U.S. Chronic Disease Indicators for State-Level Public Health

CDC's Division of Population Health provides 115 consensus indicators for tracking chronic diseases across states and territories. The dataset supports uniform definition, collection, and reporting of public health data. It includes indicators for Alcohol, Cancer, Asthma, COPD, Tobacco, Diabetes, and Arthritis.

Use Cases

• Analyze state-level trends in Tobacco use prevalence using standardized indicator data.
• Compare geographic patterns of Diabetes and Arthritis prevalence across U.S. states.
• Monitor public health outcomes for Cancer and Asthma using cross-cutting chronic disease metrics.
• Assess correlations between Alcohol-related indicators and other chronic condition rates.

Strengths

• Contains 115 cross-cutting indicators developed by consensus among major public health bodies.
• Covers 7 major chronic disease categories including Cancer, Diabetes, and COPD.
• Managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, ensuring authoritative public health data.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column details, and sample data are unavailable for assessing dataset scale.
• Data granularity and temporal coverage are unspecified, limiting time-series analysis potential.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, CDC Division of Population Health.

Collection Method

Indicators developed by consensus among CDC, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors.

Freshness

Last updated February 2025.

Geography

United States states and territories.