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Resources by Topic: Statistics and data

Specialty Physician Supply and Demand Tool
Offers a method for generating reports and maps demonstrating state and county physician supply and demand by specialty including family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, cardiology, neurology, and psychiatry.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Health Works
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Poverty Area Measures
Provides access to poverty area measures for counties and census tracts covering high poverty, extreme poverty, persistent poverty, and enduring poverty. Includes Decennial Census data for 1960 (county) or 1970 (census tract) through 2000 and for American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year periods of 2007-11, 2015-19, and 2017-21. Available in spreadsheet format.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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In-Person Marketplace Enrollment Efforts in North Carolina
A dashboard that shows county-level marketplace insurance enrollment eligibility in North Carolina. Includes a scatter plot map that shows the relationship between eligibility rates and enrollment rates by rural, suburban, and urban location, as well as a map showing areas in North Carolina that have had assister events such as education or enrollment outreach.
Sponsoring organization: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Advancing Prosperity in Rural Indiana: Seven Priorities for Creating Thriving Rural Places, Businesses, and Families
Outlines the priorities for supporting rural Indiana such as providing citizens with essential goods and services, employment opportunities, broadband connection, housing, access to child care, and more. Includes data on rural versus urban population changes, median income, unemployment, immigration, poverty, mental stress, commute time, housing costs, internet access, education, and county-level percentages related to volunteering, population, job automation risk, and more.
Author(s): Carl Rist, Allan Freyer
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Community Action Poverty Institute
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Climate and Hazard Mitigation Planning (CHaMP) Tool
A mapping tool that shows county- and state-level changes in climate between 1981 and 2021 for 15 U.S. states. Allows user to select for climate events such as extreme heat, wildfire, severe weather, tropical storms/hurricanes, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Carolina Integrated Sciences and Assessments (CISA), Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA), Mid-Atlantic Integrated Sciences and Assessments (MARISA)
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Rural Health Mapping Tool
An interactive mapping system to help inform rural communities' strategies around COVID-19. Includes county-level data on COVID-19 vaccination rates, cases, and hospitalizations, as well as healthcare access, health status, and sociodemographic information.
Sponsoring organization: NORC at the University of Chicago
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Our Vision: Achieving Health Equity - Faster and Together
Supports health equity by focusing on health as a national priority advocated by collaborators from all sectors. Offers a series of action areas to encourage cooperation, create healthier communities, strengthen integration of health services, and measure health outcomes and well-being. Includes a searchable collection of rural and urban communities working to promote health equity.
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Nursing Workforce Dashboard
Allows users to access detailed information on demographics, education, employment, work environment, hours, and earnings of the nursing workforce at national and state levels. Uses data from the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses and includes a Critical Access Hospital category in the Work Environment section.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Iowa Cancer Zones Maps
Displays Iowa maps by cancer incidence in 48 cancer reporting zones. Allows user to search by time period, cancer site, and patient demographics. Includes option to see counties populating each cancer zone as well as percentage of the population living in a rural area.
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Cancer Registry
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Housing Solutions Matchmaker Tool
An interactive county-level U.S. map that shows housing affordability by high, moderate, or low cost as well as by growing or shrinking population. Allows user to select county for additional information such as population changes, median income, median home value and rental costs, housing quality, and policy recommendations for strategies to address housing issues.
Sponsoring organizations: Aspen Institute, Brookings Metro, National Association of Counties
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