Population Profile
Where individuals, families, and communities live, age, work, and play shapes their health. Disparities in health outcomes are linked with socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, gender, immigration, and other social characteristics. Understanding how these factors shape health is necessary to identify areas for improvement.
DPH acknowledges the ongoing work it needs to do as a public agency to address the institutional and structural racism that perpetuates racial/ethnic inequities. The majority of data comes from national sources such as the American Community Survey. Limited DPH data is also included. The language for race and ethnicity breakouts is based on national sources. DPH recognizes that the way race and ethnicity breakouts are depicted, particularly around our American Indian and Native Alaskan populations has limitations. DPH is dedicated to improving this data inequity.
A full list of sources is in the ‘Support’ tab or here: healthdatatool.mass.gov/data-list/.