Internet Portals

Partners in Information Access
for the Public Health Workforce
<http://phpartners.org/>

MedlinePlus
<http://medlineplus.gov/>
See Health Topic – Health Statistics

HSS Data Council Gateway
to Data and Statistics – Federal Government
<http://aspe.hhs.gov/statinfo/>

Statistical Abstract of the United States – U.S. Census Bureau
<http://www.census.gov/statab/www/>

FedStats – Federal Government
<http://www.fedstats.gov/>

State & County QuickFacts –
U.S. Census Bureau – Federal Government
<http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/>

Statistical Resources on the Web –
University of Michigan
<http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.htmll>

State Health Facts Online -
Kaiser Family Foundation
<http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/>

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/>

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
<http://www.ahrq.gov/>

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
<http://www.samhsa.gov/>

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) (formerly HCFA)
<http://www.cms.gov/>

Data Sets: Federal

Health Data Tools and Statistics - Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
<http://phpartners.org/health_stats.html>

Health Services and Sciences Research Resources (HSRR) – National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hsrr_search/>

Toxicology and Environmental Health – Specialized Information Services
<http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/Tox/ToxMain.html>

HCUP – Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
<http://www.ahcpr.gov/data/hcup/>

MEPS – Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/default.htm

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
<http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/>

National Health Care Survey (NHCS)
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhcs.htm>

National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm>

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm>

National Immunization Survey
<http://www.cdc.gov/nip/coverage/default.htm#NIS>

National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS)
<http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphsi/nndsshis.htm>

<http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphsi/phs/infdis2004.htm>

National Vital Statistics System
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm>

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
<http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/index.htm>

National Survey on Drug Use & Health (formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse)
<http://oas.samhsa.gov/nhsda.htm>

Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)
<http://dawninfo.samhsa.gov/>

Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) <http://oas.samhsa.gov/dasis.htm#DASISinfo>

Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS)
<http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/adss.htm>

Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System
<http://cms.hhs.gov/providers/hipps/default.asp>

Cost Data Sets
<http://cms.hhs.gov/data/download/default.asp>

Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)
<http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MCBS/default.asp>

Data Sets: State and Local

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/>

Child Stats – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
<http://www.childstats.gov/>

FEDSTATS – Federal government
<http://www.fedstats.gov/>

State & County QuickFacts – U.S. Census Bureau
<http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/>

State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey - CDC
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/slaits.htm>

State Health Departments - CDC
<http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/international/relres.html>

State Profiles - Children’s Defense Fund
<http://www.childrensdefense.org/data/childreninthestates/default.aspx>

State Health Facts Online - Kaiser Family Foundation
<http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/>

Statistics for Cities and Other Places – U.S. Census Bureau
<http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/places.htm>

Arizona Public Health Services
<http://www.hs.state.az.us/plan/index.htm>

California Department of Health Services
<http://www.dhs.ca.gov/>

<http://www.dhs.ca.gov/hisp/chs/PHweek/CProfile2004/
Profile2004.pdf>

EpiQMS – Washington State Department of Health and Pennsylvania Department of Health
<http://ecapps.health.state.pa.us/epiqms/>

MASSCHIP - Massachusetts Community Health Information
<http://masschip.state.ma.us/>

Texas Center for Health Statistics
<http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/chs/default.shtm>

Houston Healthways
<http://hhw.library.tmc.edu/>

International Data

United Nations Statistics Division
<http://unstats.un.org/unsd/>

World Bank Group Data and Statistics
<http://www.worldbank.com/data/>

World Health Organization - Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
<http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm>

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
<http://www.paho.org/>

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
< http://www.oecd.org/home/>

Federal Statistics

MedlinePlus - Health Statistics
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthstatistics.html>

CDC Wonder
<http://wonder.cdc.gov/>

Data 2010 – The Healthy People 2010 Database
<http://wonder.cdc.gov/DATA2010/>

Data and Statistics
<http://www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm>

NCHS Health E-Stats
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/hestats.htm>

Prevalence Data from the BRFSS (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System)
<http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/>

Youth 2001 Online
<http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/2001/youth01online.htm>

HCUPnet – Interactive Tool for Hospital Statistics
<http://www.ahcpr.gov/hcupnet/>

http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/nisoverview.jsp"

Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/kidoverview.jsp"

Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID), http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/sidoverview.jsp

"http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/overview.jsp"

HIVnet - Interactive Tool for Statistics on Use of HIV Resources
<http://www.ahcpr.gov/data/hivnet.htm>

MEPSnet
<http://www.ahrq.gov/data/mepsnet.htm>
<http://cms.hhs.gov/researchers/statsdata.asp>

On-Line Analysis of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Use
<http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/samhda.htm>

Quick Statistics - - State Profiles <http://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/NewMapv1.htm>

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA)
<http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SAMHDA/>

EPA Information Sources, Databases and Software
<http://www.epa.gov/epahome/Data.html>ion (HRSA)

Data and Statistics
<http://www.hrsa.gov/data.htm>

Statistical Information by Subject

GIS and Public Health – National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/gis.htm>

Injury Maps - National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/maps/>

Geographic Analysis Tool for Health & Environmental Research (GATHER) - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
<http://gis.cdc.gov/>

EnviroMapper Storefront – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
<http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/em/index.html>

Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care – Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical School
<http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/>

Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs – National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH
<http://www3.cancer.gov/atlasplus/>

Hospital and Health Care Records

National Hospital Discharge and Ambulatory Surgery Data
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/hdasd/listpubs.htm>

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey [MEPS]
<http://www.ahrq.gov/data/mepsix.htm>

HCUP
<http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/>

Center for Mental Health Services [CMHS]
<http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/MentalHealthStatistics/>

Mortality Data from the National Vital Statistics System
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/mortdata.htm>

National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS)
<http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphsi/nndsshis.htm>

MMWR Search
<http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwrsrch.htm>

Public Health Preparedness

Bioterriorism and Emerging Infections Site – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
<http://www.bioterrorism-uab.ahrq.gov/>

Emergency Preparedness and Response – Centers for Disease Control and Preparedness
<http://www.bt.cdc.gov/>

Preparation and Planning
<http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/index.asp>

Pulsenet
<http://www.cdc.gov/pulsenet>

Chemical Warfare Agents – National Library of Medicine
<http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/chemicalwarfare.html>

MedlinePlus Biodefense and Bioterriorism - National Library of Medicine
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/biodefenseand
bioterrorism.html>

MedlinePlus Chemical Weapons - National Library of Medicine
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/chemicalweapons.html>

TOXNET – Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine
<http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/>

IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System) – Environmental Protection Agency
<http://www.epa.gov/iris/>

EnviroFacts
<http://www.epa.gov/enviro/>

Browse EPA Topics
<http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/alphabet.html>

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Chemical Safety
<http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/chemical-safety/
default.html#msds>

California – Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
<http://www.oehha.ca.gov>

EXTONET
<http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/ghindex.html>

Disability Data - U.S. Census Bureau
<http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/disability.html>

Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities – Bureau of Labor Statistics
<http://www.bls.gov/iif/>

FactFinder - U. S. Census Bureau
<http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet>

TransStats - Bureau of Transportation Statistics
<http://www.transtats.bts.gov/>

Using Data

DataFerrett: Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool
<http://ferret.bls.census.gov/>

DataWeb – A collaborative effort between the U.S. Census Bureau and CDC
<http://www.thedataweb.org/>

Epi Info
<http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/>

WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/>

Data Warehouse on Trends in Health and Aging
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/agingact.htm>

Resources to Help You Learn More

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - Training
<http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/training.htm>

Data Skills Online
<http://www.sph.unc.edu/toolbox/index.htm>

Glossary
<http://cms.hhs.gov/glossary/>

Glossary of Epidemiology Terms
<http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/epi_gloss.htm>

Glossary of Terms
<http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=partner_glossary_e>

NCHS Definitions
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/nchsdefs/list.htm>

Online Trainings Available From The North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness
<http://www.sph.unc.edu/nccphp/training/training_list/>

Research Data Assistance Center (ResDAC)
<http://www.resdac.umn.edu/Index.asp>

State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)
<http://www.shadac.org/>

TOXNET Training Manual – SIS, NLM
<http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/manulas.html>

Selected US Government Publications

Health, United States, National Center for Health Statistics. Annual. Hyattsville, Maryland.
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm>

Vital and Health Statistics Series, NCHS
<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/series/ser.htm>

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
<http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index.html>