Deaths/Mortality

Activities Projects Publications

Indicators on mortality and causes of death shed light on the health, economic, and safety conditions of our communities . Three-quarters of our partners have or make use of cause of death data from vital statistics files.
Related Activities:
City Profiles
September 30, 2012 - December 31, 2012
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Seattle


Over the next 12 months Public Health- Seattle & King County will be developing new data profiles for 22 cities and unincorporated areas of King County.  The profiles will include up-to-... [read more]

Developing Data for Health Reporting Areas (HRAs)
February 1, 2012 - September 30, 2012
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Seattle


Our new HRA boundaries match exact city boundaries, which often are not consistent with ZIP codes, census tracts or block groups. Developing data from sources that only include these other... [read more]

Methods for Monitoring Health Inequities
February 1, 2012 - September 30, 2012
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Seattle


We expect to release the methodological information and data for 2-3 key health indicators in a technical report this summer. Health inequities have typically been measured using single... [read more]

Children's Corridor Cradle to Career Indicators
November 4, 2011 - September 1, 2012
The Piton Foundation
Denver


Vision: In partnership with Mile High United Way, Denver's Mayor's Office of Education and Children and others, the Piton Foundation is developing a Children’s Corridor shared... [read more]

Related Cross-Site Projects:
Neighborhoods and Health
October 1, 2001 - May 31, 2003
Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Contact: Tom Kingsley , tkingsle@urban.org
Partners: Cleveland, Denver, Indianapolis, Oakland, Providence


Variations in neighborhood conditions are critical to health outcomes and program options in America. In almost all urban areas, serious health problems are highly concentrated in a fairly small... [read more]

Related Publications:
Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Data Empowered: Community Development and NEO CANDO 2010+
July 17, 2012
Presentation - By: Claudia Coulton
Data Empowered: Community Development and NEO CANDO 2010+
NeighborhoodInfo DC
Washington, D.C.
Every Kid Counts in the District of Columbia: 17th Annual Fact Book 2010
February 2, 2011
Report - By: Jennifer Comey, Kaitlin Franks, Zach McDade, Ashley Williams
PDF
The Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Trends in Maternal and Infant Health in Poor Urban Neighborhoods: Good News from the 1990s, but Challenges Remain
August 1, 2005
Journal Article - By: Embry Howell, Kathryn L.S. Pettit, G. Thomas Kingsley
Link
The Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy
May 30, 2003
Report - By: Kathryn L.S. Pettit, G. Thomas Kingsley, Claudia J. Coulton
Link
The Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Neighborhoods and Health: Building Evidence for Local Policy - Cross-Site Analysis
April 24, 2003
Presentation - By: Kathy Pettit, Tom Kingsley
PPT