Statistical Guides/Bibliographies/Reference


General Health Statistics Resources

  • CDC Wonder (Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research) http://wonder.cdc.gov/
  • CDC Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000ec28
  • Crerar Library, Univ of Chicago Health Statistics http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/med/healthstat/
  • MedlinePlus Health Statistics http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthstatistics.html
  • World Health Organization http://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/en/

    • International Health Statistics


  • Centers for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/
  • Glasgow Univ Library Medical Statistics on the Internet http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/Depts/MOPS/Stats/medstats.shmtl
  • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
  • World Health Organization Statistics http://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/en/

    • National/U.S Government Health Statistics


  • Centers for Disease Control: National Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
  • Economic Census – Health Care and Social Assistance http://help.econ.census.gov/econhelp/resources/hc-62/SEC_HC-62.html
  • faststats A to Z http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/
  • Health Resources and Services Administration (US Dept of Health and Human Services) http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/
  • Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project http://hcup.ahrq.gov/
  • Healthy People 2010 Major Data Sources http://www.healthypeople.gov/Data/
  • Homeland Security Immigration Data http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/
  • MedlinePlus Health Statistics http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthstatistics.html
  • Mental Health Statistics, United States http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/MentalHealthStatistics/
  • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
  • NationMaster.com http://www.nationmaster.com/cat/hea-health
  • National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
  • National Health Care Survey http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhcs.htm
  • National Practitioners Databank http://www.npdb-hipdb.com/
  • National Trauma Data Bank http://www.facs.org/trauma/ntdb.html
  • Nationally Notifiable Infectious Diseases United States 2008 (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/ncphi/disss/nndss/phs/infdis2008.htm

    • State/Local Health Statistics


  • Alabama Department of Public Health, Alabama Center for Health Statistics http://www.adph.org/healthstats/
  • Alabama Statistics http://www.archives.state.al.us/stats.html
  • Centers For Disease Control: State Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/map_page.htm
  • City and County Data Book http://www.census.gov/prod/www/ccdb.html
  • National Cancer Institute State Cancer Profiles http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/
  • Public Health Departments http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/international/relres.html
  • State and Metropolitan Area Data Book http://www.census.gov/prod/3/98pubs/smadb-97.pdf
  • StateMaster.com http://www.statemaster.com/

    • Statistical Resources for Specific Health Topics


    Accidents/Injuries
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics
    • http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/

    Cancer
  • American Cancer Society Statistics http://www.cancer.org/docroot/stt/stt_0.asp
  • Finding Cancer Statistics http://surveillance.cancer.gov/statistics
  • National Cancer Data Base http://www.facs.org/cancer/ncdb/index.html
  • National Cancer Institute Statistics http://www.nci.nih.gov/statistics
  • National Cancer Institute Statistics State Cancer Profiles http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/

    • Cardiovascular Disease
  • National Cardiovascular Data Registry http://www.accncdr.com/
    Diabetes
  • American Diabetes Association-Diabetes Statistics http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics.jsp
  • National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse Statistics http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/populations/index.htm

    Health Insurance
  • Health Insurance Data http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/hlthins.html
    Healthcare Costs
  • HCUPnet http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/
    HIV/AIDS
  • HIVnet http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hivnet.htm

    Infectious Disease
  • Nationally Notifiable Infectious Diseases United States 2006 (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphsi/phs/infdis2006.htm

    Mental Health
  • Mental Health Statistics, United States http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/MentalHealthStatistics/
    • Substance Abuse
  • National Clearinghouse for Alcohol(NCADI) http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalog/results.aspx?h=issues&topic=66

    • Associations/Organizations/Foundations


  • Alzheimer's Association http://www.alz.org
  • American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) http://www.aarp.org
  • National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/index.htm
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Health and Medical Care Archive http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/HMCA/
  • World Health Organization http://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/en/

    • General Statistical Resources


  • American Community Survey http://www.census.gov/acs/www/
  • American Factfinder http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
  • Childstats.gov http://childstats.gov
  • Current Population Survey (CPS) http://www.census.gov/cps/
  • FEDSTATS http://www.fedstats.gov/
  • USA.gov Data and Statistics http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Data.shtml
  • Social Security Administration http://www.ssa.gov/policy/
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
  • U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/