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Health Indicator data from the 13-county Finger Lakes region for 2020, including information by race and by ethnicity are now available.
New data layers have been added this week to RocHealthData: Children Eligible for Free or Reduced-Price Lunches (by school district), Median Household Income (by county), and the Social Vulnerability Index (by county and census tract).
This report contains data on flu and RSV cases in Monroe County, including hospitalization and death rates by age group. Updated weekly, on Mondays, this report will be available throughout the flu season.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has selected three National Health Observances to raise awareness about nutrition, colorectal cancer, and HIV/AIDS. Several data layers exist within RocHealthData.org about these health topics.
The 5-year (2016-2020) American Community Survey (ACS) census-tract level data show high rates of childhood poverty in the City of Rochester. However, these data do not show the full extent and variability in these data, as many high-rate tracts are lumped into a single category.
Map layers and report data are updated regularly at RocHealthData. Recently available layers include heat index data, the 2021 FEMA National Risk Index, internet usage at broadband speeds. and drought monitoring data (which is updated weekly).
What does this wide variety of topics have in common? All are represented as data layers in RocHealthData.
Data show that tree coverage in our neighborhoods is related to many other things. Census tracts with sparse tree coverage have higher summer temperatures, higher rates of poor mental health, and higher rates of poverty.
Substance abuse prevention plays a pivotal role in community and public health. In 2021 more than 100,000 people in the US died from a drug overdose, with a predicted 6.7% increase nationally for 2022.