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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
- HazDat
Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database, is the scientific and administrative database developed to provide access to information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations.
- Public
Health Assessments
Health assessments from October 1994 to present, organized by ATSDR regions.
Bureau of the Census'
Health
Insurance Data
Statistical data on health insurance coverage
in the United States.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF)
Data on workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. The
information is compiled from numerous research and surveys reports from the
U.S. Department of Labor.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CDC
Fact Book
- Data
and Statistics
Links to scientific data, surveillance, health statistics and laboratory information. - Mortality
and Morbidity Weekly Report
- National
Center for Injury Prevention and Control
- Injury
Maps
NCIPC's interactive mapping system, gives access to the geographic distribution of injury-related mortality rates in the the United States. Also allows creation of county-level and state-level maps of age-adjusted mortality rates for the entire United States and for individual states.
- Injury
Maps
- WISQARS
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data.
heathfinder.gov
Key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and
human services information on the Internet.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCES)
- Fact
Sheets
News releases on a variety of topics that include statistical information.
- FASTATS
Index for health statistics by subject.
- Health,
United States
Includes a Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans. - Health
Care Coverage and Utilization
Information on health care coverage and utilization is collected by a wide range of different NCHS data systems including The National Health Care Survey (NHCS), and The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).
- Surveys
and Data Collection Systems
NCHS has two major types of data systems: systems based on populations, containing data collected through personal interviews or examinations; and systems based on records, containing data collected from vital and medical records.
- WHO
Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
WHO Statistical Information System is a guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization, and elsewhere.
- World
Health Report
Contains basic social indicators and disease statistics.
