The CDC is the leading national public health institute of the U.S. Its main goal is to protect public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability. The CDC studies the spatial aspects of health and illness. For example: where are diseases found, how are diseases related to the environment, and where do people go to seek health care. Geographers use a variety of tools to study these topics such as maps, statistics, and Geographic Information Systems.
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Chronic Disease GIS Exchange
Overview:
Online forum for sharing maps and resources for chronic disease prevention.
Unclassified URL: https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/maps/gisx/index.html
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Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) GIS Data Sources
Overview:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention make available public datasets in four topic areas; Public Health Resources, GIS Data, Social Determinants of Health Resources, and Environmental Health Data Resources. A few examples of what can be found in the links below include data on various diseases and conditions, as well as data on health behaviors, health resources, rural health, health indicators, mortality, and morbidity.
Unclassified URL: https://www.cdc.gov/gis/
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CDC GIS
Overview:
The CDC studies the spatial aspects of health and illness. For example: where are diseases found, how are diseases related to the environment, and where do people go to seek health care. The website is the introduction to GIS resources available at CDC.
Unclassified URL: https://www.cdc.gov/gis/
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Center for Disease Control GIS Web Applications
Overview:
The Center of Disease control has several GIS web mapping applications including interactive health atlases, vaccination coverage, and databases allowing for querying and report generation.
Unclassified URL: http://www.cdc.gov/gis/interactive-applications.htm
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Red Sky
Overview:
The Red Sky dashboard has an interface that displays public health events color coded by severity on a global map. By clicking on an event, users are given a basic synopsis of the situation and have the option of delving deeper by exploring data tables, charts, reports, or maps associated with the event that are housed within the dashboard. Data to populate the dashboard will come from a variety of sources both internal and external to CDC. Data sharing within gives visibility to all CDC programs and public health events, ensuring that all messages get leadership for critical decision making.
Unclassified URL: https://www.cdc.gov/phpr/sa-branch.htm
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Epi Info™
Overview:
Epi Info™ is a public domain suite of interoperable software tools designed for the global community of public health practitioners and researchers by the CDC for disease surveillance and to educate public health professionals about the geography of health. The suite of modules enables users to perform data collection, statistical analysis, GIS mapping and visualization, and create custom reports.
Unclassified URL: https://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/index.html
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System for Enteric Disease Response, Investigation, and Coordination (SEDRIC)
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The System for Enteric Disease Response, Investigation, and Coordination, or SEDRIC, lets disease detectives in many different locations work together faster and more effectively when responding to foodborne and animal-related outbreaks. The secure, web-based platform combines epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback data in real time to make collaboration easier when investigating information from different sources. Detecting and solving outbreaks faster leads to fewer illnesses and deaths.
Unclassified URL: https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/outbreaks/investigating-outbreaks/sedric.html
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Updated on October 29, 2019