Guides: Health Statistics on the Web: Home

About Health Statistics

The U.S. Government collects and makes freely available valuable statistics and data sets.

Many public-use data files are available for purchase from the National Center for Health Statistics.

States vary in the amount of data they provide, but national statistics often have a state, and sometimes a county and metropolitan area component.

Tutorial - Finding and Using Health Statistics
National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) provides a tutorial aimed at students, librarians, and other professionals interested in an introduction to the principles behind health statistics.

National Center for Health Statistics
Contains: FastStats A to Z
Partners in informaion Access for the Public Health Workforce
Health Data Tools and Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau
Contains: USA Quick Facts and State & County Quick Facts

AHRQ
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
CDC Data and Statistics
Behavorial Risk Factor Surveillance System-BRFSS
CDC Wonder
Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research
CMS
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
HCUPnet: A tool for identifying, tracking and analyzing national hospital statistics

HCUPnet is a free, on-line query system based on data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). It provides access to health statistics and information on hospital inpatient and emergency department utilization.
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
US Centers for Disease Control
NCES-National Center for Education Statistics
NHANES
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
WISQARS
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System

Food Insecurity in The United States
Interactive US map to explore food insecurity and the food banks in local areas from Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap project.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin.

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