Health Statistical Resources

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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

• HazDat
  Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database, is the scientific and administrative database developed to provide access to information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations.

• Public Health Assessments
  Health assessments from October 1994 to present, organized by ATSDR regions.

Bureau of the Census' Health Insurance Data
Statistical data on health insurance coverage in the United States.

Bureau of Labor Statistics Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF)
Data on workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. The information is compiled from numerous research and surveys reports from the U.S. Department of Labor.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• CDC Fact Book

• Data and Statistics
  Links to scientific data, surveillance, health statistics and laboratory information.

• Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report

• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
  • Injury Maps
    NCIPC's interactive mapping system, gives access to the geographic distribution of injury-related mortality rates in the the United States. Also allows creation of county-level and state-level maps of age-adjusted mortality rates for the entire United States and for individual states.

• WISQARS
  Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data.

heathfinder.gov
Key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet.

National Center for Health Statistics (NCES)

• Detailed Statistical Tables

• Fact Sheets
  News releases on a variety of topics that include statistical information.

• FASTATS
  Index for health statistics by subject.

• Health, United States
  Includes a Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans.

• Health Care Coverage and Utilization
  Information on health care coverage and utilization is collected by a wide range of different NCHS data systems including The National Health Care Survey (NHCS), and The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

• Surveys and Data Collection Systems
  NCHS has two major types of data systems: systems based on populations, containing data collected through personal interviews or examinations; and systems based on records, containing data collected from vital and medical records.

World Health Organization

• WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
  WHO Statistical Information System is a guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization, and elsewhere.

• World Health Report
  Contains basic social indicators and disease statistics.