FAQ: Medical Statistics

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For US health and medical statistics, start with these resources:

• NLM MedlinePlus Health Statistics
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthstatistics.html
  Many health topic pages have links to disease-specific statistics.
  
  
• NLM MEDLINE/PubMed for citations to published research with statistics
  http://pubmed.gov/
  
  
• NLM National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) Data Tools and Statistics links to data repositories and places to find data for states, national agencies and international groups.
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hsrinfo/datasites.html.
  
  
• NLM DIRLINE for records of organizations that produce health statistics
  http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov
  
  
• NIH Institutes and Offices for disease specific statistical information
  http://www.nih.gov/icd/
  
  
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality(AHRQ) Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) provides access to health statistics and information on hospital inpatient and emergency department utilization.
  http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  
  • National Center for Health Statistics
    http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
  • Data and Statistics
    http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000ec28
    
    
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Research, Statistics, Data & Systems Information
  http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/rsds.asp
  
  
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
  http://www.bls.gov/iif/
  
  
• Health and Human Services Reference Collections Under "Statistics".
  http://www.hhs.gov/reference/
  
  
• USA.gov Facts for You
  http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Facts/Facts_Health.shtml
  
  
• FEDSTATS links to statistics produced by more than 70 US Federal agencies
  http://www.fedstats.gov
  MAPSTATS links to State information
  
  
• US Census Bureau
  http://www.census.gov
  
  
• University of Michigan Documents Center Statistical Resources on the Web: Health
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/sthealth.html
  

For global health statistics go to:

• WHOSIS: World Health Organization Statistical Information System
  http://www.who.int/whosis/en/
  
  
• United Nations
  http://unstats.un.org/unsd/
  
  
• Pan American Health Organization
  http://www.paho.org
  
  

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Last reviewed: 16 September 2008
Last updated: 16 September 2008
First published: 21 April 2003
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