Health Statistics

General Statistical Resources

Best Places To Start

AHRQ: State Snapshots
America’s Health Ranking
CDC – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
CDC Health, US annual report on trends in health statistics
CDC National Center for Health Statistics
CDC Vaccines & Immunization: Statistics and Surveillance
CDC: Data and Statistics
CDC: Diseases and Conditions
CDC: Health Data Interactive
CDC: Injury Data and Resources
CDC: Public Health Genomics Data & Statistics
Gapminder World
Contains over 200 indicators displaying trends–in some cases back to the year 1800. The data in Gapminder World is constantly updated and refined. It is freely accessible.
HCUP Statistical Briefs by topic
HealthyPeople.gov DATA2020 search
ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Science Research
Kaiser Family Foundation: 50 State Comparison
Kaiser Family Foundation: Individual State Profiles
National Alliance for Caregivers: Reports
National Cancer Institute: Glossary of Statistical Terms
National Organization for Rare Diseases
NCHS Health United States
NCHS: Fastats
NLM Health Statistics Web Page
OECD Health: Key Tables
OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and provides informational statistics on its member nations and selected others.
Pharmaceutical Statistics from Statista
Sage Stats
An interactive, statistical platform that provides vetted, hard-to-find data to use when conducting social science research. This link connects to the health data on the Sage Stats portal. Featuring data from private and public sources, it’s a comprehensive resource that enables researchers to create simple, practical, and useful solutions.
U.S. Census Bureau: Data by Subject
U.S. Census Bureau: Disability
University of Michigan University of Michigan Institute for Social Research: Population Studies Center
World Health Organization Global Health Observatory
The Global Health Observatory (GHO) is the World Health Organization’s portal providing access to data and analyses for monitoring the global health situation. It provides critical data and analyses for key health themes, as well as direct access to the full database.

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.

Kids Count Data Center

Annie E. Casey Foundation: Kids Count Data Center

Kids Count Data: By State

Kids Count Data Across State: Rankings, Maps, or Trend Graphs by Topic

Databases

MEDLINE/PubMed
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
“statistics and numerical data”[MeSH Subheading]
Incidence
Epidemiology
Utilization[MeSH Subheading]

Search in Databases A-Z:

Statistics Tutorials

National Cancer Institute: Understanding Prognosis and Cancer Statistics
National Cancer Institute: Glossary of Statistical Terms
NLM: Data, Tools, and Statistics

NLM: Finding and Using Health Statistics

PH Partners: Health Statistics Resources
HealthData.gov
A federal government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
University of Chicago Library Health Statistics
NLM–Finding and Using Health Statistics course

CDC Data & Statistics
CDC’s A-Z list of statistics

Health Maps

Cancer Mortality Maps & Graph
CDC FASTSTATS MAP: State and Territorial Data
CDC: Oral Health Maps
CDC: Synopses of State and Territorial Dental Public Health Programs
Dartmouth Atlas or Health Care: Medicare Data
Global Wildlife Disease news Map
HealthLandscape
HEALTHmap: Global disease alert map
HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse
Kaiser Family Foundation: StateHealthFacts Map
National Cancer Institute: Interactive Maps, Trends
NationMaster: (Create Statistical Data Maps: CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD)
State Data Map (NAHIC)
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 Themes (Core Health Indicators)

Pew Research Center: Health

Pew Research Center: Health
Pew Research Center: Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

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
Kaiser Family Foundation statistical resource contains state-level data on demographics, health and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.

Wolfram|Alpha

Wolfram|Alpha – Health & Medicine
Wolfram|Alpha a computational knowledge engine: it generates output by doing computations from its own internal knowledge base, instead of searching the web and returning links.
Wolfram/Alpha – Medical Tests

Alcohol/Substance Abuse

Best Places to Start

National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Adolescent Drinking

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: College Drinking

International Drug & Alcohol Statistics

CDC Map: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs)

CDC: Fatal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) Data & Statistics

Treatment

Binge Drinking – CDC TV

Source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
Running Time: (4:23) Release Date: 04/13/2010

Asthma/Allergy

Best Places to Start

Allergy

Asthma

Pulmonary Diseases

CDC: Asthma Data Statistics

Current Asthma Prevalence

CDC: Asthma Surveillance Data

Autism

Best Places to Start

Autism Map

CDC: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) Data & Statistics

International Statistics

What is Autism?

