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Community Health Data Base
An Information Service of the Public Health Management Corporation
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Since 1983, Public Health Management Corporation's (PHMC) Community Health Data Base (CHDB) has served the information needs of health and human service agencies in the Southeastern Pennsylvania region by providing up-to-date and reliable community-level health and social service data.

The CHDB is funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, the William Penn Foundation, the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, & local hospital systems & health and human service organizations.

Please visit the CHDB website monthly for new data findings and member highlights!


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Assessing Children’s Health and Well-being in Mercer County, New Jersey

Earlier this year, staff from Public Health Management Corporation's Community Health Data Base and Children's Futures partnered to develop a survey assessing the health and well-being of children residing in Mercer County, New Jersey. Information was collected about a variety of child health and well-being indicators such as health status and chronic conditions; usual source of care and utilization of care; child care and after-school activities; positive social skills; neighborhood amenities and support; and community and school safety. This article presents selected key highlights from the survey.


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Children's Futures
Since 2001, Children’s Futures has been working with partner organizations to improve health and development outcomes for children in Trenton and the surrounding area.

New Partnership with DVHC
PHMC's CHDB and REG are partnering with Delaware Valley Healthcare Council (DVHC) to complete Community Health Needs Assessments for DVHC's 44 member hospitals. For more information, click here.
2011 County Health Profiles Now Available
Click here to learn more about and access the 2011 County Health Profiles.
The 2012 SEPA Household Health Survey to be Fielded Earlier Next Year
The CHDB will be fielding the 2012 Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey starting this spring! Please contact your CHDB associate with any questions.
The CHDB 2012 Household Health Survey Planning Meeting
On January 23rd, the CHDB will be hosting a meeting with Members to discuss and plan for the upcoming 2012 Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey. Click here for more information.
NEW! CHDB Social Capital Data Brief
Click here to read the most recent addition to our Data Brief series: "Assessing Social Capital in SEPA".
Updated Census and Vital Stats Tables on our Website
Click here to access the Data Corner, which includes NEW 2010 US Census demographic indicators by county and 2005-2008 birth and mortality indicators by county.
Next CHDB Orientation on January 24th
Please join us for our next Orientation to learn more about the Community Health Data Base and how you can access Household Health Survey data.