Infectious diseases like tuberculosis, syphilis, and HIV can often be prevented with vaccines and treated with routine preventive care, but White residents are often diagnosed at a much lower rate.
Due to structural racism and social policies that perpetuate inequality, violence disproportionately affects some communities and leads to outcomes that results in higher rates of school bullying, homicides, and firearm death rates.
Bureau of Community Health and Prevention, Department of Public Health, Division of Violence and Injury Prevention
The Injury Surveillance Program gathers, analyzes, and interprets data on injuries in Massachusetts. This data is used to monitor injury trends, identify populations that are most impacted, guide programs and policy development.
Executive Office of the Trial Court, Trial Court Department of Research and Planning, Massachusetts Court System
Case filings for adult and juvenile substance use commitments under M.G.L. Chapter 123, Section 35. Section 35 authorizes involuntary commitments to a treatment facility for up to 90 days in cases where someone is likely to do serious harm to themselves or others. This data is compiled and updated quarterly by the Massachusetts Trial Court Department of Research and Planning.
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
See the results of lead and copper drinking water tests in schools and childcare facilities. Filter data by date, town, type of facility, and the measured level of copper or lead. This dataset is hosted in the Energy & Environmental Affairs Data Portal, an open data hub for state environmental data.