Health & Medicine

NCHS is the federal governments principal vital and health statistics agency. NCHS provides data on vital events (birth and mortality) as well as information on health status, lifestyle and exposure to unhealthy influences, onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of health care. The National Survey of Family Growth also includes information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men's and women's health.

CHR&R, a program of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, draws attention to why there are differences in health within and across communities. The program highlights policies and practices that can help everyone be as healthy as possible.

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides access to a wide variety of reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data. The datasets provide access to a variety of information including: AIDS cases reported by state and local health departments, cancer statistics, disease by classification number, mortality, sexually transmitted disease morbidity, and tuberculosis surveillance.

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Health Statistics Guide covers virtually all health topics. Use the menu on the left to find your topic.

These annual rankings reveal how health is influenced by where we live, learn, work and play. Select your state and county to get an overview of the health factors and rankings in your area.

The SEER Program of the National Cancer Institute is the most authoritative source of information for cancer incidence and survival statistics in the United States.

Created by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The AHRQ Data Tools allow you to explore AHRQ data sources in depth through bar charts, trend charts, geographic maps, and more.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Health Index quantifies over 390 different health conditions to identify which diseases and conditions most affect Americans' longevity and quality of life.

Provides interactive access to data on Colorado Health Indicators, Colorado's Winnable Battles, Environmental Public Health Tracking and the CDPHE Data Request System of the Colorado Health Information Datasets (CoHID). Data is included on topics such as access to healthy food, birth and death rates and causes, and skin cancer.

(University of North Carolina): This center is “a community of scholars and professionals collaborating on interdisciplinary research and methods that advance understanding of population issues.” A number of their current research projects relate to health. The research can also be browsed by theme.

Search for data by country or region on vital statistics, health, nutrition, disease, etc. From the World Health Organization (WHO).

Assists developing countries in the collection and use of data to monitor and evaluate population, health and nutrition programs. Demographic and health surveys provide information on family planning, child health, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS/STIs, and reproductive health.

WHO has multiple websites, reports and research with health information and data including the World Health Report, Data Repository, Country Statistics, Maps and more.

The GBD study is the largest and most comprehensive effort to quantify health loss across places and over time, so health systems can be improved and disparities eliminated.