Health Area boundaries for New York City, created by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) for reporting health statistics. The dataset is maintained by the City of New York's Department of City Planning and was last updated in March 2026. All previously released versions are available on the DCP BYTES of the BIG APPLE website.
Use Cases
- Aggregate and map public health statistics based on official reporting boundaries.
- Perform spatial joins between health data and administrative boundaries based on health area polygons.
- Analyze health outcome disparities across different geographic areas of New York City.
Strengths
- Boundaries are created and maintained by the official NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).
- Multiple file formats are available, including XML, RDF, JSON, and CSV.
- All previously released versions of the data are archived and accessible.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and Department of City Planning (DCP).
- Collection Method
- Created by the NYC DOHMH for health reporting.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-15 02:52:33.912898; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- New York City