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- The World Health Organization (WHO)
- does not yet have full-text of most its reports on the Web, but descriptions and how to order documents are. Still, many useful statistical data about morbidity and mortality on a global level are available. The site search engine is recommended over browsing when seeking specific data.
The 1995 World Health Report - Executive Summary has numerous data about about world incidence of diseases and their control. A recent Press Release about the 1996 World Health Report lists the Ten Biggest Infectious Disease Killers and the 10 Most Common Infections as well as highlighting the most pressing world health problems. Also see the 50 facts from the 1995 World Health Report
The Global Burden of Disease focuses on disability as a measure of health rather than traditional mortality statistics. This approach highlights the prominence of mental illness, infectious diseases, and injuries as contributors to poor health. Many tables and charts show the correlation between socioeconomic status and health or disability. Prospects for progress by 2020 are projected for 8 different global regions.
Only selected topics are available online, the complete report can be ordered in paper.
- Fastats - National Center for Health Statistics Index Subjects
- links to most commonly requested health related statistics including vital statistics, morbidity, health care expenditure, health insurance, State data, and more. Often users will find links to more comprehensive statistical resources.
- University of Michigan Health Statistics
- is a comprehensive list of high quality Web sources.
- Health Care Costs and Utilization Data
- is produced by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR). Statistical tables for the Healthcare Costs &
Utilization Project (HUCP) report both national and inpatient data from 12 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin.
for 1988-1992. Additional data will be added for 1993-94.
There are separate lists for diagnosis, procedures, and HIV Costs.
Also, Data on out-of-pocket expenses and expenditures and sources of payment, and expenditures by type of Service. If these data don't match your needs search the AHCPR Server. Also, order free delivery for Health Technology Assessment documents.
- CDC Home Page US Center for Disease Control
- includes a search form to find specific topics through out many files.
- National Center for Health Statistics
- is part of the CDC. It has many commonly requested statistics in HTML format. Larger more detailed files are downloadable in the Acrobat format (PDF). Data files in spread sheet formats are found at the Data Warehouse. FastStats gives basic incidence data for diseases and summaries of data for each state.
Fact sheets and News Releases summarize the high points of recently released studies and give links to more complete data.
Important Statistical Series that have long been the foundation of health statistics in paper format are now published in PDF format. They include Advanced Data, Monthly Vital Statistics Reports, Vital Statistics of the US, Vital and Health Statistics, Health, US, Healthy People 2000.
Health 99 is one of the most convenient sources for US Health data and is especially good at providing charts that show trends in health status. It's in PDF format and takes a while to download.
There are, also,
marriage and divorce statistics in the PDF format.
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MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Reports
- ASCII Text files
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MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Reports
- Summaries and full-text PDF image files from the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Get a free copy of Adobe's Acrobat to view and print PDF files. You can browse issue by issue or search the Index for specific statistics.
- Heart Disease Biostatistical Fact Sheets
- combine excellent graphs with text-based data for different population segments, risk factors,
cardiovascular procedures, hospital discharges, and
leading causes of death. Some sheets compare heart disease incidence with other disease categories like cancer or accidents. Produced by the American Heart Association, whose site has many other useful information sheets on all aspects of heart disease.
- Cancer Facts
- from the American Cancer Society has many different short narratives and tables including, estimates of new cancer cases and cancer deaths for 1998.
those dying of cancer.
- Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1950-1994
- "is a book of maps, text, tables and figures showing the geographic patterns of cancer death rates* throughout the United States from 1950 to 1994 for about 40 cancers. The atlas is available as a printed book, and electronically." It will display customized maps down to the County level for each type of cancer. Data files in DBF or ASCII formats and Text can be downloaded.
- SEER Cancer Statistics
- from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End
Results Program in NCI's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control.
"Collects and publishes cancer incidence and survival data from population-based cancer registries covering approximately 14 percent of the U.S. population."
For an annotated list of other Cancer statistical sources on the Web look at the Cancer Epidemiology Page from Health Web from Indiania-Purdue University at Indianapolis.
- AIDS/HIV Statistics
- from the CDC includes cumulative cases,
exposure categories, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report,
international projections statistics, and the
ten states/territories and cities reporting the highest number of AIDS Cases.
- Diabetes Facts
- provides a diverse selection of basic and statistical information such as prevalence, cost, mortality, incidence, treatment, pregnancy, and collaborating organizations.
- Professional Dental Statistics
- gives practice, personnel, and demographic data. From the American Dental Association
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Health Care Financing Administration
- offers easy access to information about Medicare and Medicaid; including laws, regulations, publications, and statistics. Technical Data Files in PKZIP format can be downloaded.
- Commonwealth Fund
- has current data about health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, health of minorities, and international health conerns displayed on nice charts.
- West Virginia Health and Vital Statistics
- Includes data from the 2000 U.S. Census, Vital statistics by County, County health profiles, and cancer statistics. From the West Virginia office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion.
- State Health Facts from the Kaiser Family Foundation
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has Medicare, Medicaid, uninsured data for each State with comparisons to the national statistics. Also, includes extensive population demographics and health needs indicators. Select States from a map.
- Where to Write for Vital Records
- gives addresses of State Agencies that are responsible for keeping birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates.
- New York State Cancer Surveillance Improvement Initiative (CSII) - Interactive Guide
- enables the user to easily display charts or maps of New York State County level incidence for breast, colorectal, and lung cancers. Choose male or female with or without confidence level data.
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