Jackson County Data
Community Commons
The Community Commons provides great tools you can use to help with you healthy, equitable, and sustainable community work. Community commons is a place where data, tools, and stories come together to inspire change and improve communities. This website provided public access to thousands of meaningful data layers that allow mapping and reporting capabilities so you can thoroughly explore community health.
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
The BRFSS is the nation’s premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use preventive services. The BRFSS completes more than 400,000 adult interviews each year, making it the largest continuously conducted health survey system in the world.
The Illinois State Cancer Registry (ISCR)
The only population-based source for cancer incidence information in Illinois. Cancer cases are collected through mandated reporting by hospitals, ambulatory surgical treatment centers, non-hospitals affiliated radiation therapy treatment centers, independent pathology labs, dermatologist and through the voluntary exchange of cancer patient data with other (mostly nearby) states.