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Additional Data Resources
Datasets are maintained by the office that has programmatic responsibility for that particular topic. The following are links to New Jersey public health and related data not in NJSHAD. Clicking any links below will take you off of the NJSHAD website.
- Brain Injury Research
- Cancer
- Center for Health Statistics
- Childhood Lead Poisoning
- Communicable Disease
- HIV, STD, and TB Services
- Community Health
- Chronic Diseases
- Nutrition and Fitness
- Tobacco Control
- Environmental Health
- Asbestos
- Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT)
- Food and Drug Safety
- Indoor Environments
- Lead
- Sanitation and Safety
- Emergency Medical Services
- Family Health Services
- Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
- Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring (PRAMS)
- Special Child Health and Early Intervention: Autism, Birth Defects, and more
- Health Care Financing
- Health Care Quality Assessment
- Cardiac and Stroke Services
- Healthcare-Associated Infections
- Hospital Performance Report
- Nurse to Patient Staffing
- Patient Safety
- Quality Indicator Measures
- Health Facilities
- Overdose Data Dashboard
- Veterinary Public Health
- Workplace (Occupational) Health and Safety
Not all New Jersey public health and related data are maintained by NJDOH. The following are links to New Jersey data not in NJSHAD or NJDOH. Clicking any links below will take you off of the NJSHAD website.
Census Data and Population Estimates
- NJ State Data Center: Data are provided for the state, metropolitan areas, counties, and municipalities.
- U.S. Census Bureau: Population Estimates Program (PEP), American Community Survey, Current Population Survey, and more
- State and county population estimates are also available on CDC WONDER.
Community Health Assessment
- Healthy Community Planning-NJ provides health and environmental data for all NJ municipalities.
- County CHA and CHIP Reports identify high priority public health issues for the county.
- Also see Small Area (Sub-State Level) Data below for more links.
Health Insurance Coverage
Substance Abuse (including alcohol)
- NJ Department of Health, Overdose Data Dashboard
- NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services
- NJ Department of Education, Student Health Data
- NJ Department of Law and Public Safety, Opioid-Related Data
- U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Contact Mental Health and Addiction Services
- Use NJSHAD Community Profiles to see dashboards of multiple health indicators for each of the four largest racial/ethnic groups in New Jersey.
- Go to the Searchable, Sortable, Filterable Table of All Health Indicator Reports and enter "race" in the Quick Row Filter box to see all indicator reports with data displayed by race/ethnicity. Enter "age" or "sex" in the Data Views filter to see all indicator reports with data by age or sex.
- Data may be filtered or grouped by race/ethnicity, age, and sex in all Dataset Queries except Communicable Disease Incidence. Demographic and Geographic Data Availability is a quick reference guide to which demographic variables are in each query module.
In NJSHAD
County-level data are available through NJSHAD in Community Profiles, some Indicator Reports, and all Dataset Queries, except PRAMS.In the query system:
"Select geographic area of residence" is one of the last query builder steps and that is where the county/municipality filter is.
Choose "Geographic Area" in the final step: "How to Display the Data" to see data listed by county/municipality.
Other sources of sub-county-level data
- CDC's PLACES Project provides model-based, population-level analysis and community estimates of health measures at county, municipality, census tract, and ZIP code tabulation area (ZCTA) levels for all areas with a population of at least 50 residents.
- City Health Dashboard contains data for dozens of key measures for more than 80 NJ municipalities. Data are available at the Census tract level for some measures. Type "NJ" in their search bar to see which municipalities are included.
- U.S. Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP)'s interactive map shows estimates of U.S. life expectancy at birth by state, county, and census tract.
- U.S. Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP)'s interactive site allows users to enter an address or zip code and get average life expectancy for that neighborhood compared to its county, state, and the U.S.
- Links to all local health department websites, contact info, and areas served.
If you need "raw" data files, you must first receive Institutional Review Board approval. NJDOH's IRB is administered by Rowan University. Instructions can be found on https://research.rowan.edu/officeofresearch/compliance/irb/njdoh/.