We would like to acknowledge the investment of North Carolina public health leaders to design and create a data portal that succinctly tells the stories of our North Carolina communities. This portal will lead to better decision making, better monetary investments, and better collaboration so that we can be a stronger and healthier North Carolina.
The North Carolina Data Portal is a new resource where users can access data, maps, and tools to support community health assessments and other public health activities. The NC Data Portal promises to be the primary source of secondary data for most local health departments in North Carolina.
The NC Data Portal offers over 120 indicators in the following categories:
- Demographics
- Economic Stability
- Education
- Employment
- Health Behaviors
- Health Outcomes
- Healthcare/Clinical Care
- Neighborhood and Built Environment
- Physical Environment
- Social Support
View the full list of available community health assessment indicators here.
Users have options for selecting the geographical entity for the report. These options include state and county level data as well as data about local health departments/health districts, local health department regions, NC Medicaid regions, NC perinatal care regions, NC AHEC regions, and other specialty configurations. Geographies can be customized to meet the needs of the CHA. The user also has the option to choose indicators and to view/download the data in both a “comprehensive” or “quick facts” format. Data sources and methodology are available for every indicator so that data may be interpreted for its strengths and limitations. The NC Data Portal host data from established and credible data sources including:
- Arc GIS Business Analyst and Living Atlas of the World
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System
- Centers for Disease Control, National Environmental Public Health Tracking
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Environmental Protection Agency
- FCC FABRIC Data
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Feeding America
- John Hopkins University
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Opportunity Insights
- State Cancer Profiles
- U. S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Census Bureau
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey
- U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates
- U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Have questions or need assistance? Contact us at HNC2030@dhhs.nc.gov.