Subject Guides: Public Health: Data visualization tools

Public Health: Data visualization tools

The Commonwealth Fund
The Commonwealth Fund supports independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy.
HealthMap
HealthMap, a team of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children's Hospital founded in 2006, is an established global leader in utilizing online informal sources for disease outbreak monitoring and real-time surveillance of emerging public health threats.

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The freely available website 'healthmap.org' and mobile app 'Outbreaks Near Me' deliver real-time intelligence on a broad range of emerging infectious diseases for a diverse audience including libraries, local health departments, governments, and international travelers. HealthMap brings together disparate data sources, including online news aggregators, eyewitness reports, expert-curated discussions and validated official reports, to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health.
Google Public Data Explorer
Makes large, public-interest datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate.

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You can play with the tool to create visualizations of public data, link to them, or embed them in their own webpages. Embedded charts and links can update automatically so you’re always sharing the latest available data.
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Global Health Observatory (GHO) Map Gallery

Social Explorer
Social Explorer is a statistical resource that allows easy access to current and historical census information, including the ability to create maps and custom tables that can be exported or printed. Census data covers 1790-2010 and American Community Survey results from 2005-2011.

Subjects: Public Health