Statistics

AHRQ: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) - Largest all-payer collection of hospital inpatient care statistical information in the United States. Includes a national database and the database of 22 states.
www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/

Bacterial Foodborne Disease: Medical Costs and Productivity Losses - Report from the US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. "Microbial pathogens in food cause an estimated 6.5-33 million cases of human illness and up to 9,000 deaths in the United States each year."
www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer741/

CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - The world's largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States.
www.cdc.gov/brfss/

Compilation of Complementary/Alternative Healthcare Data - This manual attempts to facilitate efficient access to data from federally funded large-scale surveys which contain specific reference to chiropractic and complementary/alternative healthcare. [Short survey to be completed before access to manual - ed]
w3.palmer.edu/carber/compilation/manualhome.asp

Country Health Profiles - Pan American Health Organization - Data and analysis on health and related sociological factors in the nations of the Americas.
www.paho.org/english/country.htm

Food Surveys Research Group - Information relating to food consumption surveys conducted by USDA
www.barc.usda.gov/bhnrc/foodsurvey/

HCUPnet - A tool for identifying, tracking, analyzing, and comparing statistics on hospitals at the national, regional, and State level.
www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/hcupnet.htm

Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online - A resource for free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 US states. View state profiles or compare state data by choosing from over 200 topics.
statehealthfacts.kff.org/

The National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems - Health information to enhance the public's health. FAQs discuss vital statistics and who is collecting and accessing them.
www.naphsis.org/

National Center for Health Statistics - Provides US public health statistics including diseases, pregnancies, births, aging, and mortality. Public use data files are available for download.
www.cdc.gov/nchs/

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics - Serves as the statutory public advisory body to the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the area of health data and statistics.
www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/

Safety and Health Statistics - The statistics unit provides information on workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities that occur in Connecticut.
www.ctdol.state.ct.us/osha/shstats.htm

Safety and Health Statistics - The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports on the number of workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.
www.bls.gov/iif/

SSBR: Health Statistics - Health care statistics from the White House.
www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/health.html

World Health Organization Statistical Information System - Health and health-related statistical information.
www.who.int/whosis/