Iowa Health Data Finder

Disability Status (State Data Center)
2000 census disability status and types of disability by age.

Food Insecurity (State Data Center)
Hunger in the U.S. and states as reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Health Insurance Coverage (State Data Center)
Annual Census Bureau estimates of health insurance coverage by type of insurance.

Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (Iowa Department of Public Health)
Iowa areas that meet the federal criteria for additional primary health care services including designations by county and maps of shortage areas.

Iowa Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (Iowa Department of Public Health)
Annual survey which asks questions relating to nutrition, physical activity, tobacco use, hypertension, blood cholesterol, alcohol use, inadequate preventive health care, and other risk factors.

Iowa Cancer Registry
Measurements of cancer incidence and mortality in Iowa since 1973.

Iowa Health Fact Book ( University of Iowa College of Public Health in partnership with Iowa Department of Public Health)
Biennial compilation of state and county statistics about health and social behaviors, births and deaths, mortality, Iowa health care providers, health care facilities, and environmental health indicators.

Iowa Hospitals and Health Systems Profiles (Iowa Hospital Association)
Hospital and health system characteristics including location, classification, ownership, bed size, utilization, multi-hospital systems and affiliations, services, personnel, and finance.

Mortality Tables (National Center for Health Statistics)
Detailed mortality tables including include data on age, race, sex, cause-of-death, life expectancy, and infant mortality for the U.S. and states.

Vital Statistics of Iowa (Iowa Department of Public Health)
Health trends in Iowa including birth rates, causes of death and disease rates.

Additional Services from the State Data Center of Iowa:
Radius Studies
Custom tabulations of the numbers of people within a specified distance of a location, for example, the number of people within a 25-mile radius of a hospital.

Call the State Data Center at (800) 248-4483 or e-mail census@lib.state.ia.us