Data and Statistics

Reports

• Promoting Preventive Services for Adults 50-64: Community and Clinical Partnerships
  This report identifies a set of recommended preventive services, outlines successful strategies to promote and facilitate their delivery in community settings, and provides national, regional, state, and selected community-level data to monitor progress in expanding these services among adults aged 50-64.  
• The State of Aging and Health in America
  This report series and interactive data website provide the most current data on 15 key indicators of older adult health at the national and state levels, as well as calls to action, state success stories, and other resources.
• The State of Mental Health and Aging in America
  This report series and interactive data website provide a framework for examining the mental health of adults age 50 and older in the United States. The first Issue Brief and data website review existing data and lay the foundation for understanding key issues related to mental health in older adults. The second Issue Brief focuses on programs and resources to address depression in this population.

Additional Resources

• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
  The BRFSS is the world’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984. Currently, data are collected monthly in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam from community-dwelling adults age 18 and older.
• Clinical Preventive Services
  A core set of recommended preventive services
• National Center for Health Statistics Resources for Older Americans
  The National Center for Health Statistics Resources for Older Americans provides statistics, data and resources to monitor the health of older adults. Resources describing key aging statistics, and links to data sources are provided. 
• WISQARS
  WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data, including falls.