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Surveys

Data One important data source in public health is surveys. For example, each year a representative sample of New Yorkers answer numerous questions about their health for the Community Health Survey.

Other surveys focus on specific populations: the Youth Risk Behavior Survey looks at public high school students, while the World Trade Center Health Registry follows a large group of people who were exposed to the 2001 terrorist attack on New York City.

All these surveys are based on self-report, unlike the more costly NYC Health and Nutrition Examination Survey which asked participants to take a physical exam, providing more objective data for a small sample of New Yorkers.

Community Health Survey

NYC Community Air Survey

New York City Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

NYC Youth Risk Behavior Survey

World Trade Center Health Registry

Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System


	Related data links: Numerous health surveys conducted outside of the Health Department provide data at the state or national level, or on special populations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics conducts ongoing annual and other periodic data collection programs, including the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the National Health Interview Survey. The CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System collects data in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories regarding health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services. The University of Michigan ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. The Resource Center for Minority Data provides data resources for analysis of issues affecting racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States.