United States
The Office on Women’s Health – Quick Health Data Online
Quick Health Data Online offers comprehensive U.S. data, for both women and men regarding a variety of infectious and chronic diseases, mental health, reproductive health, maternal health, violence and abuse, illness prevention, mortality and access to care indicators. National, regional, state and county data are available, and data can be stratified by gender, race/ethnicity, and age concurrently. Access is free, and users can make their own tables, graphs, and maps out of data in the database.
Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online
The Kaiser Family Foundation’s State Health Facts Online Web site contains individual state profiles and 50 state comparisons on a breadth of health indicators. The site has a Women’s Health category which includes data on women's health-related Medicaid information, state insurance mandates, refusal clauses, emergency contraception policies, abortion policies and statistics, and mammogram and Pap smear screening. In addition, the foundation has two useful fact sheets which provide the most current data on health insurance coverage for women ages 18-64. The fact sheet, Women’s Health Insurance Coverage, provides new statistics on health coverage and describes the major sources of health insurance for non-elderly adult women, including employer-sponsored coverage, Medicaid, individually purchased insurance, and Medicare. It also summarizes the major policy challenges facing women in obtaining health coverage, and provides data on the more than 17 million women who are uninsured. The second fact sheet, Health Insurance Coverage of Women by State, provides state-by-state data on the uninsured rate, as well as rates of private insurance and Medicaid coverage.
Making the Grade on Women’s Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card
Making the Grade on Women’s Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card is the first-ever report card to assess the overall health of women at the national and state levels. Issued by the National Women’s Law Center, the Report Card is designed to promote the health and well-being of women in the United States by providing a comprehensive assessment of women’s health by state with grades given to each state.
State of Florida
Florida Women’s Health Data Report – 2006
The 2004 Florida Legislature recognized that women have gender-specific health-care needs and that public policy needs to address their distinct health issues to improve their overall health status. To ensure that the state’s policies and programs are responsive to sex and gender differences, and to women’s health needs across the life span, the
Florida Legislature created an Officer of Women’s Health Strategy within the Florida Department of Health. This landmark legislation also mandated the organization of an Interagency Committee on Women’s Health and authorized the assessment of the health status of women in Florida. The result of this assessment, the Florida Women’s Health Data Report, is the first time a comprehensive assessment of the health of women has been undertaken in Florida.
Florida Community Health Assessment Resource Tool Set (CHARTS)
The Florida CHARTS Web site includes health statistics on residents throughout the state such as births, deaths, disease morbidity, population, and behavioral risk factors.
Miami-Dade County
The Institute for Women’s Health is assessing and reporting on the status of women’s health in Miami-Dade County in partnership with the Women's Fund of Miami-Dade County. A Portrait of Women's Health in Greater Miami: Women's Health Data Report was released in May 2008.
Health Council of South Florida
The Health Council of South Florida is a part of a statewide network of 11 non-profit agencies established by Florida Statutes to conduct regional health planning and implementation activities. The Health Council develops district health plans containing data, analysis and recommendations that relate to health care status and needs in the community. The Health Council offers a number if useful reports, including the annual Health Profiles, The Miami-Dade County Community Health Report Card and the Living Healthy, Living Longer in Miami-Dade County community health survey as well as others.
Overview of the Socio-Economic Condition of Miami-Dade County
The Social and Economic Development Council of Miami-Dade County Department of Planning and Zoning Planning Research Section provides this report, Overview of the Socio-Economic Condition of Miami-Dade County (May 2007). The report offers data on a broad range of social and economic indicators of Miami-Dade residents.
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