(National Cancer Institute, NIH (NCI)) - Provides cancer statistics on incidence and survival data from 14 population-based cancer registries and three supplemental registries covering approximately 26 percent of the US population.
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)) - WONDER online databases utilize a rich ad-hoc query system for the analysis of public health data. Reports and other query systems are also available.
(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)) - Link to the CMS webpage with hyperlinks to CMS data and systems, files for order, statistics, trends, and reports, research, and monitoring programs.
(Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), University of Wisconsin) - Provides county-by-county health rankings in each of the 50 states, explanations of each health factor, and actionable strategies to improve the health of communities across the nation.
(National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS)) - Data Briefs are statistical publications that provide information about current public health topics in a straightforward format. Each report takes a complex data subject and summarizes it into text and graphics that provide readers with easily comprehensible information in a compact publication.
(National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS)) - The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Early Release Program provides very timely estimates of key health and health-related indicators.
(National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS)) Key findings include Older adults (aged 75 and over), non-Hispanic black persons, poor persons, and persons with Medicaid coverage were more likely to have had at least one emergency department (ED) visit in a 12-month period than those in other age, race, income, and insurance groups.
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)) - The FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.
(National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS)) - Annual report on trends in health statistics. The report consists of a chartbook that illustrates major trends in the health of Americans, and a trend tables section of detailed data tables. Refer to Appendix I for data sources.
Comprehensive list of links to local, state, national and international health statistics and data sets. Provided by Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce, a collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences librarians.
provides a comprehensive set of 10-year, national goals and objectives for improving the health of all Americans. Healthy People 2020 contains 42 topic areas with more than 1,200 objectives. A smaller set of Healthy People 2020 objectives, called Leading Health Indicators (LHIs), have been selected to communicate high-priority health issues and actions that can be taken to address them.
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)) - The Nation's principal health statistics agency. Looks at outcomes, access, literature synthesis, public reporting, underserved, quality, data collection methods, etc. Access data, reports, surveys, and tools.
(National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (NCHS)) - internet-only releases on current and timely health topics that feature highlights from all NCHS data systems. This list of all Health E-Stats that have been released to date is presented in an interactive, searchable, and sortable data tables format.
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))- Regular issues cover provisional birth, death, marriage, and divorce statistics.Four to six special reports are issued per year. Special reports cover final data on births for the previous year, and special topic analyses are issued from time to time.
The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program - a new interactive website to provide easy access to a wide range of SEER cancer statistics. It provides detailed statistics for a cancer site by gender, race, calendar year, age, and for a selected number of cancer sites, by stage and histology.
(Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)) - The latest national data on alcohol, tobacco, illicit drug use and dependence, and State treatment planning areas. Also included are data on mental health topics including depression, serious psychological distress, and suicidal thoughts and attempts.
Public Health Resources
The Public Health LibGuide is a seperate library guide devoted to the topic of public health. See also General Health Statistics page for tips and links for finding local, national, international and minority health statistics.