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)

California Statistics

Best Place to Start: CA

State Statistics

Vital Statistics: CA

CA Department of Public Health Vital Statistics
The Vital Records Division of the State Center for Health Statistics.
California Health and Human Services Open Data Portal

Cancer

Best Places to Start

Breast Cancer

Prostate Cancer

SEER Stat Fact Sheets: Prostate

Colon Cancer

SEER Stat Fact Sheets: Colon and Rectum

International Statistics: Cancer

Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs

Children/Adolescents

Best Places to Start

Kids Count Data Center

Annie E. Casey Foundation: Kids Count Data Center

Children with special health care needs

Kids Count Data: By State

Kids Count Data Across State: Rankings, Maps, or Trend Graphs by Topic

Child Abuse/Violence

Vaccines/Immunization

Adolescent Health Statistics

CDC FastFacts: Adolescent Health
CDC: FastFacts Teen Births
CDC: Youth Online: High School YRBS
Youth Online lets you analyze national, state, and local Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) data from 1991 – 2013. Data from high school and middle school surveys are included. You can filter and sort on the basis of race/ethnicity, sex, grade, or site, create customized tables and graphs, and perform statistical tests by site and health topic. Please see Youth Online Help for more information using all Youth Online capabilities.
NIAAA: Underage drinking and related risk behaviors among youth
U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics

Children/Adolescents Health Care Statistics

Birth Statistics

Infant Statistics

Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Diabetes

Best Places to Start

CDC: Healthy People 2020 Diabetes

Healthy People 2030 Diabetes

International Statistics:

Economics/Utilization

Expenditures

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Data Compendium
Download sections of each data compendium by year.
FastStats Health Expenditures
Health Care and Facilities Studies (ICPSR)
Search results of studies related to healthcare services. Use options in the right hand bar to filter results.
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey: Data & Statistics
MEPSNet Query Tools
Query tools for data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (above).
Medicare Enrollment Reports
Medicare enrollment tables individually available for download.

Utilization

American Hospital Directory
FastStats Hospital Utilization
Medicare Enrollment Reports
Medicare enrollment tables individually available for download.
Statistics on U.S. Hospitals
Drug Information Portal from the National Library of Medicine

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
Healthcare databases from AHRQ, including the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID), and the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS). Click the i button for more.
HCUP FAQs
HCUP Online Tutorials
Free, interactive courses that provide HCUP users with information about HCUP data and tools.
HCUP Statistical Briefs by Topic
Simple, descriptive statistics on a variety of specific, focused topics. From AHRQ.
HCUP Tools & Software
Includes HCUPnet, AHRQ Quality Indicators, Clinical Classifications & Utilization Flags software, & more.
HCUPnet
A free, online query system that provides access to health statistics & information on hospital inpatient & emergency department utilization, based on data from HCUP.
HCUP Statistics on hospital-based care in the United States

Environmental Health

Best Places to Start

Environmental Health Maps
Toxmap: Environmental Health Maps

CDC: National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures
The goal of this initiative was to develop an Action Agenda with clear, achievable recommendations to help government agencies and other organizations strengthen their efforts to protect the public from harmful chemical exposures.

Animal Environmental Health

Canary Database: Yale University Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Yale University Occupational and Environmental Medicine select, curate, and index 1000s of scientific studies from MEDLINE, CAB Abstracts, and Agricola. Users can review the evidence of animals as “early warning” sentinels of human health hazards.

International Environmental Health Statistics

NLM: Crude Oil Spills and Health

National Library of Medicine: Crude Oil Spills and Health

Oil Spill

HealthMap: Oil Spill Alerts

Geriatrics

Best Places to Start

Nursing Home Statistics
LeadingAge: Nursing Home Statistics Overview

Administration on Community Living: Aging Statistics

International Statistics:

Heart Disease

Best Places to Start

CDC: Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet

International Statistics:

