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.

New Reports Cambridge Teen Health Survey, 2018 (PDF)  Cambridge Middle Grades Health Survey, 2017 (PDF)  Cambridge Disease Case Counts, 2012-2016 (PDF)

Cambridge Public Health Bulletins

2015: Building a Culture of Health in Cambridge (PDF)




2013: Roadmap to a Healthy Cambridge (PDF)





2011: How Healthy Are We? (PDF)

2009: What Makes a Healthy City? (PDF)

Communicable Diseases

Communicable Disease Case Counts:

2012-2016 (PDF) 
2011-2015 (PDF) 
2010-2014 (PDF) 
2009-2013 (PDF) 
2008-2012 (PDF) 
2007-2011 (PDF) 
2006-2010 (PDF) 

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, 2015 (PDF) | 2013 (PDF)

Oral Health

Children's Oral Health Surveillance Report: A Summary of the Cambridge Healthy Smiles Screening Program, 2000-2009 (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

2018 Cambridge Teen Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)
2016 Cambridge Teen Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)
2014 Cambridge Teen Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)
2012 Cambridge Teen Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)
2010 Cambridge Teen Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)

Middle Grades

2017 Cambridge Middle Grades Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)
2015 Cambridge Middle Grades Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)
2013 Cambridge Middle Grades Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)
2011 Cambridge Middle Grades Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)
2009 Cambridge Middle Grades Health Survey: Executive Summary (PDF)

Youth Weight Surveillance 

Cambridge Youth Weight Surveillance, 2014-2015 (PDF) 
2013-2014 (PDF) | 2012-2013 (PDF) | 2011-2012 (PDF) 2010-2011 (PDF) | 2009-2010 (PDF)