The Center for Community Health strives to provide the most current health data available in keeping with our mission of partnering with the community, conducting policy-relevant health research, and enhancing community capacity for prevention. Below you will find links to useful and informative data published in our Dallas and Fort Worth communities. Just click on any link to read the full report.
DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY DATA
General Community Data
2007 Big Cities Health Inventory
National Association of City and County Health Officials
Catholic Charities 2007 Annual Report to the Community
Catholic Charities of Dallas, Inc.
Dallas County 2007 Community Health Checkup
Parkland Hospital and the DFW Hospital Council
Dallas County Health and Human Services
Dallas County Health and Human Services
United Way 2008 Community Needs Assessment Executive Summary
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
Breast Cancer
2008 Community Profile Report
Susan G. Komen For the Cure Dallas County
Children
Beyond ABC: Growing Up in Dallas County
Children's Medical Center Dallas and The Coalition for North Texas Children
Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Center
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
CDC National Immunization Survey 2005: Breastfeeding Data
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV/AIDS
2007 Comprehensive HIV Needs Assessment
Ryan White Planning Council of the Dallas Area
Incidence Rates of Reported HIV and AIDS Cases: Dallas County 2000-2007
Dallas County Health and Human Services
Profile of HIV/AIDS in Dallas County, 2007
Dallas County Health and Human Services
Profile of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Dallas County, 2007
Dallas County Health and Human Services
Homelessness
2008 Annual "Point in Time" Homeless Count and Census, Dallas County
Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance
Improving Services to Dallas' Homeless: A Key to Downtown Revitalization
UNT Center for Economic Development and Research
The Cost of Homelessness in Dallas: An Economic and Fiscal Perspective
UNT Center for Economic Development and Research
Other Useful Links
Dallas Indicators
This site provides data on a variety of topics of interest to Dallas and surrounding communities.
Institute for Urban Policy Research
This site provides current and ongoing public health research in numerous areas. We particularly recommend the Community Tools and Community Library.
United Way Dallas
This site provides information and resources about the work that United Way is carrying out in the Dallas area.