Health Data & Reports

Epidemiology is the fundamental science of public health that deals with the incidence, distribution, determinants, and control of disease in a population. The department’s Division of Epidemiology and Data Services monitors the health of the city of Cambridge by tracking disease and identifying emerging health issues.

Cambridge Public Health Bulletins

2011: How Healthy Are We? (PDF)

2009: What Makes a Healthy City? (PDF)

Communicable Diseases

Communicable Disease Surveillance Report, 2006-2010 (PDF)

Cambridge Surveillance Report on Active Tuberculosis, 2006-2010 (PDF)

Health Data Report

Cambridge Health Indicators: Broad Measures of Health for Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the United States, 2013 (PDF)

Trans Fat Regulation

Surveillance Report on Trans Fat Regulation and Compliance: Findings of the Inspectional Services Department (PDF)

School Health

2009-2010 School Absenteeism & Influenza-Like Illness Surveillance Report (PDF)

Adult Health Survey

A Profile of Health Among Cambridge Adults, 2008 (PDF)

Youth Health Surveys

High School

2012 Cambridge Teen Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)

2010 Cambridge Teen Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)

Middle Grades

2011 Cambridge Middle Grades Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)

2009 Cambridge Middle Grades Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)