Public Health & Epidemiology: Mapping
Resources for public health and epidemiology
Last Updated: Sep 3, 2025 11:16 AM
Other mapping tools
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Social Explorer This link opens in a new windowDemographic information about the United States including historical data back to 1790. More InfoData UB ONLY
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data.HRSA.gov : Maps / Health Resources & Services Administration, US Department of Health & Human ServicesMapping tools and quick interactive maps presenting topics such as grants, health care shortage and need, or HRSA-supported health care resources by nation, state, and county.
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The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S. (ProPublica_ProPublica’s Toxmap shows more than 1,000 “hot spots” where 250,000 people are exposed to levels of excess cancer risk (according to the EPA). The map highlights places where the cancer risk is 10 times lower than the EPA’s threshold – anything over 1 in 10,000.
Map and GIS Data
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Open Data BuffaloOpen Data Buffalo is the open data program developed under the administration of Mayor Byron W. Brown in Buffalo, New York. Data is displayed in easy-to-use maps, and can be downloaded for use with other mapping programs.
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New York State Geographic Information Systems (GIS) ClearinghouseThe NYS GIS Clearinghouse acts as a central hub for State agencies and local governments to identify GIS data sets they have. Some datasets are available without a password. UB affiliates may log in with our institutional username and password to view and download restricted datasets. If you do not already have the login, please email Kim Plassche for this information.
Some agencies do not upload their datasets but list what they have available. Please use the contact information provided on the listing to request the dataset.