The Rhode Island HEALTH Web Data Query System (RI HEALTH WDQS) is one of the Department of Health's responses to the ever-increasing public expectation for reliable and trustworthy online health data and information. It provides health professionals and community organizations with valuable information with which to improve the health of Rhode Islanders through data driven programs and policies.
The system currently contains nine years (1998-2006) of RI Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data, three years (2001, 2003 and 2005) of RI Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data, and two years (2004 and 2005) of RI Death Certificate data. The system allows one to obtain up-to-date information, view time trends, and combine years in order to obtain stable estimates. The project will incrementally expand access to other databases in phases, beginning with those required for monitoring Healthy Rhode Island 2010 indicators, and then to other databases that reside in the Rhode Island Department of Health, and finally to certain external databases.
For more information about the RI BRFSS, YRBS and Death Certificate data and for additional sources of RI public health data on the web please go to the following links.
Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Measures a number of health risk behaviors among RI adults 18 years and older, including alcohol consumption, diabetes, healthcare access, health status, mammograms, nutrition, pap smears, and weight control.
Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
A survey of students in grades 9-12 that measures health risk behaviors which contribute to injuries; tobacco, alcohol and other drug use; unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); unhealthy dietary behaviors; and physical inactivity.
Death Certificate Data
Death data are collected from funeral directors who are responsible for obtaining the cause of death from physicians. The definition of a case or record in the Death Records is a person who died in RI or a RI resident who has died out-of-state. Preliminary data on deaths occurring in RI are available within one year after the end of the calendar year. Final data, including out-of-state deaths of RI residents, are available 2 years after the end of the calendar year.
Statehealthfacts.org
A project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation designed to provide free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use data on all 50 states. Data is provided on more than 500 health topics.
CDC Wonder
Provides a single point of access to a wide variety of reports and numeric public health data, including death certificates, birth certificates and linked birth/infant death records.
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
Interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury related data.
HCUPnet
A free, on-line query system based on data from the Healthcare cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). It provides access to health statistics and information on hospital stays at the national, regional, and State level.
The Office on Women's Health
The system provides county-level data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories and possessions. Data are available by gender, race and ethnicity and, to the extent possible, age.
