Sites:
AHRQ: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP): Largest all-payer collection of hospital inpatient care statistical information in the United States. Includes a national database and the database of 22 states.Bacterial Foodborne Disease: Medical Costs and Productivity Losses: Report from the US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. Microbial pathogens in food cause an estimated 6.5-33 million cases of human illness and up to 9,000 deaths in the United States each year.
CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: The world's largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States.
Compilation of Complementary/Alternative Healthcare Data: This manual attempts to facilitate efficient access to data from federally funded large-scale surveys which contain specific reference to chiropractic and complementary/alternative healthcare. [Short survey to be completed before access to manual - ed]
Country Health Profiles - Pan American Health Organization: Data and analysis on health and related sociological factors in the nations of the Americas.
Food Surveys Research Group: Information relating to food consumption surveys conducted by USDA
HCUPnet: A tool for identifying, tracking, analyzing, and comparing statistics on hospitals at the national, regional, and State level.
Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online: A resource for free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 US states. View state profiles or compare state data by choosing from over 200 topics.
National Center for Health Statistics: Provides US public health statistics including diseases, pregnancies, births, aging, and mortality. Public use data files are available for download.
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Serves as the statutory public advisory body to the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the area of health data and statistics.
Resource Center Fast Facts: Compilations of statistics from federal sources, arranged by disease or geographic area. Includes links to more in-depth online resources. From the National Center for Health Statistics.
Safety and Health Statistics: The statistics unit provides information on workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities that occur in Connecticut.
Safety and Health Statistics: The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports on the number of workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.
SSBR: Health Statistics: Health care statistics from the White House.
The National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems: Health information to enhance the public's health. FAQs discuss vital statistics and who is collecting and accessing them.
World Health Organization Statistical Information System: Health and health-related statistical information.