CDC: Heart Disease and Stroke Maps

Health Disparities

Health Disparities Populations

Child and Adolescent Healthcare: Selected Findings (2011)
Summarizes key findings from the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports related to health care for children
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox: Measuring Quality in Children’s Health Programs
Provides concepts, tips, and tools for evaluating the quality of health care for children
Enhancing State and Local Capacity to Promote Healthy Weight in Children: Addressing Disparities in the Real World
Provides practical information that states and community groups can use to implement projects aimed at reducing disparities in childhood overweight
Disparities in Healthcare Quality Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups: Selected Findings
Discusses differences between racial and ethnic groups in terms of relative rates
National Health Care Disparities Reports
Presents for the first time data on quality and racial and ethnic disparity measures by payer
Clinical Preventive Services for Older Adults
Offers examples of recent activities and interventions that have focused on increasing the use of clinical preventive services in diverse communities
Promoting Preventive Services for Adults 50-64
Identifies set of recommended preventive services, provides indicators and data with which to monitor progress, promotes successful strategies to facilitate adoption, use
Healthcare Quality and Disparities in Women: Selected Findings (2011)
Summarizes key findings from the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports related to health care for women
Statistical Brief #312: Patient-Provider Communication by Race/Ethnicity and Disability Status: United States, 2007 (2011)
Examines patient-provider communication by race/ethnicity and disability status using data from Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC)
Developing Quality of Care Measures for People with Disabilities: Summary of Expert Meeting (2010)
Summarizes the discussion and recommendations arising out of a 1-day meeting of nationally recognized experts to begin the process of developing measures to assess quality of care for people with disabilities
State Resources for Addressing Disparities in Health Care Quality
As States increasingly pursue activities to improve the health status and quality of care for vulnerable populations, such as racial and ethnic groups, AHRQ is developing and facilitating access to tools that can aid States in their efforts

Diverse Populations & Health Websites

Healthy People 2020
Healthy People 2020 challenges individuals, communities, and professionals—indeed, all of us— to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life, are enjoyed by all.
Healthy People 2030 Health People 2030 and Social Determinants of Health partners.
Health Disparities & Minority Health Information Resources
MEDLINE/PubMed Search and Health Disparities & Minority Health Information Resources
Medline Plus: Population Groups
Locate trusted health information provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health about a variety of population groups.
Women’s Health: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Locate information on the federal governments source for women’s health.
Minority Women’s Health: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
This is the federal governments source for minority women’s health information.
Office of Minority Health: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs.
National Institutes of Health: Minority Health
The National Institutes of Health provides information on a select group of minorities.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Find information regarding various populations and their health from the U.S. Department of health and Human Services.
Center for Cross-Cultural Research
The Center for Cross-Cultural Psychology was established for the scientific study of and education about cultural influences on human psychological functioning. Culture is broadly taken to mean shared meanings and understanding (e.g., values, norms, attitudes) held by group members.
Intute: Health and Life Sciences – Nursing
Formerly known as NMAP, Intute offers access to a variety of credible web resources for nursing, midwifery, and allied health. One may search MeSH headings as well as RCN headings. One can also search for information on Medicine, Bioresearch, the History and Medicine and other Life Science related topics.
Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHP)
Recognizing the diversity and the different ways to health, the mission of the Cross Cultural Health Care Program is to serve as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full access to quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate.
Transcultural C.A.R.E. Associates
Transcultural C.A.R.E. Associates is a private organization providing keynote presentations, workshops, seminars, consultations, and training focusing on clinical, administrative, research and education.
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
ACU is a nonprofit, transdisciplinary organization of clinicians, advocates, and health care organizations united in a common mission to improve the health of America’s underserved populations and to enhance the development and support of the health care clinicians serving these populations.

Health Disparities Data

Agency for Healthcare Research And Quality (AHRQ) Minority Health Links: Links to AHRQ reports, workshops, and conferences on minority health.
Racial, Ethnic, and Primary Language Data Collection in the Health Care System: An Assessment of Federal Policies and Practices (2001)
Provides the first comprehensive analysis of the policies and statutes governing the collection of health care data by race, ethnicity, and primary language
The HRET Disparities Toolkit: A Toolkit for Collecting Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language Information from Patients
Provides hospitals, health systems, clinics, and health plans information and resources for systematically collecting race, ethnicity, and primary language data from patients
Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Healthcare Quality Improvement (2009)
Recommends collection of more granular ethnicity and language data according to national standards
Race, Ethnicity, and Language of Patients: Hospital Practices Regarding Collection of Information to Address Disparities in Health Care (2006)
Reports on the race/ethnicity and language data collection practices of non-federal acute care hospitals and safety net hospitals
Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
Provides a minimum standard for maintaining, collecting, and presenting data on race and ethnicity for all Federal reporting purposes
The National Health Plan Collaborative Toolkit
Provides resources, lessons, best practices and case studies to help health plans join the effort to reduce disparities
State Snapshots
Provides State-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement
NHQRDRnet
Provides access to national and State data on the quality of, and access to, health care from scientifically credible measures and data sources
Preventable Hospitalization Costs and Mapping Tool
Maps AHRQ’s Prevention Quality and Pediatric Quality indicators for a State or county and estimates the expected cost savings that could be achieved by reducing potentially avoidable hospitalizations
Creation of New Race-Ethnicity Codes and Socioeconomic Status (SES) Indicators for Medicare Beneficiaries (2008)
Provides a validated measure of socioeconomic status (SES) and compiles tabulations in the use of selected Medicare services by race and ethnicity and SES nationally and within the largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in which elderly Hispanics and Asians reside
Health Equity Snapshot Map
Provides stand-alone documents that can serve as a quick reference regarding state/territorial minority health and health disparities activities
Talking Quality
Provides guidance on how to communicate health care quality information in understandable and useful ways
Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports (2010)
Provides recommendations on how the NHQR and NHDR can be improved to make them more influential in promoting change in the health care system
State Documentation of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities to Inform Strategic Action (2011)
Summarizes how leading states analyze race/ethnicity data in strategic plans and reports aimed at reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health status and health care
State Uses of Hospital Discharge Databases to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities (2010)
Summarizes how leading states that participate in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) and their clients use hospital discharge data on patient race/ethnicity to inform state health care disparities reduction activities
Creating Equity Reports: A guide for Hospitals (2008)
Provides a framework for equity reporting and shares lessons learned from experiences creating and using such reports

