Health center service area boundaries for New York City, created by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). The data is used for reporting health statistics and is available in multiple formats including XML, RDF, JSON, and CSV. The current version is 26a, with all previously released versions available on the DCP website.
Use Cases
- Aggregate and report public health statistics based on defined service area boundaries.
- Map health outcomes and resource allocation across NYC health districts.
- Perform spatial analysis to correlate health data with geographic service areas.
Strengths
- Boundaries are created by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), an authoritative source.
- Available in multiple interoperable formats: XML, RDF, JSON, and CSV.
- All historical 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)
- Collection Method
- Created by the DOHMH for reporting health statistics.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-15 02:45:57.331037; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- New York City