NYU Data Catalog

New York City Community Health Survey

Alternate Titles(s): CHS, NYC CHS
UID: 10008
Description
The New York City Community Health Survey (CHS) is a telephone survey conducted annually by the DOHMH, Division of Epidemiology, Bureau of Epidemiology Services. CHS provides robust data on the health of New Yorkers, including neighborhood, borough, and citywide estimates on a broad range of chronic diseases and behavioral risk factors.
Publisher
New York City - Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Timeframe
2002 - Present
Geographic Coverage
New York (State) - New York City
Local Expert
Stella Yi
Subject of Study
Homo sapiens
Subject Domain
Chronic Disease
Mental Health
Population Characteristics
Risk Factors
Population Age
Adolescent (13 years - 18 years)
Adult (19 years - 64 years)
Senior (65 years - 79 years)
Aged (80 years and over)
Keywords
Chronic Disease
Epidemiology
Health Behavior
New York City
Risk Factors

Access

Restrictions
Free to All
Instructions
Public use CHS data for each year can be downloaded through the access link. Documentation, including the questionnaire, codebook and read-in program and sample code for SAS, SUDAAN, and R are available on the same page. For more information about the dataset, contact the CHS team for support.
Associated Publications
Wyatt LC, Patel S, Kranick JA, Raveis VH, Ravenell JE, Yi SS, Kwon SC, Islam NS. Disparities in colorectal cancer screening among South Asians in New York City: a cross-sectional study. J Cancer Educ. 2022 Oct;37(5):1510-1518.
Data Type
Surveys
Dataset Format(s)
SAS, PDF, SUDAAN
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