The following Web sites may provide data that can be used to describe the
general population in the epidemiologic profile:
http://www.fedstats.gov or
http://quickfacts.census.gov (equivalent Web sites):
Select a state under the “MapStats” heading and click on “submit” or “go.” A
table with state-specific data then appears. To change it to county-specific
data, select a county and click on “go.” These tables provide the following
data, which may be useful for the profile:
- Population, 2000
- Population, net change from 1990 to 2000, as a number and a percentage
change
- Females, 2000
- White persons, 2000 (persons reporting only one race, including white
Hispanics)
- Black persons, 2000 (persons reporting only one race, including black
Hispanics)
- American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000 (persons reporting
only one race, including Hispanics who are American Indians or Alaskan
Natives)
- Asian persons, 2000 (persons reporting only one race, including Asian
Hispanics)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000 (persons
reporting only one race, including Hispanic Pacific Islanders)
- Other races, 2000 (persons reporting only one race, including other
Hispanics)
- Persons reporting two or more races (including those who are Hispanic)
- Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 (of any race)
- High school graduates among persons 25 years old or older, 1990 (but
the percentage cannot be calculated because the denominator of persons 25
years or older is not given)
- College graduates among persons 25 years or older, 1990 (but the
percentage cannot be calculated because the denominator of persons 25 or
older is not given)
- Percentage of persons living below the poverty level, 1997 model-based
estimate
http://factfinder.census.gov takes you automatically to
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet:
A great variety of tables of population data can be obtained from this Web
site. For example, to obtain county-specific data by sex, race/ethnicity, and
single year of age; select “Census 2000 Summary File 1.” On the next Web page,
select “Detailed Tables.” On the following page, select the type of geographic
unit in which you are interested (e.g., county). Then select your state. Next,
select the specific counties of interest and click on “Add”; then click on “Show
Table.” On the next page, scroll down the pop-down menu to select the tables of
data in which you are interested. Near the bottom are the tables “PCT12H”
through “PCT120,” which distinguish between Hispanics and non-Hispanics of
different races, by sex and single year of age. Click on the tables of interest
to highlight them, click on “Add,” and then click on “Show Table.” The resulting
tables may then be printed, but it would be better to save them as a spreadsheet
file (e.g., Excel.xls). To do that, select “Download” and download a
comma-delimited table (csv file). Double click on its icon to open it in your
spreadsheet application (e.g., Excel); then save it as a regular spreadsheet
file (i.e., change the suffix to “.xls”). You can then analyze the data in more
detail, including calculating the subtotals for specific age groups.
Similarly, county-level data on educational attainment among persons who are
at least 25 years old can be obtained by going to the main factfinder page and
pressing “go” under “Data Sets.” Select “Census 2000 Supplementary Survey
Tables” and “List All Tables.” These tables are based on a survey of only 1,023
counties, so the counties in which you are interested may not be here. Table
PCT034 will show educational attainment among persons ≥25 years old by sex, and
Table P114 will show poverty status in the last 12 months by sex and age group.
Select the table in which you are interested and press “Next.” On the next Web
page, select the “geographic type” (e.g., county, MSA) in which you are
interested. Wait for the page to automatically change and then select the state.
Not all states may be available on the selection menu. If the state in which you
are interested is available, select it. Then select the named geographic subunit
area in which you are interested if it is available (it may not be) and “Add.”
Then press “Show table.”
The Web site
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/index.html provides data from
surveys of samples of the U.S. population, including information about
educational attainment and poverty level. The “Quick Pick” choices include
state-specific and county-specific data profiles. Select state and press “Go.”
On the next Web page, which has selections for the entire state or a county
within it, select the “Social” profile. The heading “Educational Attainment,”
refers to the percentages of persons aged 25 years and older who have a high
school degree or higher and persons who have a bachelor’s degree or higher are
tabulated. Return to the Web page offering the choices of profiles and select
“Economic” profile. At the bottom of the table that opens next will be the
percentages of the population in selected age groups who lived below the poverty
level in the past 12 months. These data should be used with caution because they
are based on a survey sample and thus may have a sampling error.
http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org: This Web site from the Kaiser Family
Foundation provides “health data” by state. Click on a state for data for a
single state.
Click on “Health Coverage and Uninsured” to see the health insurance status
of the state’s population. The top subcategory, “Distribution by Insurance
Status,” should provide sufficient state-specific information on this topic for
the epidemiologic profile. Unfortunately, a source for such information at the
county or MSA level is not known.
Click on “Demographics and Economy,” and then “People in Poverty” to see the
percentage of the state’s population that live under the federal poverty level.
This is stratified by demographic category (e.g., sex, race, age), but not by
geographic subunit (e.g., county or MSA).
http://socds.huduser.org/Census/Census_java.html: This Web site
summarizes some MSA-specific census data in ways that may be convenient for your use,
particularly for seeing trends over time. The tables containing data on race/ethnicity,
educational attainment, and poverty may be useful for the epidemiologic profile.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/stproj.html: This Web site
provides state-level population projections into the future, based on census data. The
table provides numbers of persons by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, which you may use
to calculate the corresponding percentages. The layout is cumbersome.
http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/NHSDA/99YouthState/toc.htm: This Web site provides
state estimates on youth substance use from the 1999 National Household Survey on
Drug Abuse.
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