NURS 329:Research Methods: Health Statistics

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce (phPartners.org)

• Health Data Tools and Statistics
• http://phpartners.org/

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

• FastStats
• http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

U.S. Census Bureau

• http://www.census.gov/

Fedstats

• http://www.fedstats.gov/

CDC Data and Statistics

• BRFSS - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  • http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/
• CDC WONDER (Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research)
  • http://wonder.cdc.gov/
• NHANES - National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 
  • http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm
• WISQARS – Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
  • http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html

SAMHSA - Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

• http://samhsa.gov/

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

http://www.cms.gov/

State Health Facts Online (Kaiser Family Foundation)

• http://www.statehealthfacts.org

CDC SNAPS – Snap Shots of State Population Data

• http://emergency.cdc.gov/snaps/

CHSI – Community Health Status Indicators

• http://communityhealth.hhs.gov /

America’s Health Rankings (United Health Foundation)

•  http://www.americashealthrankings.org/

County Health Rankings (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

• http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/

MARYLAND statistics

• Maryland Medicaid eHealth Statistics - http://chpdm-ehealth.org/
• Department of Health and Mental Hygine - http://phpa.dhmh.maryland.gov/OIDEOR/CHSE/SitePages/statistics.aspx
• Prince George's County -- http://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/sites/Health/Resources/PlanningHealthStats/Statistics/Pages/default.aspx
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World Health Organization – Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)

• http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm

Global Health Facts.org

• http://globalhealthfacts.org

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

• http://www.paho.org/