Public Health Data and Statistics

The Institute for Public Health promotes increased knowledge, access and use regarding public health data in New Mexico. Listed below are some useful sources of information about public health data, along with slide presentations about key data sets.

Using Public Health Data
Slide Presentations from 2004 Data Users Conference sponsored by IPH:

1. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Wayne Honey, NMDOH

2. Hospital Inpatient Discharge Data, Camille Clifford, NM HPC

3. Maternal & Child Health Epidemiology: An Overview of Selected Data Systems, Susan Nalder, NM DOH

4. New Mexico Vital Records and Health Statistics Data, Kim Peters, NM DOH

Selected Public Health Data Sets by Topic
Summaries and contact information:

• Birth and Dealth
• Cancer
• Health Surveys
• HIV/AIDS
• Hospitalizations
• Injury
• School Health
• Women, Infants and Children

Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

• HIA Act of 2008
• WHO – Why use HIA?
• HIA: A Tool to Help Policy Makers Understand Health Beyond Health Care
• Use of Health Impact Accessment in the U.S.: 27 Case Studies, 1999-2007
• Growing the Field of Health Impact Assessment in the United States: An Agenda for Research and Practice
• Gothenburg Consensus Paper

Links to Health Data Resources on the Web

• New Mexico Department of Health Data
• Public Health Partners Health Data Tools and Statistics
• New Mexico Health Link Data Resources

Resources within Health Sciences Center

• UNM Department of Family and Community Medicine
• UNM Masters in Public Health Program
• Office for Community Health
• Health Report Cards for New Mexico Counties
• Center for Participatory Research
• UNM Division of Dental Hygiene
• UNM Continuing Medical Education
• UNM School of Medicine Research Centers and Institutes