Links to Health GIS Resources and Data

Website links are organized into the following categories:
(click on a category to go the list of URL's)

GIS Data Sources
Public Health Data Sources
Interactive Maps of Colorado Data
Techniques in Spatial Epidemiology
Cartography and Visualization of Public Health Data

GIS Data Sources (Spatial Data)

Colorado Demographic Data in GIS Format
Colorado Department of Local Affairs

Health Professional Shortage Areas - Map Services
Health Resource and Services Admin. (HRSA) Geospatial Data Warehouse

Public Health Data Sources

Colorado Health Data
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Colorado Health Information Dataset (COHID)
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data for Colorado
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Populations
Health Resource and Services Admin. (HRSA) Geospatial Data Warehouse

U.S. Census and American Community Survey Data
American Factfinder

Colorado County Health Profiles
Colorado Health Institute

Interactive Maps of Colorado Data

Mapping Denver Neighborhood Data Indicators
The Piton Foundation

Community Health Status Indicators
U.S. Centers for Disease Control

National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
U.S. Centers for Disease Control

Techniques in Spatial Epidemiology

Spatial epidemiology: current approaches and future challenges
Environmental Health Perspectives, June 15, 2004 by Paul Elliott, Daniel Wartenberg

A Geocoding Best Practices Guide
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Inc.

Visual Analytics of Spatial Scan Statistic Results
Jin Chen, Alan MacEachren, Eugene Lengerich, Penn State University

Geographic Analysis Tool for Health & Environmental Research
US Centers for Disease Control

Cartography and Visualization of Health Data