Research Guides: Health Data: Getting Started with Health Data

Resource Directories

Health Data Tools and Statistics
An annotated resource list of health data and statistics from Partners in Information Access for a Public Health Workforce
Health Services Research Web Sites
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Annoted list of links, arranged by topic and alphabetically, to web sites providing information on health services research. Includes links to state and national data sets and data sources, associations, and more.

CDC Wonder
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A single point of access to a wide variety of public health reports and data systems, both local and external, categorized here by topic

ProQuest Statistical Insight
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Search across descriptions of statistical and data resources published by hundreds of government, NGO, private, and research organizations. A great place to discover organizations and data on a broad range of topics, including health.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
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(Searches through citations and the full text)
A comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Covers 1878 - present.

Global Health Data Exchange
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A comprehensive catalog of surveys, censuses, vital statistics, and other health-related data.

This guide was written by Kristin Partlo

with assistance from Janis Lee '17.