Website Resources

Population and Socio-economic Characteristics

• U.S. Census Bureau - http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

Health Resource Availability

• Houston and Harris County Health Information - http://hhw.library.tmc.edu/hhchi.html
  
• Harris County Office of Emergency Management - http://www.hcoem.org/
  
• Texas Cooperative Extension - Harris County - http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/
  
• Texas Medical Center - http://www.tmc.edu/
  
• Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County - http://www.mhmraofharriscounty.org
  
• Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse - http://www.tcada.state.tx.us
  
• Directory of HIV Prevention Resources In the Houston Area 2001 - http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/departme/health/aids-may_files/Local%20Resources.html
  
• United Way Texas Gulf Coast - http://www.uwtgc.org/

Death, Injury, and Chronic Disease Statistics

• Texas Department of Health - http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/chs/vstat/latest/data.htm
  
• Centers for Disease Control - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars
  
• Texas Department of Health - http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/tcr/DataTables/Web9600/County/H/9600countyHarris.htm
  
• Texas Cancer Data Center - http://tcdc.mdacc.tmc.edu/demo/leadcq.html
  
• Texas Workers' Compensation Commission - http://www.twcc.state.tx.us/sis/newpages01/fatal_harris_county.html
  
• Centers for Disease Control - http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/brfss/02/brfssdata.htm
  
• Texas Department of Health - http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/cphpr/asthma/asthma.pdf
  
• Texas Department of Health - http://soupfin.tdh.state.tx.us/defectc.htm

Communicable Diseases

• Houston Department of Health and Human Services - http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/hlt/Epidemiology/epi-stats-indpage.htm

Quality of Life

• The Houston Area Survey - http://www.houstonareasurvey.org/figures.cfm

Behavioral Risk Factors

• Centers for Disease Control - http://www.cdc.gov/brfss

Maternal and Child Health

• Texas Department of Health - http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/chs/vstat/latest/data.htm

Advisories

• Texas Department of Health - http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bfds/ssd/fiscount.html
  
• Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov/
  
• City of Houston - http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/OEM/weather.html

Other Resources

BluePrint Houston -  http://blueprinthouston.org/
BluePrint Houston is a non-profit organization that provides information on the quality of life and what  is important to Houstonians in the form of reports and surveys.

St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities - http://www.slehc.org/SLEHC/CHIS/CHISMain.cfm
St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities has an interactive geographically-oriented database with information on community resources and population, birth, and death data.

CHARTing Health Information in Texas -  http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/library/chartinghealthinfo.htm
This website contains a comprehensive collection of health information about the state of Texas, much of which can be narrowed down to county level data.

Other Community's Efforts at Websites for
Public Health Indicators

• FloridaCHARTS -  http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/chart.aspx
• Texas Strategic Health Status Indicators -  http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/talho/talhocty.htm
• Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance - http://www.bnia.org/

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