Medical Statistics

Health Statistics

Atlas of United States Mortality
Statistics, tables, and maps highlighting the top 18 causes of death in the United States from 1988-1992. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Cancer Statistics from the American Cancer Society
Current cancer statistics are available at the American Cancer Society page. Statistics included are cancer incidences, mortality, survival and risk factors.

Healthy People 2010
Healthy People 2010 Review is an annual report presenting statistical progress toward each of the Healthy People 2010 goals. Full-text (.PDF) files available for Healthy People 2010 Review, 1994 through the most recent issue. Statistical Notes available in full-text as (.PDF) files include: Health Status Indicators: Differentials by Race and Hispanic Origin (No.10); Monitoring Air Quality in Healthy People 2000 (No. 9); Evaluating Public Health Data Systems: A Practical Approach (No. 8); Years of Healthy Life (No.7); Direct Standardization (Age-Adjusted Death Rates (No. 6): Statistics and Surveillance available in full-text from No. 6 through the most recent issue.

National Cancer Institute Cancer Rates and Risks
This online publication provides international cancer incidence and mortality rates in a series of charts and graphs. Also included is information on cancer risk factors and risks for major cancers.

Safety & Health Statistics
Provides summary data on the number and rate of injuries and illnesses by industry; case and demographic data; fatality data; annual health care expenditures data; employment cost trends.

SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2001
Cancer statistics from the National Cancer Center are represented on this Web page.

Statistics Report Created by the National Center for Health Statistics
Data on births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and infant deaths for individual states and the United States.

General Statistics

FEDSTATS
Extensive listings of U.S. Federal agencies with statistical information. Search by agency, program, policy and region.

International Data Base
The IDB is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for all countries of the world. Data are available for urban and/or rural areas and date back to 1950.

Statistical Abstract
Search the latest electronic edition of the US Government's #1 best-selling book. Statistical data available for a wide range of topics. Also search the 1996 edition.

Statistical Information on Older Persons
This site provides various statistical reports on older persons including information on health, population, and economic factors.

Statistics Canada
The source of Canadian statistics includes demographic, social, socioeconomic and economic statistics.

Statistics Glossary
The statistics glossary includes categories of statistical terms. Each category presents an explanation of the term as it is used.

US Census Bureau, Subjects A to Z
Links to Census statistics categorized by nearly 200 subjects.

UVa‘s Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
The Web page for the Geospatial and Statistical Data Center includes statistics from medical, political, geographical, and social sciences resources.

State Statistics

State Government Finance Data/
State statistical information is available through this Census Web site.

State Health Facts Online
This resource provides data on state-level demographics, health, health policy, health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
All you need to know about state and metro areas in the US for 2006 including population, demographic, and economic data.

VaStat
The VaStat Web page incorporates information on business, demographic and economic statistics for Virginia. The site is produced and maintained by the University of Virginia‘s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.

Virginia Center For Health
The Virginia Department of Health Web Page includes information on vaccinations, health departments in various areas of Virginia and contact information for State health officials and programs.

Virginia Center For Health Statistics
Search this Web site for Virginia statistics on population, pregnancies, births, deaths, induced termination, and fetal deaths.