What is a datamart?
A datamart is a place where you can go on-line to obtain a variety of health related data, stratified or broken-down by a variety of demographic factors, such as age, race, gender, and/or geographic area. These data can be used for a variety of purposes such as research, community based health assessments, developing grant proposals,community benefit plans, data based decision making, or program evaluation. What is the source of the data? The Birth and Death Data are from the Vital Statistics Division of the Marion County Health Department, Indianapolis, Indiana. All Marion County resident birth and deaths are included in these data sets. The data are provided for both zipcode and census tract geographic areas. Out of county residents who deliver or die in one of Marion County’s hospitals are not included in these datasets. The 1999 Death data are based on the new International Classification of Disease 10 (ICD-10) codes. Previous years used the ICD-9 codes. There are major differences
