FAQ: Medical Statistics
Question: Where can I find medical statistics on a topic?
Answer:
For US health and medical statistics, start with these resources:
- NLM® MedlinePlus® Health Statistics
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthstatistics.html
Many health topic pages have links to disease-specific statistics. - NLM MEDLINE/PubMed for citations to published research with statistics
http://pubmed.gov/ - NLM National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) Data Tools and Statistics links to data repositories and places to find data for states, national agencies and international groups.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hsrinfo/datasites.html. - NLM DIRLINE® for records of organizations that produce health statistics
http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov - NIH Institutes and Offices for disease specific statistical information
http://www.nih.gov/icd/ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality(AHRQ) Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) provides access to health statistics and information on hospital inpatient and emergency department utilization.
http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/ - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ - Data and Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000ec28
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Research, Statistics, Data & Systems Information
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/rsds.asp - Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/iif/ - Health and Human Services Reference Collections Under "Statistics"
http://www.hhs.gov/reference/ - FEDSTATS links to statistics produced by more than 70 US Federal agencies
http://www.fedstats.gov
MAPSTATS links to State information - US Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov - University of Michigan Documents Center Statistical Resources on the Web: Health
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/sthealth.html
For international health statistics, go to:
- WHOSIS: World Health Organization Statistical Information System
http://www.who.int/whosis/en/ - United Nations
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/ - Pan American Health Organization
http://www.paho.org
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