Data Sources

BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Annual survey of people age 18 years and older describing health risk behaviors, access to health care, and health status

North Dakota BRFSS

North Dakota County Level Summaries BRFSS

United States BRFSS

Cancer Registry
Data from cancer registries provide rates of occurrence for different cancers

United States Cancer Registry

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Data and Statistics

Community Health Section

Data Sources Table (pdf)

NCI SEER Registry Data

Reference data for cancer prevalence

North Dakota State Data Center

State Population Projections

National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs and National Survey of Childrens Health

Vital Statistics
Birth, deaths, stillbirth, abortion, marriages and divorces

YRBS Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Survey of randomly selected middle schools and high schools conducted in odd years describing health risk behaviors of youth