Get Started - Health Statistics - LibGuides @ BC at Boston College

Introduction

This guide highlights some of the most frequently requested health data available. The guide also includes some health related web mapping sites.

Places to start:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) (BC Community Only)
Extensive archive of research data from academic and commercial sources. Includes health surveys, medical expenditure surveys and opinion polls.

Statistical Abstract of the U. S. Historical Statistics. (BC Community Only)
Standard source for U.S. statistics with tables of statistics from federal and international agencies. Section 3 covers health and nutrition. Online data available from 1995 edition forward. Print and microfiche back to 1878.

Statistical Data Catalog.
Access to numeric data sources available at Boston College faculty and students. Includes abastracts and direct links to data and guidebooks. Select material type data and type in keyword.

ProQuest Statistical Insight (BC Community Only)
Covers international, federal and state data sources in addition to private sources.

Addtional Statistical Sources:

International and U.S. Statistics

There are many more sources available, if you do not find what you need please contact Barbara Mento.

Data Collections

Health data is collected by U.S. and international agencies and is often available for free.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. CDC
An alphabetical subject list provides links to health issues by topics such as diseases, aging, substance abuse and health issues such as airbags and air pollution.
FEDSTATS
More than seventy agencies in the United States Federal Government contribute to these statistics organized by topic.Topics range from vital statistics, diseases, medical expenditures and health insurance coverage.
Health, United States NCHS
Chartbook from the NCHS indicating Trends in the Health of Americans. This resource includes over 140 trend tables including topics such as fertility, natality and mortality.
Millenium Indicators Database U.N. Statistics Division.
Forty-eight social and economic indicators for 197 countries annually, 1985-2000 immunizations, AIDS, education, illiteracy, mortality, malnutrition.
OECD Health Data
Detailed health data with charts.
National Center for Health Statistics-Fastats A-Z
State level data from NCHS including birth and death rates, data from BRFSS and state health agencies.
NationMaster.com

International compilation of data from key government and agency sources such as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Data: Crime; Disasters; Education; Environment; Health; Immigration; Lifestyle and Mortality.
StateMaster
State Level data.
Regional Core Health Data Table Generator System
108 essential health indicators to quantitatively characterize the health situation of 48 countries and territories of the Region of the Americas for the period 1995-2005. Table Generator System allow construction tables of indicators/countries.
WHOSIS- World Health Organization
Guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information from WHO. World Health Organization site also lists health related websites organized by country.
Area resource file (ARF) system: information for health resources planning and research.


O'Neill Media Center Stacks RA409.5 .A74
County-based data files compiled from 50 different sources, including the NCHS, AMA and AHA. Data elements: county codes; health professions data; health facility and health training data, population. 2001, 2003
Undata (United Nations)
Search multiple U.N. data databases for health and social indicators.
Global Health Facts- Kaiser Foundation
Statistics by country and category
State Health Facts-Kaiser Foundation
Health Resources County Comparison Tool. Health Resources and Services Administration.
Statista
Database of thousands of statistics on a wide range of topics, including media, the environment, business and industry, sports, communication, health care and more. Data can be exported to Excel and charts can be exported as picture files or directly into PowerPoint.