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Though we see different health statistics reported on the news every day, finding the health statistics you need can take some detective skills. The National Library of Medicine has an excellent tutorial on finding and using health statistics.
Health Statistics on
the Internet
This list includes the major sources of heath statistics on the Internet. It is not comprehensive, but these sources often come in handy when looking for state and/or national level statistics.
Major Sources of Health Statistics
- FastStats
State and territorial data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), which is the Nation's principal health statistics agency. Health, United States is an annual report on national healthcare trends. Individual data sets provided by the NCHS include: - National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES)
- National Health
Care Survey (NHCS)
NCHS includes a family of surveys: - National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
- National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (NSAS)
- National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS)
- National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS)
- National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS)
- National Employer Health Insurance Survey (NEHIS)
- National Health Provider Inventory (NHPI)
- National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
- National Immunization Survey
- National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
- State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS)
- National Vital Statistics System
- Statistical Universe
Statistical data from federal government sources, state and private-sector publications, and international governmental and non-governmental organizations. With one search you can examine the statistical output of over 200 federal agencies, 50 state governments, 100 international intergovernmental organizations, and 500 private and academic sources.- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wonder
A wide variety of reports and numeric public health data.- National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
Health workforce information collected by the HRSA Bureau of Health Professions- National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)
Information about research datasets and instruments/indices employed in health services research, behavioral and social sciences and public health with links to PubMed. Other Sources for Health Statistics- Census Bureau Home Page
- Health Statistical Resources on the Web
Extensive list of web sources for health statistics from the University of Michigan Library.- State Health Agencies
- SourceOECD Health Data
The most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries.- Roper Center
For UConn only. A gateway to social science data resources and programs.- Health Poll Search
Full text archive of public opinion questions on health issues.- Interagency Collaborative for Nursing Statistics (ICONS)
Though published in 1997, ICONS's list of Nursing Data Sources and Gaps is thorough and useful for nursing research.
for help finding nursing information, contact: Valori.Banfi@uconn.edu
to comment on this tutorial, contact: Jill.Livingston@uconn.edu