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- CDC: Diseases and Conditions
Popular health topics. - HP 2020
Healthy People 2020: Topics and Objectives. - World Health Organization - Health Topics
Promoting international health.
- Health Poll This link opens in a new windowFrom Roper, the Health Poll database is the most comprehensive database for health-related U.S. survey questions, covering eighty years of national polling. Searchable questions and results, demographic crosstabs, and trends are available on every topic related to health.
Criminal Justice - Public Health Statistics
- Medical Problems of PrisonersBureau of Justice Statistics.
- Mental Health Problems Of Prison And Jail InmatesBureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.
Epidemiology Data
Epidemiology uses many data sources, including vital statistics data, government surveillance data and reports, CDC data, health surveys, and disease registries in order to study factors associated with certain diseases or conditions. The following is a list of commonly used types of data sources, including data collection systems and organizations with numerous reports.
- National Vital Statistics SystemFrom the CDC
- National Health Interview SurveyFrom CDC
- Maternal and Child Health BureauResearch & Data - US Dept of Health and Human Services
- Epidemiology ReportNC Dept of Health & Human Services
- Global Health Observatory DataWorld Health Organization
Global Health Data
- WHO World Health StatisticsGlobal Health Observatory (GHO) data.
- WHO Health Data and StatisticsIncludes Global Health Observatory, Global Health Estimates, and WHO Mortality Database.
- Health Data - World BankData charts and maps.
Country Information
- World Development IndicatorsData by country from the World Bank.
- World Statistics PocketbookUnited Nations annual publication.
- OECD Country ProfilesVery current data and reports. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is a unique forum where the governments of 34 democracies with market economies work with each other, as well as with more than 70 non-member economies to promote economic growth, prosperity, and sustainable development.
Environmental Health
- Environmental Health and Toxicology InformationNational Library of Medicine's "Pathways for Public Health Education"
Minority Health
- Office of Minority HealthU.S Department of Health and Human Services
Infectious Disease
- Infectious Disease ResourcesFrom Public Health.org , including Open Access journal content. This collection of online resources should be useful to veterans and new recruits alike in the global struggle to control infectious disease.
Public Health Statistics
Sites for retrieving US and global health statistics are listed. Scroll down to see important public health organizations.
- WHO Health StatisticsAnnual reports from the World Health Organization.
- UNdataStatistical information from United Nations member states on a variety of topics including: Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Population, and Refugees, Tourism.
- Add Health DataThe Add Health study has collected data of interest to investigators from many disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences and from many theoretical traditions.
- FastStats: Centers for Disease Control and PreventionStatistics on topics of public health importance; organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.
- CDC Reproductive Health StatisticsCDC's Division of Reproductive Health (DRH) monitors maternal and infant mortality, the most serious reproductive health complications. In addition, attention is focused on gathering data to better understand the extent of maternal and infant morbidity, adverse behaviors during pregnancy, and long-term consequences of pregnancy.
- Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent HealthA project of the child and adolescent health measurement initiative.
- Polling the Nations This link opens in a new windowPublic opinion polls containing 350,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys in the U.S. and 80 other countries, 1986-present.
- Office of Minority Health Resource CenterMinority health resources from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
- USDA Economic Research ServiceUSDA reports and data on many topics related to food and agriculture.
- American FactFinderAmerican FactFinder is the primary way to access data from the Decennial Census, the American Community Survey, the Puerto Rico Community Survey, the Economic Census, the Population Estimates Program and Annual Economic Surveys.