The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) is making it easier for local health officials and residents to assess the health of their counties through Stats Explorer, a new web-based one-stop shop for public health data in Indiana.
Visitors to the Stats Explorer website can find information about the prevalence of drug overdoses, sexually transmitted diseases, births and deaths, cancer, infectious diseases and many other health issues, all in one convenient location. Previously, the data were available through multiple pages on the ISDH website.
“We wanted to begin building a single destination for the public and our partners to access statistics and data that we publish,” said Chris Waldron, director of the Public Health Geographics program within the ISDH Epidemiology Resource Center (ERC). “Instead of searching through several different web pages and formats managed by our many program areas, people can find the data they need in one easy-to-navigate page.”
Diseases and conditions provided in Stats Explorer can be viewed as counts or rates for various time periods. Data can be displayed in a variety of formats, including charts and maps, with the click of a button.
“The ISDH Stats Explorer makes the data driving the health of our state much more transparent,” said State Health Commissioner Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H. “Improving the health of Hoosiers starts by knowing where we are, and this tool allows anyone in the state to gain that knowledge and help improve our outcomes.”
To use Stats Explorer, go to https://gis.in.gov/apps/isdh/statsexplorer. From the drop-down menu, select one of many different public health categories to find detailed data published by ISDH and other partners.
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