Tutorial: How to Find Healthcare Statistics
Struggling to find health-related data or statistics? View the PDF tutorial linked below.
General Health Data Resources
- CDC--Centers for Disease Control and PreventionDisease prevention and control, environmental health, health promotion and education activities, national health statistics.
- National Center for Health StatisticsLinks to national survey results, vital statistics, initiatives on aging, minority health, classification of diseases and more.
- U.S. Census BureauExtensive collections of demographic and economic data.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesInformation on drugs and food, sfety and wellness, diseases and emergengies, grants and funding, families and children, aging, specific populations, policies and regulation, fact sheets and a link to Healthy People 2010.
- HealthData.govData from government agencies on a wide range of topics, including environmental health, medical devices, Medicare & Medicaid, social services, community health, mental health, and substance abuse