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Health Statistics: Home

Welcome to Health Statistics Research Guide:

The Health Statistics Guide provides links to national as well as international health data on health care, diseases and statistical resources of interest to health professionals.

PolicyMap

PolicyMap

Healthy People 2020

FedStats

FedStats
A well-organized site for statistical information available from more than 100 U.S. government agency web sites. Statistics can be searched by keyword or browsed by topic or agency.

Best Places To Start:

Health Maps

ACA Federal Funds Tracker
Cancer Mortality Maps & Graph
CDC FASTSTATS MAP: State and Territorial Data
CDC: Healthy Aging Data Portfolio
CDC: Oral Health Data
CDC: Synopses of State Oral Health Programs
Dartmouth Atlas or Health Care: Medicare Data
HealthLandscape
HEALTHmap: Global disease alert map
HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse
Kaiser Family Foundation: StateHealthFacts Map
National Cancer Institute: Interactive Maps, Trends and
NationMaster: (Create Statistical Data Maps: CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD)
State Data Map (NAHIC)
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NAHIC is funded by a grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It has a sister center, The Policy Center, and is located at the Research & Policy Center for Childhood & Adolescence at UCSF.
WHO Core Health Indicators

Databases:

MeSH Terms:

Biostatistics
"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)"
"National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)"
Statistics as Topic
Statistics, Nonparametric
Vital Statistics

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General Directories of Statistical Resources

AHRQ: Data and Surveys
CDC: Data and Statistics
CDC: National Center for Health Statistics
Directory of Health and Human Services Data Resources
FedStats
State Health Facts Online
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Kaiser Family Foundation statistical resource contains state-level data on demographics, health and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.
Statistical Resources on the Web
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