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Most diseases and conditions that have a high impact will have data specific to that issue. Some of this data may also be embedded within reports for specific regions. Listed here are some sources with a particular focus. In addition there are resources included for learning about statistics within various specialties. More can be found in our library collection by searching Scholar OneSearch.
Statistics Overview - Nursing, Health Sciences
Statistics for Nursing: a Practical Approach by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781284142013Publication Date: 2018designed in accordance with the Conversation Theory of Gordon Pask and presents the complicated topic of statistics in an understandable manner for entry level nurses. The underlying principle of this design is to give students the opportunity to practice statistics while they learn statistics.
Using and Interpreting Statistics in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781526402493Publication Date: 2018-designed to be paired with any undergraduate introduction to research methods text used by students in a variety of disciplines. It introduces students to statistics at the conceptual level--examining the meaning of statistics, and why researchers use a particular statistical technique, rather than computational skills...
Published Stats
- United States Cancer StatisticsPublished annually in CA: a Cancer Journal for Clinicians
- CDC Data& StatisticsLists by topic, tools and other resources available
Kidney Related
A national data system that collects, analyzes, and distributes information about chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States.
Crime
- FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE)Use the CDE to discover available data through visualizations, download data in .csv format, and other large data files.
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New resources or hot topics.
- Social Determinants of Health DatabaseA new online resource from AHRQ gives researchers access for the first time to a family of data files on social determinants of health.
- Health Equity: Special Feature on Housing and Health InequalitiesOctober 14, 2020
The Health Resources and Services Administration, through the agency's Office of Health Equity, today released the HRSA 2019-2020 Health Equity Report: Special Feature on Housing and Health Inequalities. The report indicates substantial progress has been made nationally for all Americans in vital indicators including life expectancy, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and influenza and pneumonia; while health inequities between population groups and geographic areas persist.