Data & Reports

We collect, analyze and use public health-related data. We use it to help us make policies, plan programs, and inform our community about local health issues. Find many of our most current data reports below, listed by health topic.

Annual Department-Wide Reports

2023 Annual Report (PDF)

Children & Families

Community Health Assessment

Community Health Improvement

Food System

Heat and Smoke

Building Resilience Against Smoke and Heat (BRASH) StoryMap

Housing

Infectious Diseases

Public Health Data (Multiple Topics)

Whatcom Community Health Insights (WCHI) Data Platform

Tuberculosis (TB)

Active TB Cases and Rates in Whatcom County (PDF)

For More Information

We regularly use these public health-related open public data sources:

Data Source	Description
ADAI	Data on drug treatment and related deaths
ALICE	Data on Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed families.
Census Data	Includes detailed demographic data, income, health insurance, poverty, and housing information.
County Health Rankings	Data on quality and length of life, health behaviors, social and economic indicators, health care, and environment.
Washington State Dept. of Health Data and Statistical Reports	Provides links to multiple health topics and data visualization.
Washington Dept. of Social and Health Services Community Profiles	Broad range of data include substance use, domestic violence, arrest data, pregnancy, voter registration, academic achievement, etc.
Healthier Washington Dashboard	Data on the Medicaid population in Whatcom County. Includes information on healthcare access, medication management, primary care visits, ED utilization, etc.
Healthy Youth Survey	Includes a board range of data about public school students including substance use, weight, physical activity, mental health, academics, safety and violence.
Office of Superintended of Public Instruction	Public school student data for individual schools and school districts. Include demographic, school readiness and achievement, free and reduced lunch, graduation rates, etc.
Washington Tracking Network and Dashboards	Broad range of public health data on climate, community characteristics, environment, social determinants of health, opioids, immunizations, biomonitoring, etc.