Air Quality: Department of Health

Programs

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Program
Birth Defects Program
Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Health Data and Analysis and Public Health Informatics, Center for
Healthcare Quality Reporting Program
HealthFacts RI Program
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
KIDSNET
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
Public Health Informatics
State Innovation Model (SIM)
Youth Risk Behavior Survey

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State Data Partners

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RI DEM Environmental Data
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RI Community Profiles
Kidscount
Thrive

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Data
Database
Payer Data

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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
CDC Wonder
US Census
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Health.Data.gov
Health Indicators Warehouse
PRAMS
Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts
WISQARS (Injury)
Youth Risk Behavior State Survey

Other Data Sites

Healthscape
Dartmouth Health Atlas
Wolframalpha
Partners in Information Access
Gapminder
World Bank

Air Quality Data environmental public health tracking

Purpose: To determine the levels of particle matter (PM2.5) and ozone in the air in Rhode Island and to determine the cancer risks associated with toxic substances in air pollution.

Key Information: PM2.5 and Ozone are measured in micrograms per cubic meter, and are based on both monitored and modeled data. Average air concentration estimates are provided for 1, 3-butadiene, acetaldehyde, benzene, carbon tetrachloride, and formaldehyde. Cancer risk estimates are also provided for these pollutants.

Collection Period: Ozone and PM2.5 data are available from 2001 to 2014. Air toxics are available for 2005 and 2011.

Data Sources

Air Quality Data

Rhode Island Numbers