National Data

• American Cancer Society - Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Facts & Figures 2007
   
  Annual updates on the preventable causes of cancer--tobacco use, physical inactivity, poor nutrition--and use of cancer screening tests. Discusses cancer control measures for youth and adults, and highlights community/legislative/environmental initiatives to improve these modifiable risk factors.

• American Cancer Society - Cancer Facts & Figures 2007
   
  Annual updates on the cancer facts.

• American Heart Association - Statistics
   
  The American Heart Association works derive their annual statistics for cardiovascular diseases, including coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and others. Also includes data on risk factors, nutrition, quality of care, medical procedures and economic cost.

• American Public Health Association Health Disparities Database
   
  This database contains projects and interventions provided by members of the public health community.

• Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations Database
   

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
   
  BRFSS is the world’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984. It provides state-specific information about issues such as asthma, diabetes, health care access, alcohol use, hypertension, obesity, cancer screening, nutrition and physical activity, tobacco use, and more.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Health-Related Quality of Life
   

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
   
  This CDC site offers a variety of reports, guidelines, and public health data, such as the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Users can search numerous CDC data sets at once.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - National Center for Health Statistics
   
  It compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of our people in the United States.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBS)
   
  This CDC site provides information about risk behaviors of adolescents by Nation, States, territories, and selected localities. All data can be summarized by racial and ethnic background.
  Risk behavior areas covered include the following: Unintentional & intentional injuries, alcohol and other drug use, tobacco use, sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease, unhealthy dietary behaviors, and physical activity.

• Child Trends DataBank
  
  It is the on-stop-shop for the latest national trends and research on over 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month.

• Community Health Status Indicators
  
  It is about county-specific data and reports on health status indicators. States and counties can use the indicators to check county health status in comparison to Healthy People 2010 targets, compare one’s county to peers and the U.S., and characterize the overall health of the county and its citizens to support health planning.

• Diversity Data
   
  Diversitydata.org allows visitors to explore how metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. perform on a diverse range of social measures that comprise a well-rounded life experience. These data call attention to the equality of opportunity and diversity of experiences for different racial and ethnic groups in America.

• FEDSTATS
   
  The gateway to statistics from over U.S. Federal agencies, including U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

• Healthy Counties Database
  
  The database contain more than 100 profiles of model policies, programs and initiatives that counties nationwide enacted to prevent childhood obesity

• Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) Toolkit
   
  A toolkit for collecting race, ethnicity, and primary language information from patients.

• Health Services Research Project in Progress
  
  The HSRProj (Health Services Research Projects) in Progress is a free database containing more than 6,000 descriptions of ongoing health services research projects funded by government and state agencies, foundations, and private organizations.

• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Global Health Facts
   
  Global Health Facts, along with Global Health Reporting provide journalists and others with the latest news, data and information about HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria worldwide.

• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Global Health Reporting
   
  Global Health Reporting, along with Global Health Facts provide journalists and others with the latest news, data and information about HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria worldwide.

• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Kaiser Education
   
  This website gives health policy students, faculties and others easy access to the latest data, literature, news, and developments regarding major health policy topics and debates.

• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - State Health Facts
   
  This website contains the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.

• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
   
  The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is an integral part of the infrastructure of social science research. ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, and offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use.

• Kids Count State-Level Data Online
  
  This system contains state-level data for over 100 measures of child well-being. This easy-to-use, powerful online database allows you to generate custom reports for a geographic area (Profiles) or to compare geographic areas on a topic (Ranking, Maps, and Line Graphs).

• Maternal and Child Health Library Database
  
  The MCH Library maintains several databases to collect, manage, and disseminate knowledge about maternal and child health (MCH), with special emphasis on knowledge gained from initiatives and programs supported by the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The library also provides a thesaurus of terms that are used to index the databases.

• Medicare Certified Rural Health Clinics
  
  It provides a list of all rural health clinics in each of the 50 states as of August 2008 and includes provider number, name, address, city-state-zip, phone number, and county.

• Minority Data Resource Center of UMICH
   
  The Center provides data resources for the comparative analysis of issues affecting racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States. Made available by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

• Modern Language Association Language Map
   
  It allows you to select a language and state.

• National Cancer Data Base (NCDB)
   
  It serves as a comprehensive clinical surveillance resource for cancer care in the United States.

• National Cancer Institute - Cancer Health Disparities

• National Cancer Institute - Status of Cancer Surveillance in Minority and Underserved Populations

• National Cancer Institute - Women of Color

• National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center Data

• Office On Women's Health - Quick Health Data Online

• Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce - Health Data Tools and Statistics
  
  Links to health statistics and data sets as well as resources to support data collection

• National Center for Children in Poverty
  
  NCCP’s Family Economic Security Profiles provide state-specific data on low-income children and families and highlight state policy choices to promote work attachment and advancement, income adequacy, and asset development.

• National Center for Health Statistics: Fast Stats A to Z
  
  It provides statistical data on various health issues related to minority populations living in U.S. States and Territories. 

• PRI.MED Patient Education Center
   
  Information and resources on collecting race and ethnicity data from patients. Topics covered include Tailoring Health Care, Does Collecting Data on Race & Ethnicity Violate the Law?, Obstacles to Collecting Data, Call for Federal Guideline Recommendations, Strategies & Tools, and Resources for Practices.

• University of Massachusetts Medical School Public Health Databases
  
  Helping you find and use the best evidence

• U.S. Census Bureau
   
  The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.

• U.S. Census Bureau Minority Link
   
  Quick and easy links to the latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States

• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Research, Statistics, Data & Systems

• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Office of Minority Health - Data/Statistics

• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Office of Women's Health - Quick Health Data Online

• Women’s Health Data Book, 2008 Edition
  
  The data book includes information and data on population characteristics, health status, and health services utilization.

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