CDC/NCHS Statistics
-
NCHS
- National Center for Health Statistics Home Page
-
CDC statistical data.
-
Vital
& Health Statistics Series
-
Individual reports (many will download) in the Vital & Health Statistics
Series. (Series 3: Analytical and Epidemiological Studies - 5: International
Vital and Health Statistics - 10: Data from National Health Interview Survey
- 11: Data From National Health Examination Survey - 12: Data From Health
Records Survey - 13: Data on Health Resources Utilization - 14: Data on
Health Resources - 16: Compilations of Advance Data)
-
NCHS
Products
-
National Center for Health Statistics Series 13 - Data on Health Resources
Utilization. Includes the 1997 released National Hospital Discharge Survey
(1994 data) - National Home & Hospice Care Survey - National Hospital
Ambulatory Medical Care Survey - Trends in Hospital Utilization: U.S.,
1988-92.
-
NCHS
Frequently Asked Questions
-
Answers to frequent questions to the National Center for Health Statistics
on the following topics: acute conditions; average length of stay; births;
body measurements; chronic conditions; contraception; deaths; dental; dietary
intake; disability/impairments; health promotion and disease prevention;
infertility; injuries; insurance; life expectancy; NHANES III data; physician
visits; surgical procedures; unintended pregnancy; vital records; work-
and school-loss days.
-
CDC
Scientific Data, Surveillance, Health Statistics, and Laboratory Information
-
Internet links to various types of CDC data.
-
NCHS
Data Warehouse
-
Statistical data available from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics
- many tables available online - some published - some nonpublished.
-
^
Return to Top of Document
HCFA Statistics
-
HCFA
- National Health Care Expenditures
-
HCFA's National Health Care Expenditures (1996) for Medicare, Medicaid,
private insurance, and out-of-pocket spending.
-
1996
HCFA Statistics
-
Topics include: Growth in HCFA Programs & Health Expenditures - Populations
- Providers/Suppliers - Expenditures - Utilization.
-
Medicare
and Health Care Chartbook
-
Information prepared 2/27/97 for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee
on Ways and Means. Text and multiple tables and graphs provide information
in the categories of: What We Spend on Health Care - Insurance and the
Uninsured - Medicare - Medicare Risk HMOs.
-
^
Return to Top of Document
Census Health Statistics
-
Health
and Health Care News Releases - Census Bureau
News
releases regarding health from the U.S. Census Bureau; 1995-1997.
-
Health
Insurance Statistics - Census Bureau
-
U.S. Census Bureau tables & graphs include: Who Goes Without Health
Insurance? (1995) - Health Insurance Coverage 1994 - Historical Tables
1987 to 1995 - Current Population Survey (CPS) - Who Loses Coverage and
for How Long? (1992 to 1993) - Dynamics of Economic Well Being: Health
Insurance, 1991 to 1993 - Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
-
Search
Census Bureau Statistics
-
After registration, provides access to FERRET (Federal Electronic Research
and Review Extraction Tool) - extract and download information from U.S.
Census Current Population Survey - health insurance data. tables available
also.
-
^
Return to Top of Document
More Health Statistics
-
Healthy
People 2000
-
Fact Sheet - Midcourse Review - Data Sources - Priority Areas - Publications
- 2010 Objectives.
-
Health
United States 1993: Subject Index
-
Many tables of data on populations and diseases taken from the Health United
States 1993 Report.
-
AHCPR
- Conquest 1.0
-
AHCPR's Conquest 1.0 (Computerized Needs-Oriented Quality Measurement Evaluation
System). Discusses the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP-3)
and provides a link to Hospital Inpatient Statistics.
-
AHCPR
Data and Methods
-
Provides links to: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - Healthcare
Cost and Utilization Project 1988-1994 (HCUP-3) - HIV and AIDS Costs and
Utilization - Healthcare Informatics Standards.
-
Hospital
Inpatient Statistics - Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP-3)
-
Tables include: Hospital Inpatient Statistics by Principal Diagnosis -
Hospital Inpatient Statistics by Principal Procedure
-
Department
of Veterans Affairs
-
19 tables of statistics related to health care provided by the VA.
-
Statistical
Information on the Aging -- Online Data
-
Data from the U.S. Administration On Aging. The Health section includes:
Trends in the Health of Older Americans (1994) - Health and Retirement
Study (HRS) - Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD). Other topics
available include: Demographics - Long Term Care - Disability - Income
& Employment.
-
A
Profile of Older Americans: 1997
-
Statistical information from the U.S. Administration on Aging. In addition
to information on Health and Health Care, other categories include: Population
Projections to 2030 - Marital Status - Living Arrangements - Racial &
Ethnic Composition - Geographic Distribution - Poverty - Housing - Employment
- Education.
-
Milliman
& Robertson's Hospital Length of Stay Efficiency Index
-
Hospital Length of Stay (LOS) Efficiency Indices for Medicare. 1995-1996
data by region or MSA is available online.
-
QI
Project® - National Aggregate Data
-
The Maryland Hospital Association QI Project presents National Aggregrate
Data (currently 3rd qtr 1997 analysis) on: Inpatient Mortality - Neonatal
Mortality - Inpatient Perioperative Mortality - Cesarean Sections - Unscheduled
Readmissions - Unscheduled Returns to Emergency Department; other ambulatory
indicators.
-
Atlas
of United States Mortality
-
Five charts from this atlas are online: Heart Disease White Male - Lung
Cancer White Female - Lung Cancer White Male - Stroke Black Female - Motor
Vehicle Injuries Black Male.
-
Dartmouth
Atlas of Health Care in the U.S. Table of Contents (1998)
-
Medicare Reimbursements of Inpatient Hospital Services - The Physician
Workforce Active in Patient Care - Days in Hospitals During the Last Six
Months of Life - Early Stage Prostate Cancer
-
Dartmouth
Atlas of Health Care in the U.S. Table of Contents (1996)
-
Selected graphs/tables available online: Acute Care Hospital Beds - Reimbursements
for Traditional (Noncapitated) Medicare - The Physician Workforce Active
in Patient Care - Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Percutaneous Transluminal
Coronary Angioplasty - Coronary Angiography.
-
^
Return to Top of Document
Epidemiology
-
The
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Epidemiology
-
A directory of epidemiological resources.
-
State-Level
Health Data Integration Homepage
-
By state, a listing of agencies involved with health data integration.
Search by: cancer registry; case management systems; common client identification;
community profiles; data warehousing; decision support systems; geographic
information systems; hospital discharge data systems; immunization registry;
information systems networks; InfoSHP projects; INPHO projects; maternal
and child health systems; Medicaid; public/private partnerships; retrospective
linkages with birth records; retrospective linkages with Medicaid data;
strategic planning; and WIC system.
-
Morbidity
& Mortality Weekly Report
-
Access to MMWR and: MMWR Recommendations and Reports - MMWR Surveillance
Summaries - MMWR Supplements - Summary of Notifiable Diseases - Emerging
Infectious Diseases.
-
The
Weekly Epidemiological Record
-
Access to the WER publication of the World Health Organization.
-
International
Cancer Statistics
-
Cancer in the World - Cancer in the European Union - WHO Cancer Mortality
Databank
-
^
Return to Top of Document
General Statistics
-
Map
Stats - Census Bureau
-
Statewide census information available here.
-
EASI
Quick Reports and Analysis
-
Easy Analytic Software Inc. provides a site that permits individual formatting
of various economic reports by selected geographies.
-
Statistical
Sources
-
A compilation from Mansfield University Library of U.S. statistical sources.
-
Subjects
A to Z - Census Bureau
-
An alphabetical directory of U.S. Census Bureau tables in all subject areas.
-
POPClock
Projection
-
U.S. Population - calculated to the minute.
-
U.S.
National Debt Clock
-
Up to the minute calculation of the national debt.
-
^
Return to Top of Document
International Statistics
-
The
World Factbook Home Page
-
Provides economic, demographic, governmental facts and statistics, for
individual countries worldwide.
-
Demographic
and Health Surveys Home Page - USAID
-
Health information from the U.S. Agency for International Development (datafiles,
factsheets, publications) primarily related to African, Asian, Latin American,
and Carribean countries.
-
International
Database Population Pyramids
-
Population histories and projections for over 200 countries provided by
the U.S. Census Bureau.
-
Statistics
Canada
-
Socio-economic statistics of Canada.
-
^
Return to Top of Document
Minnesota Statistics
-
RWJF
Community Snapshot - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.
-
From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Snapshots Project - a
text analysis of the Twin Cities health care market.
-
RWJF
Minneapolis/St. Paul Consumer Health Survey 1995
-
A 1995 Snapshot Community Consumer Health Survey of the Twin Cities published
by RWJF.
-
Minnesota Health Data Institute
-
Projects - Publications - 1997 Medicaid and MinnesotaCare Managed Care
Member Satisfaction Survey.
[ Top of Page ]