Social Explorer
Social Explorer is an online tool for visualizing and interacting with demographic data for the United States from present to 1790, including all Decennial Censuses, American Community Surveys and many other datasets. This page contains a curated list of maps, datasets and teach and learn modules useful in sociology, social work and social justice courses. This list is not exhaustive, but it provides a starting point for you to explore all that Social Explorer has to offer.
Quick Links: Using Social Explorer
- Teach and Learn ModulesExplore resources created by Social Explorer to inspire creativity, encourage hands-on learning, and equip your students with desired skills.
- Demographic ProfilesSocial Explorer Profiles helps you find the right facts about your community and understand complex demographic and education profiles in your target market.
Maps for Public Health
Curated Maps for Public Health
Use Social Explorer maps to visualize and analyze the characteristics of almost any location, like voting, poverty, aging populations, ethnicity and race, spending patterns, health indicators, crime, environment or education. You can see trends and make comparisons over time and place to gain insights and help make decisions.
For an introduction to how to use Social Explorer Maps, start with this video tutorial. There are videos that explain how to browse available datasets, customize your map, compare variables and notice trends, export and share your projects, and even tips for how to tell stories using your data.
When you're ready, click on one of the example maps below to get started, or access the complete set of maps here. Also, don't be afraid to explore! You can always save your variables to go back to later.
- U.S. COVID-19 DataThis daily updated dataset allows you to explore and visualize COVID-19 data across the United States at the state, county, and MSA levels. Track the cumulative number of confirmed cases and deaths, the growth rate of the virus, the number of negative and positive tests, and much more on one convenient map. With daily updates and data provided by The New York Times and The COVID Tracking Project, explore reliable and accurate data every day with this new dataset.
- U.S. Cancer DataCDC Cancer Data provides insights into the distribution of cancer mortality across U.S. counties for major types of cancer. Data was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
- U.S. Health DataExplore vital health factors such as access to health care, obesity, smoking, excessive drinking and others in nearly every county in United States. The presented data comes from the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program (2010 - 2016).
- United StatesExplore over 500,000 data indicators and over 220 years of data for the United States from present to 1790, including all Decennial Censuses, American Community Surveys and many other datasets. Data indicators include education, housing, employment, poverty, population, and health.
- World Development IndicatorsCollected by The World Bank, World Development Indicators allow you to visualize, explore, and compare data indicators for almost every country in the world, or switch to a geographic region level for a summarized preview. Data points include factors related to mortality, health, and aid.
Datasets for Public Health
Datasets
Social Explorer allows you to quickly and easily create and manage reports for one or thousands of variables and geographies. You can also download data for further processing. To get started:
- This guide will show you how to create, save and share, and download a report
- To access the complete list of available datasets and build your own reports, click here.
- Check out the example datasets below
- For more detailed information on each dataset, reference the data dictionary
- Community Resilience EstimatesCommunity resilience is the capacity of individuals and households within a community to absorb, endure, and recover from the impacts of a disaster. The Community Resilience Estimates are experimental estimates produced using information on individuals and households from the 2018 American Community Survey (ACS) and the Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Program as well as publicly available health condition rates from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).
- Coronavirus Case DataProvided by The New York Times, this dataset includes cumulative counts of reported cases in the U.S. at the state and county levels over time.
- COVID-19 InsightsProvided by The New York Times, this dataset includes the cumulative number of confirmed cases and deaths available as reported each day at the state and county level, over time.
- U.S. Cancer DataExplore cancer data that originates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These reports provide information about death rates due to different types of cancers at the U.S. county and state levels.
- U.S. Health DataThis dataset includes mental-health related indicators including co-morbidities such as alcohol and tobacco use, availability of mental health providers by geographic area, insurance access, access to exercise opportunities, food environment index, and more. Annual data releases available from 2010 - 2020.
- World Development Indicators (World Bank)World Development Indicators collected by World Bank are comprised of diverse demographic and socioeconomic data categories available for individual world countries, as well as geographic and income level regions. Health-related data points include life expectancy, birth and death rates, infant and maternal mortality, adult mortality, prevalence of HIV, health expenditure, and more.
Other Sources for Statistics
Statistical Yearbook by Call Number: (ebook)Publication Date: 65th issue (2022)The Statistical Yearbook provides in a single volume a comprehensive compilation of internationally available statistics on social and economic conditions and activities, at world, regional and national levels, for an appropriate historical period. It is prepared by the Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, of the United Nations Secretariat.
Vital Statistics of the United States 2022 Births, Life Expectancy, Death, and Selected Health Data by Call Number: (ebook)ISBN: 9781636710594Publication Date: 2022Vital Statistics of the United States: Births, Life Expectancy, Deaths, and Selected Health Data brings together a comprehensive collection of birth, mortality, health, and marriage and divorce data into a single volume. It provides a wealth of information compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics and other government agencies.
