Health & Medical Statistics

Books and Media in the Lewis Library

General Information

Research Assistance

Statistics by Geographic Location

• Dallas & Tarrant County
• Texas
• National
• International

Statistics by Selected Topics

General Information

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/

Prepared by the CDC and updated weekly, the MMWR contains data submitted by state health departments on morbidity of notifiable diseases, mortality (weekly reports are available from 122 cities and metropolitan areas in the United States), and surveillance findings. Keyword searching is possible with year limits found on the advanced search page.

• CDC Wonder

http://wonder.cdc.gov/

This website is a single point of access to a data and reports on a wide variety of public health topics including demographic data, births and deaths, occupational health, environmental health, communicable and chronic diseases.

• Health & Medical Statistics - University of Maryland

http://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/GUIDES/health_statistics.html

This guide provides sources for health and medical statistics that may be found on the Internet. Sources and strategies for finding print sources of health statistics may be found at the end of the guide.

• Health Sciences & Human Services Library, Baltimore, MD

  http://www.hshsl.umaryland.edu/resources/statsbysub.html#subject
  Statistical information on a variety of topics ranging from abortion to women's health.
  
  

• National Center for Health Statistics Definitions

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/nchsdefs/list.htm

Alphabetical listing of many of the terms used in statistics and on the National Center for Health Statistics site. Also links to the CDC Glossary of Epidemiology Terms.

• Kaiser Family Foundation
  http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?action=topiclist

Comprehensive website that includes statistical information on a range of topics including demographics and ecomony, health status, health coverage and uninsured, medicaid and medicare, health costs, HIV/AIDS, minority and women's health. Individual state profiles are available as well as 50 state comparisons.

• Kaiser Family Foundation Glossary

http://www.statehealthfacts.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?action=glossary

Glossary of many statistical terms. This listing also includes a synopsis of many government programs and laws conserning patient care.

• National Center for Environmental Health - Statistical Analysis Battery for Epidemiological Research (SABER)

http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/publications/saber/saber.htm

DOS application with required download.  Epidemiological analysis includes estimation/testing, sample size/power, probability distributions, mathematics/combinatorics, and data description.

• National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

Provides health statistics documenting the health status of the United States population, disparities concerning race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, region, and other population characteristics, measures accessibility of health care, and charts trends in health care and health status.

• National Center for Health Statistics - Statistical Export and Tabulation System (SETS)

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/sets.htm

SETS allows users to manipulate data on their computers. Downloads may be required.  SETS contains data on aging, births, deaths, and health care and service utilization.

• National Library of Medicine - MedlinePlus - Health Statistics

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthstatistics.html

This website provides access to statistical information on a variety of topics.  It also lists directories, organizations, newsletter, and the latest news relating to health statistics.

• Statistical Resources on the Web on Health - University of Michigan Library

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

List of statistical websites on a wide range of health topics.

• University of California, San Diego - Data on the Net

http://3stages.org/idata/

Includes social science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, and gateways.

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Statistics by Geographic Location

Dallas & Tarrant County:

• Analyze Dallas

http://www.analyzedallas.org/AnalyzeDallas/Default.aspx

Topics include civic health, crime, economy, education, housing and health.

• Dallas Indicators
  http://dallasindicators.org/
  Provides data demographics, arts, culture, civil health, crime, safety, economy, education, environment, health, housing, science, technology, and transportation. Separate section on children and youth.
  

• Fort Worth Department of Health
  http://www.fortworthgov.org/publichealth/default.aspx?id=588
  Topics covered include public health, animal care and control, bioterrism, consumer health, epidemiology, health education, and outreach services.
  
  

• SMART: Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Area Risk Trends
  http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss-smart/index.asp
  Categories include asthma, exercise, oral health, tobacco use, weight control, and many others.  Data is available for over 35 Texas Counties.

• Tarrant County Public Health
  http://www.tarrantcounty.com/eHealth/site/default.asp
  Statistics on a variety of chronic diseases for the Tarrant County area. If statistics you are looking for are not found here, call the health department. Often they will be able to supply the statistics you need.

• United Way of Tarrant County
  http://www.unitedwaytarrant.org/

The Community Assessment link provides a detailed picutre of community strengths and human service needs from a survey and questionnaire. The county was divided into 16 geographic regions so responses could be compared among diverse areas.

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Texas:

• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/

  The BRFSS contains state data for a number of conditions.  GIS maps compare local, state, and national health risks.
  

• Charting Health Information for Texas

  http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/charting/
  A comprehensive collection of links to publicly available, geographically discrete health data for the state of Texas from reliable and authoritative providers of information.
  

• Guttmacher Institute

  http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/texas.html
  Topics include reproductive health, contraception, abortion, teen pregnancy and state policies.
  

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National:

• Federal Government Statistics

  http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/fsbr.html
  Latest federal statistics on economics, crime, education, demographics, and health.

• HCUPNet: A Tool for Identifying & Analyzing National Hospital Statistics
  http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/
  HCUPNet is a free, online query system based on data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). It provides access to health statistics and information on hospital inpatient and emergency department utilization. This includes the Kids Inpatient Database (KID) for national estimates on use of hospitals by children (0-17 years).

• Kids Count

  http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/sld/databook.jsp
  Contains state-level data for over 75 measures of child well-being education, health, health insurance, family characteristics, immigrant children, poverty, and youth risk factors.
  
  

  National Center for Health Statistics - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
  Links to statistics on a wide variety of conditions and diseases.
  
  

• State Health Facts
  http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi
  Data from the Kaiser Network. Topics include demographics, economy, health status, health coverage & the underinsured, medicaid, medicare, health costs, managed care, minority health and women's health.

• USDA State Fact Sheets
  http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/
  State fact sheets provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, and top commodities, exports, and counties for each state in the United States.

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International:

• Global School-Based Student Health Survey
  http://www.cdc.gov/gshs/index.htm
  Survey includes data on a number of topics including dietary behaviors, injuries & violence, physical activity, mental health, tobacco use, and hygiene. 
  

• World Health Organization Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)

  http://www.who.int/whosis/en/
  The most recent statistics from the World Health Organizations 192 member states. Topics include core health indicators, mortality and health status, disease statistics, health systems, risk factors and health service coverages, and inequities in health.

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Research Assistance

• Ask-a-Librarian
  Ask-a-Librarian is an e-mail service from Lewis Library for requesting literature searches, reference information, or assistance in using information resources.  Normally, requests are filled within one working day (Monday through Friday, excluding holidays and other campus closings).  Ask-a-Librarian is for the use of UNTHSC students, staff, and faculty; other patrons may direct inquiries to the Lewis Library Reference Office. 
  
  
• Lewis Library Reference Office - Room LIB-222; 817-735-2070 or 800-687-5302
  Librarians are available to provide research assistance between 8:00  A.M. and 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday.  The office is closed on UNTHSC holidays.
  

• Online Tutorials and Help
  http://library.hsc.unt.edu/researchtools/ResearchInstructionHelp.cfm
  A collection of instructional materials on the research process and the use of Lewis Library's research databases and other research tools. 

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