Health Insurance

Best Places to Start

Affordable Care Act

Medicare/Medicaid

Uninsured

Healthcare Reform

Health Professionals

Best Places to Start

Under-represented Groups

Nurse Statistics

Physical Therapist Statistics

Physicians & Surgeons Statistics

Medical Students Statistics

Physician Assistant Statistics

HIV/AIDS

Best Places to Start

AHRQ: HIVnet
HIV.gov Statistics
CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Data and Statistics
CDC: Diagnoses of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2012
CDC: HIV Basic Statistics
CDC: HIV Persons Aged 50 and Older
CDC: HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports
CDC: Reports of State and Local HIV Surveillance
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report U.S. CDC
Kaiser Family Foundation: HIV/AIDS Slides (figures & tables)
Kaiser Family: HIV/AIDS
NCHHSTP 2010 National Profile
NIAID HIV/AIDS Research Program
NIDA InfoFacts: Hospital Visits
Office of the National Aids Policy
Statistics on HIV/AIDS from NIDA
UNAIDS: Key Population Atlas
Formed in 1996, UNAIDS is consortium of six organizations headed by the United Nations. One of UNAIDS four key stated goals is “reducing vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS.” On this website, UNAIDS provides data about the rates of people living with HIV around the world with a focus on Key Populations – those communities that UNAIDS have identified as especially vulnerable to HIV infection. The Key Populations examined in this online atlas include sex workers, intravenous drug users, and incarcerated individuals.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: HIV & AIDS Costs & Use
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Clinical Public Health Programs

CDC: AIDS Dot Map

CDC: AIDS Rates Maps

Local Statistics

California Office of AIDS
Includes statistics and services information
NCHHSTP State Profiles
The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)
California Department of Public Health HIV/AIDS page

International: HIV/AIDS

CIA World Factbook: HIV/AIDS
Global Health Reporting: HIV/AIDS
Kaiser Family Foundation: HIV/AIDS
Population Reference Bureau (PRB): World Data – HIV/AIDS
U.N. Program on AIDS
UNAIDS: Key Population Atlas
Formed in 1996, UNAIDS is consortium of six organizations headed by the United Nations. One of UNAIDS four key stated goals is “reducing vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS.” On this website, UNAIDS provides data about the rates of people living with HIV around the world with a focus on Key Populations – those communities that UNAIDS have identified as especially vulnerable to HIV infection. The Key Populations examined in this online atlas include sex workers, intravenous drug users, and incarcerated individuals.
U.S. Census Bureau: Trends and Patterns of HIV Infection in Selected Developing Countries
USA Mexico Border Health: AIDS and HIV
USAID Demographic and Health Surveys

Hospitals

Best Places to Start

AHRQ: Medical Expenditures
American Health Care Association: Trends and Statistics
American Hospital Association: Health and Hospital Trends
American Hospital Association: Statistics and Studies
American Hospital Directory
CDC FastStats: Hospital Utilization (in non-Federal short-stay hospitals)
CDC: Ambulatory Health Care Data
CDC: National Hospital Discharge Survey
Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare: Hospital
HCUP: Most Frequent Conditions in U.S. Hospitals, 2010
Most frequent principal diagnoses during hospital stays, 2010.
Table 1 shows the most frequent principal diagnoses during hospital stays in 2010. In 2010, there were 39 million hospital stays in the U.S.—1,261 stays per 10,000 population. The 10 most frequent principal diagnoses accounted for 30 percent of all stays in 2010.
HCUPnet: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
Health and Medical Care Archive (ICPSR)
Health Care and Social Assistance Services
Joint Commission’s Annual Report on Qualilty & Safety: Improving America’s Hospitals
March of Dimes: PeriStats
Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS) Topic: The Uninsured
National Health Care Survey (NCHS)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) InfoFacts: Hospital Visits
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Hospital Compare – A quality tool provided by Medicare
U.S. News & World Report: Top American Hospitals Ranking

