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U.S. Health
CDC Scientific, Surveillance, Health Statistics and Laboratory Information
Reports, summaries, and data from various CDC programs
Comprehensive Epidemiology Data Resource (DOE)
The Department of Energy (DOE) has developed the Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (CEDR) Program to provide public access to health and exposure data concerning DOE installations. Most of the data are from epidemiologic studies conducted by DOE-funded researchers as part of the DOE Worker Health and Mortality Study.
Connecticut Health Statistics (Connecticut Department of Public Health)
HCUPnet (AHCPR Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project)
A tool for identifying, tracking, and comparing national level hospital stay statistics. The system guides you through a criteria selection process.
Health Insurance Statistics (U.S. Census Bureau)
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Full text from vol. 31 (1982) to the present available.
National Center for Health Statistics (Centers for Disease Control)
Site includes two resources for quick data on common health statistics questions. Frequently Asked Questions and FASTATS A to Z list common questions, answers, and some links to related sites.
New Haven Health (Epidemiology and Public Health Library, Yale University)
State Health Facts Online (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Health data may be viewed across all fifty states, or in individual state profiles.
Womens Health Data Book: (Kaiser Family Foundation)
This book addresses social and economic factors and provides up-to-date information on chronic conditions, reproductive health, mental health, violence, health behaviors, and access to and quality of health services received by women. Information is included on disparities in health status and access to care among subgroups of women, highlighting the populations of women who are at greatest risk.
U.S. General
Census 2000 Resources (Yale University Library)
Fedstats (Federal Interagency Council on Statistics)
A compilation of statistics from the 70 agencies of the U.S. federal government that produce statistics. Site provides listings by agency, and program type (e.g., health, and crime). Includes an A to Z list of key statistics.
Historical, Demographic, Economic and Social Data for the United States (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
U.S. demographic information, by state and county, for 1790-1970.

Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online
Standard source for United States statistics. Topics covered include population characteristics, vital statistics (births, deaths, life expectancy, marriages, divorces), migration (internal and international), family and household composition, N ative Americans, labor, slavery, education, health, income and poverty, social insurance and public assistance, nonprofit and religious organizations, national income and product accounts, business fluctuations and cycles, consumer expenditures, savin gs, capital and wealth, geography, environment, science, technology, productivity, business organization, financial markets and institutions, economic sectors (agriculture, natural resources, construction, housing and mortgages, manufacturing, distribu tion, transportation, communications, services, utilities), government finance and employment, elections, politics, crime, law enforcement, justice, national defense, wars, armed forces, veterans, international trade, exchange rates, colonial and Conf ederate states.


Lexis-Nexis Statistical
Searches, at the table level, U.S. Federal Government (1974-present), international intergovernmental (1983-present), state government and privately published documents (1981-present) that contain statistics. Use "Search Tables" to find words in and about statistical tables; use "Search Abstracts" for a broader search of the descriptions about statistical publications. ("Search Abstracts" indexes more publications than does "Search Tables.") Many tables are available online as images or Excel files. Full text of most of the publications indexed in LexisNexis Statistical is also available on microfiche in the Government Documents and Information Center.

Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
A collection of data on social, health, and economic conditions in the United States.
U. S. Census Bureau