Epidemiology and Data Services

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. The division provides epidemiological, data management, and analysis support to all Cambridge Public Health Department divisions, as well as outside groups.

New Reports Cambridge Health Indicators, 2015 (PDF)  Cambridge Middle Grades Health Survey, 2015  (PDF)  Cambridge Youth Weight Surveillance, 2015 (PDF)

Services

• Surveillance of communicable and chronic diseases
• Data management and analysis
• Survey design, development, and implementation
• Produces health surveillance reports
• Development and design of databases
• Geographic display of public health information using GIS technology.
• Regional epidemiologic assistance to health departments in Emergency Preparedness Region 4b
• Syndromic surveillance of emergency department data to detect disease outbreaks.

Resources

Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile (MassCHIP)

MetroBoston DataCommon

U.S. Census Data

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Data and Statistics

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists