LibGuides: Public Health 102 (Young): Statistics & Data

Using Google to Locate Statistics

You can also search the web for stats related to health issues.
Since many government agencies collect data/statistics, it can be useful to narrow search results to government sites with site:.gov.
You can also use the word stats or statistics to narrow the search.

Example searches:

obesity statistics site:.gov
- The first result is from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
"mental health" stats site:.gov
- The first result is from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
"valley fever" incidence merced county california site:.gov
- The first result is from the CDC.

National Data & Statistics

Health Services Research Information Central
A comprehensive listing of data resources and tools from the National Library of Medicine.
Healthy People.gov
Healthy People 2020 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.
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
HCUP tools and software help health services researchers and decision makers access the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States.
Minority Population Health Profiles (Office of Minority Health)
The profiles provide detailed demographic, language fluency (where relevant), education, economic, insurance coverage and health status information, as well as full census reports. Includes profiles for Black/African-American Health, American Indian/Alaska Native Health, Asian-American Health, Hispanic/Latino Health, and Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Health.
Resource Center for Minority Data
Data pertaining to issues affecting racial and ethnic minority populations including housing, health, education, and income.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The NIH includes 27 institutes and centers. Each institute/center has a website that can be explored to find related data/statistics.
National Vital Statistics System
The National Vital Statistics System is the oldest and most successful example of inter-governmental data sharing in Public Health and the shared relationships, standards, and procedures form the mechanism by which NCHS collects and disseminates the Nation’s official vital statistics. These data are provided through contracts between NCHS and vital registration systems operated in the various jurisdictions legally responsible for the registration of vital events – births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and fetal deaths.

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