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Recommended Databases
CDC - Center for Disease Control
CDC is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services providing statistics and data on health related topics.
Census Bureau - Health
The Census Bureau provides accurate, detailed, and up-to-date statistics—covering people and business—relating to health in America.
MedlinePlus - National Institutes of Health
Health statistics are numbers about some aspect of health. Statistics about births, deaths, marriages, and divorces are sometimes called "vital statistics." Researchers use statistics to see patterns of diseases in groups of people. This can help in figuring out who is at risk for certain diseases, finding ways to control diseases and deciding which diseases should be studied.
USA.gov
Find health resources from the government.
Recommended Websites
Health Resources & Services Administration
ncludes a web-based Nursing Health Workforce Model, health workforce surveys, U.S. Area Health Resources Files, policy, and data sources.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
The information on these pages includes currently available statistics on the prevalence and treatment of mental illnesses among the U.S. population.
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
The Health IT Dashboard provides access to analysis, reporting, and datasets that monitor health information technology trends and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology programs and policies.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The OECD provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems. We work with governments to understand what drives economic, social and environmental change. We measure productivity and global flows of trade and investment. We analyse and compare data to predict future trends
Partners in Information Access for the Public Heath Workforce
Information to support the public health workforce and links to data on the health of a population.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Links to official statistical organizations active in the UNECE region
WHO - World Health Organization
The Global Health Observatory theme pages provide data and analyses on global health priorities. Each theme page provides information on global situation and trends highlights, using core indicators, database views, major publications and links to relevant web pages on the theme.