Hospital Information: Maps

Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare: Interactive Apps

AHRQ Hospital Statistics

AHRQ HCUPnet: Statistics on Hospital Stays

International Health Statistics

Best Places to Start

CDC: International Classification of Diseases
CIA: World Fact Book
Development Gateway Foundation: Country Resources Data & Statistics
European Social Statistics
This PDF publication is from the European Commission.
Global Health Council
Global Open Data Index
The Global Open Data Index, an initiative of Open Knowledge International, is at once an index of government open data and an assessment of these indexes.
Kaiser Family Foundation: HIV/AIDS
Kaiser Family Foundation: U.S. Global Health Policy – Fast Facts
Kaiser Family Foundation: U.S. Global Health Policy – Reports
OECD Health Data
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – Statistics
Population Reference Bureau (PRB): World Data – Health
Population Reference Bureau (PRB): World Data – Reproductive Health
U.S. Census Bureau. International Data Base (IDB)
U.S. Census Bureau: International Statistical Agencies
U.S. Census Bureau: Trends and Patterns of HIV Infection in Selected Developing Countries
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS) Global Health
USAID Demographic and Health Surveys
WHOSIS- World Health Organization
World Bank Data & Statistics
World Bank Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Stats
World Resources Institute Earthtrends Environmental Information

World Health Organization (WHO) Statistics

United Nations Statistics

International Health Statistics – Maps:

Africa: Health Statistics

Best Places to Start

World Health Organization (WHO)

World Health Organization

WHO: Welcome to the Global Health Observatory Map Gallery

World Bank DataFinder Mobile Apps

The new DataFinder app highlights the progress that’s been made at the Bank since the Open Data Initiative was launched in April 2010. For the first time, the Bank’s data are available to users on any of the three major mobile platforms – and in four languages with the following features:

Charts and Maps: visually compare countries and indicators
Advanced Queries: create, edit and save custom tables
Social: share what you create on Twitter and Facebook
Current data: pull directly from the World Bank API
Multilingual: works in English, French, Spanish, Chinese
Cross platform: available on Android, Blackberry, iPhone and iPad

Europe: Health Statistics

Best Places to Start

European Health Statistics

Eastern European Health Statistics

United Kingdom

Central & South America: Health Statistics

Best Places to Start

South America Health Statistics

Central America Health Statistics

Asian & South Pacific: Health Statistics

Best Places to Start

Asia: Health Statistics

South Pacific: Health Statistics

Caribbean: Health Statistics

Best Places to Start

Caribbean Health Statistics:

Canada: Health Statistics

Best Places to Start

Canada Government Health Statistics

Canadian Cancer Society: Statistics

Mexico: Health Statistics

United States – Mexico: Border Health Commission Reports

Best Places to Start:

Australia: Health Statistics

Best Places to Start

Australian Institute of Health & Welfare

Health Subject Areas

Hospitals

Cancer Statistics

Behaviours and Risk factors

Statistics for chronic disease

Government of Western Australia Department of Health

Australian Health Map:

ABC Health & Wellbeing: Australian Health Map

Middle East: Health Statistics

Best Places to Start

World Health Organization (WHO)

HealthMaps provide alerts of health issues

Mapping, Visualization, & Data Sets

Datasets, mapping apps, and visualization apps

California Health and Human Services Open Data Portal
Chronic Disease GIS Exchange (CDC)
The Chronic Disease GIS exchange is an on-line forum for public health professionals and community leaders to learn and share techniques for using GIS to enhance chronic disease prevention and treatment.
Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
Documents variations in how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States, using Medicare data.
Diabetes Map
Interactive maps with global, country, and regional data from the International Diabetes Foundation
Eurostat Database
Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.
Global Open Data Index
The Global Open Data Index, an initiative of Open Knowledge International, is at once an index of government open data and an assessment of these indexes
Google Dataset Search
Dataset Search enables users to find datasets stored across thousands of repositories on the Web, making these datasets universally accessible and useful.
Google Public Data Explorer
Makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize, and communicate. As charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand.
HealthMap: Global Disease Alert Map
Compiles data sources on the current global state of infectious diseases and their effects on human and animal health.
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Data Visualizations
Free and easily accessible data provided in innovative ways to visualize complex health issues in the U.S. and abroad.
Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke (CDC)
JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods Text that includes “Practical Guide to Data Sets” among other content.
PolicyMap PolicyMap is a fully web-based online data and mapping application that gives you access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more.

