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About the data

Metadata, "data about the data", is information about the data displayed on the maps, and includes information about the quality, source, and content of the data. To access metadata in a mapping page, click on the data layer you are interested in and the metadata will open in a new window.
A full list of data on MassHEIS is also available below.

Health

Breast cancer
Invasive breast cancer
In Situ breast cancer
Breast cancer under 50
Breast cancer over 50
Common cancers
Bladder cancer
Breast cancer
Colon cancer
Lung cancer
Skin cancer
Non-Hodgkins lymphoma
Ovarian cancer
Prostate cancer
Testicular cancer
Thyroid cancer
Uterine cancer
Hormonal cancers
Cancers associated with chemical exposures
Childhood cancers
Asthma hospitalizations

Environment

Polluting facilities
Oil or hazardous material sites (21E)
DEP permitted polluter sites
TRI facilities
Superfund sites
Solid waste facilities
     Landfills
     Compost and Wood Reclamation Sites
MA Military Reservation
MMR pollution plumes
MMR hazardous waste sites
Modeled hazardous air pollutants
1,3 butadiene
1,3 dichloropropene
Benzene
Diesel particulate matter
Ethylene oxide
Methylene chloride
Perchlorethylene
Polycyclic organic matter
Trichloroethylene
EPA Air Pollution Monitors
Particulate Matter
Water Quality
Cape Cod Pond Study (2006)
     Androstenedione
     Carbamazepine
     Estrone
     Pentoxifylline
     Progesterone
     Sulfamethoxazole
     Trimethoprim
Pond water quality (2001) Cape Cod Commission
     Phosphorus
     Nitrogen
     Chlorophyll A
Impaired waters (2002)
     Number of pollutants
     Priority organics contamination
     Pesticide contamination
     Metal contamination
Public water supplies
     Public water supplies
     Interim wellhead protection areas
     Approved wellhead protection areas
     Surface water protection areas
     Surface water supply watersheds
     Outstanding resource waters watershed
Land use
General land use
Land use associated with pesticide use
Pesticide applications
Land use associated with pesticide use
Pesticide applications Cape Cod 1940s-1980s

Demography

EJ populations
Education
Education (females)
Education (males)
Median household income
Minority population
Population below poverty
Renter occupied housing units
Linguistically isolated housing units

Featured maps

Asthma and air pollution
Asthma hospitalizations
EPA Air Pollution Monitors
Particulate Matter
EJ and polluting facilities
EJ populations
Oil or hazardous material sites (21E)
DEP permitted polluter sites
TRI facilities
Superfund sites
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