Guides: Philadelphia Schools and Neighborhoods: Health & Vital Statistics

Health & Vital Stastics

Data

School Health Statistics - Pennsylvania Department of Health -- Chronic conditions data is at the county level, however Staffing: Certified School Nurse (2012/13 to 2016/17) and Supplemental Staff (2012/13-present) at the school level.
Philadelphia Vital Statistics Report - City of Philadelphia, Public Health -- 2000-present. Births and deaths by census tract and ZIP code.
HIV/AIDS data and research - City of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Educational Longitudinal Study (PELS) - Comprehensive database following a cohort of 2000 students in the School District of Philadelphia from the close of their 8th grade year in 1996 to three years past on-time graduation, 2003.
Community Health Data Base - ZIP Code tabulations from SEPA HHS microdata. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey, the main part of the CHDB, collects information on health status, personal health behaviors, and access to and utilization of area health services from approximately 10,000 households throughout Philadelphia and Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties. The oldest ongoing metropolitan health survey program in the United States, the SEPA HHS program started in 1983 as a quadrennial program, changing to a biennial survey in 1994 with the most recent cycle conducted in 2015. - PennKey required.
Health Statistics - Department of Health - Pennsylvania - County level data on births, deaths, marriage, divorce, county level health profiles.
School Immunization Rates - Pennsylvania Dept of Education - County Level Data
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) - Biannual report covers a range of topics - tobacco, alcohol, drugs, weapons, bicycle helmets, dating behavior, and emotional states. National, state, and district data.

Reports and Initiatives

Supporting the Needs of Students Involved with the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice System in the School District of Philadelphia
- In January 2013, PolicyLab at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) was commissioned by the Mayor’s Office of Education (MOE), School District of Philadelphia (SDP), Philadelphia School Reform Commission (SRC), and Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS) to examine the distribution, concentration, and academic outcomes of youth in Philadelphia’s public schools involved with the child welfare and/or juvenile justice system. This report presents data from a targeted cross-system review of students in the 3rd, 7th, 9th, and 12th grades from the 2011-2012 academic year across all schools within the SDP.

Healthy NewsWorks - Student produced health related news. Students are from Philadelphia, Upper Darby, and Norristown Area School Districts.

Older Print Works

Philadelphia resident birth, death, disease and population data by health district, by neighborhood, and by census tract.
Call Number: Print Van Pelt Library RA407.4.P4 P5442
Neighborhood health profiles / Philadelphia Health Management Corporation.
Call Number: Print LIBRA RA395.A4 P4 1994
v. 1. Center City, v. 2. South Philadelphia, v. 3. Southwest Philadelphia, v. 4. West Philadelphia, v. 5. Lower North Philadelphia, v. 6. Upper North Philadelphia, v. 7. Bridesburg-Kensington-Richmond, v. 8. Roxborough-Manayunk,v. 9. Germantown-Chestnut Hill, v. 10. Olney-Oak Lane, v. 11. Near Northeast, v. 12. Far Northeast.
AIDS surveillance quarterly update / City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Health, AIDS Activities Coordinating Office, Epidemiology Unit.
Call Number: Print Van Pelt Library. RA644.A25 A3766
1994-2005
Vital Statistics Report / Philadelphia Dept. of Public Health.
Call Number: Print Van Pelt Library RA407.4.P4 P544
1982-2005