hepatitis b, acute and chronic cases of viral hepatitis b, and risk factors for infection.	Viral hepatitis
29	West Virginia Vital Statistics Report	2014	Yes	The WV Vital Statistics Report contains information on births, deaths, pregnancy risk factors, marriages, and divorces.	Vital statistics
30	West Virginia Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System	Varying, as recent as 2017	No	Measures behaviors among high school and middle school students related to unintentional violence and injuries, tobacco use, drug use, sexual behaviors, dietary behaviors, and physical activity.	Risk behaviors among youth, including violence, drug use, sexual behaviors, diet, and physical activity
31	West Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey	2013	No	Assesses high school and middle school students’ knowledge and perceptions of tobacco, smoke-free policies, marketing awareness, and use of tobacco products.	Tobacco
32	WV FOODLINK County Profiles	Varying; as recent as 2015	Yes	Summarize issues related to food security in West Virginia counties. Topics covered include food access, emergency food assistance, SNAP and WIC enrollment, school meal programs, and socioeconomic factors.	Food security

* The year reflects the time period that data were collected, not necessarily the year that the report or data source was published or made available.

^When data are presented at the county level, years may be combined to protect the confidentiality of survey respondents and to ensure data are reliable.

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