Social Explorer
Provides easy access to current and historical demographic data: ◦Including over 40 billion data elements, 200,000 variables and more than 18,000 interactive maps from 1790 to 2010.
USDA Food Environment Atlas
World Mapper
A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.

Men's Health

Men’s Health

Best Places to Start

Mental Health

Best Places to Start

Suicide

Children/Adolescents: Depression

International Mental Health

Nutrition/Exercise

Best Places to Start

Kids Count Data Center

Annie E. Casey Foundation: Kids Count Data Center

Children and teens not exercising regularly (Percent) – 2011/2012

Children and teens overweight or obese by gender

Obesity Statistics:

Eating Disorders Statistics:

International Nutrition Statistics:

Exercise Statistics:

U.S. Census Bureau: Poverty

Occupational Health

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Calculator

Bureau of Labor and Statistics: Database, Tables & Calculator

Best Places to Start

International Statistics

Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA)

Bureau of Labor Statistics: State Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (Interactive Map)

Oral Health

Best Places to Start

Dentist Statistics

International Statistics:

Smoking/Tobacco

Best Places to Start

International Statistics

CDC: Global Tobacco Use Among Youth

CDC: Tobacco Control State Highlights
Tobacco Control State Highlights 2012

UN Resources A-Z

U.S. Federal Statistics

Best Places to Start

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.

Reproduction/Birth

Gender/Ethnic: Health Statistics

CDC FastStats: State and Territorial Data Map

CDC Wonder: Healthy People 2010

CDC Wonder: Data 2010…the Healthy People 2010 Database

Veteran Health Statistics

CDC: Travelers’ Health

Vital Statistics

Veterinary Medicine

ANIMAL HEALTH STATISTICS

Data and Statistics | USDA
Data from ERS, FAS, NASS and WAOB
Food, Agriculture, and Rural Community
Data and statistics on investment and policy strategies related to agricultural production, global food security, poverty, nutrition and human health, natural resources and environmental issues, rural development, local and regional food systems and many other issues.
USDA Animal Health Resources
Statistics and information on animal diseases; animal well-being and stress management; veterinary biologics; animal health research; and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
USDA Open Data Catalog
This catalog is the authoritative source of publicly available USDA data
World Animal Health Information Database (WAHID)
The WAHID Interface is maintained by the OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) and includes data from select countries on disease mapping, veterinarian demographics, animal populations and vaccination figures

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DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS

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AVMA Market Research Statistics
American Veterinary Medical Association compiles reports and online statistics on veterinary compensation, pet ownership and demographics, business practices and more.
CVMA Veterinary Demographics (Canada)
Canada Veterinary Medical Association
USDA Animal Production Resources
Statistics and information on range and grassland management; beef, dairy, poultry and pork resources; alternative livestock; animal identification; and animal production research and reports.

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GENERAL STATISTICS SITES

Data.gov
The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
Data-Planet Statistical Datasets
Provides access to statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.
FedStats
Provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States
Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

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BOOKS AT CARLSON HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY

American Veterinary Medical Association. (2012).
U.S. pet ownership & demographics sourcebook. (2012 ed.).
Schaumburg, Ill.: American Veterinary Medical Association.
Carlson Health Sci Library General Collection SF 411.36.U6 U2 2012

American Animal Hospital Association, issuing body. (2015).
Veterinary fee reference : Vital statistics for your veterinary practice.
(Ninth ed., Vital statistics for your veterinary practice).
Carlson Health Sci Library General Collection SF 756.4 V5848 2015

Petrie, A., & Watson, P. (2006).
Statistics for veterinary and animal science (2nd ed.).
Oxford ; Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Pub.
Carlson Health Sci Library General Collection SF 760.S73 P48 2006

Sahu, P. (2016).
Applied Statistics for Agriculture, Veterinary, Fishery, Dairy and Allied Fields.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2831-8

American Veterinary Medical Association. (2011).
AVMA report on veterinary practice business measures (2011 ed.).
Schaumburg, Ill.: American Veterinary Medical Association.
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