Geriatrics and Gerontology: Data/Statistics

Tufts Health Plan Foundation study released in January 2014, details older adult health in each Massachusetts community.

Statistics on access to health care, physical activity, obesity, tobacco use, substance abuse, mental health, injury & violence, responsible sexual behavior, environmental quality, immunization.

Cities and towns, counties and state totals. Includes demographics, infectious disease, perinatal & child health, injury, chronic disease, substance abuse, hospital discharges.

Annual analysis of national health on a state-by-state basis. Ranks the healthiest and least healthy states. Browse by state and by measure. Includes Senior data.

State Snapshots, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, U.S. Health Information Knowledgebase (metadata registry of healthcare-related data standards funded and directed by AHRQ.

From the National Institutes of Health, HSRIC is a research portal of health services research resources providing numerous Internet links to data, funding announcements, reports, podcasts, discussion groups, and more. It contains selective links representing a sample of available information. Items are selected for their quality, authority of authorship, uniqueness, and appropriateness.

ICPSR is a non-profit membership-based data archive based at University of Michigan. Access to datasets and related studies on a wide variety of topics.

The official data archive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is free and accessible to all researchers, students and policy-makers. National averages and state data for health care costs and quality, covering the uninsured, insurance status, public health, social determinants of health, healthier lifestyles, health care value and equality. Select from a wide variety of indicators, such as obesity, preventable hospitalizations, immunizations, nutrition policies, smoking, BMI screening, chronic disease prevalence, public health funding, medicare/medicaid costs, income inequality, unemployment, and much more.

A mapping application that enables users to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, health, crime, and marketing data variables including Mediamark and Simmons Consumer Data. Data from the year 2000.

Health disparities, health information for older adults, reports & interactive web sites featuring key data on older adult health, mental health & aging, end-of-life preparedness, healthy brain initiative, state & community information, caregiving activities & resources for public heatlh & aging services professionals.

Medicare data is used to provide analysis at the national, regional and local levels, on how medical resources are distributed and used in the U.S.

Presents tables with national health statistics for infants, children, adolescents, adults & older adults. Tables can be customized by age, gender, race/ethnicity, geographic location to explore different trends and patterns.

Annual report on trends in health statistics from the CDC.

MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care & health insurance coverage. Includes health care disparities, access to health care, the uninsured, medical conditions, men's, women's & children's health, projected data & expenditures, Medicare, Medicaid, obesity, mental health, prescription drugs, quality of health care, state/metro area estimates.

Key statistics on the aging population, including population, life expectancy, health status & risk factors, health care utilization, mortality. Links to the Longitudinal Studies of Aging (collaborative project of the Nat'l Center for Health Statistics & Nat'l Institute on Aging).

Information on retirement income systems by country, statistics and Outlook.