Health matters in DC
DC Health Matters provides a one-stop resource for online access to community health indicators and related resources that impact the health of DC communities. You will find up-to-date demographic, health and social determinants data; hundreds of maps, tables and figures; and, promising practices.
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Read Our 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment
The DC Health Matters Collaborative - a unique collaboration among DC hospitals (Children’s National Hospital, Howard University Hospital, and Sibley Memorial Hospital) and four community health centers (Bread for the City, Community of Hope, Mary’s Center, and Unity Health Care) - authored this community health needs assessment to serve as a community-driven foundation for our community health improvement efforts.
Visit the DC Health Matters Collaborative Blog
The DC Health Matters Collaborative (formerly the DC Healthy Communities Collaborative) is a coalition of DC hospitals and health centers who work together with community partners to assess and address health needs in DC! Our blog provides information on our latest endeavors, data highlights, recent reports and much more. Click into the blog to read more and subscribe!
Featured Indicator
Focus on
Insurance Coverage
Access to comprehensive, quality health care services is important for promoting and maintaining health, preventing and managing disease, reducing unnecessary disability and premature death, and achieving health equity for all of our community members.
Persons with Public Health Insurance Only
City: District of Columbia
(Compared to U.S. Value)
Children Living in Poverty
10.3%
Data Source: American Community Survey 5-Year
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HEALTH INDICATORS
A health indicator is a measure designed to summarize information about a given priority topic in population health or health system performance. Health indicators provide comparable and actionable information across different geographic, organizational or administrative boundaries and/or can track progress over time.
We provide over 150 indicators, along with comparisons, trends and related data.
View all available indicators.
TOPIC AREAS
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FEATURED RESOURCES
We've drawn together a diverse collection of professional resources for researchers, policy-makers, advocates, and other engaged citizens.
- Promising Practices - A database of documented approaches to improving community health and quality of life.
- Funding Opportunities - Regularly updated; opportunities are automatically removed when they expire.
- Location Report Builder - An easy way to tell the story of your community in a beautiful and simple report.