Using data to guide resources to where they’re needed most: Portraits of Public Health

May 27, 2026.Reading time 7 minutes.

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Public Health – Seattle & King County’s talented data scientists synthesize information to help our staff and public better understand who is most impacted by various health issues. For this month’s Portraits in Public Health, we meet Danny, who does the behind-the-scenes work to make data more accessible and to allow our staff to work efficiently.

What pandemic death data reveal about health in King County now

September 5, 2024.Reading time 15 minutes.

Understanding data about deaths can shed light on what’s happening in our communities in terms of health. Public Health – Seattle & King County is using data from the COVID-19 pandemic to help set priorities moving forward.

How Healthy is King County? Continuing COVID-19 Impacts and Areas to Watch

March 13, 2024.Reading time 9 minutes.

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What has been the impact of the pandemic and climate change on the health of people in King County? What trends are we seeing in injuries, substance use, food security, mental health, and hospitalizations? Our Community Health Needs Assessment dug into these issues to identify areas of progress and where improvement is still needed.

New data dashboards track the impact of climate change on health

January 25, 2024.Reading time 10 minutes.

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Climate change is impacting the health of King County residents. Our new data dashboards provide a look at some of these impacts.

We’ve updated our COVID-19 vaccination outcomes data

May 10, 2023.Reading time 13 minutes.

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We’ve updated our COVID-19 data dashboards. Our goal is to make it easier for people to find and understand the current data on Outcomes by Vaccination Status.

Look up immunization rates at your neighborhood school and in King County

January 12, 2023.Reading time 8 minutes.

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What percentage of children in your child’s school are vaccinated against measles? How does your school district compare to others in King County? How have student immunization rates changed over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic? Find this and more on Public Health’s School Immunizations Data Dashboard, recently updated to include data for the 2021-22 school year.