Statistical Resources

University of Virginia Statistical Resources

• UVa Institutional Review Board for Health Sciences Research
  a frequently-asked-questions page
• UVa Clinical Data Repository
  contains more than 15 years of data about UVa inpatients and outpatients. Data is drawn from multiple UVa clinical and administrative patient information systems as well as the Virginia Department of Health
• Scientific Data Consulting Group at Brown Library
  provides  consultations on your data life cycle
• UVa Information Technology Center
  provides access to specialized statistical software programs

Federal/National Statistics

• Fedstats.gov
  access to statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies
• CDC National Center for Health Statistics
  provides US public health statistics including diseases, pregnancies, births, aging, and mortality
• 2011 Statistical Abstract National Data Book
  from the U.S. Census Bureau includes statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States
• Partners in Information Access
  Includes public health, state, national and global statistics
• Social Explorer Database
  (UVa licensed resource requires proxy set-up for off-Grounds access) Interactive Maps and Reports provide easy access to demographic information about the United States. Data comes from the Census beginning in 1940 and from the Religious Congregations and Membership Study beginning in 1980;Diseases and Conditions Statistics

Diseases and Conditions Statistics

• Framingham Heart Study statistical data (back to 1948) from an ongoing cardiovascular study on residents from Framingham, Massachusetts 
• ARIC
  (Atheroschlerosis Risk in Communities Study), sponsored by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute prospective epidemiologic study conducted in four U.S. communities
• Cancer Statistics National Cancer Institute’s interactive statistical maps
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
  the world’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984
• CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  statistics on specific diseases
• Chronic Disease Statistics
  CDC Disease Statistics and Tracking Web page
• MMWR
  search for state health departments on the CDC site
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics
  statistics from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• National Institute of Drug Abuse
  trends and statistics
• Occupational statistics
  from the Bureau of Labor
• Medicaid and Medicare Statistics
  from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services Research Statistics

Global Health Statistics

• Global Health Statistics
  World Health Organization global health data and statistics

• Pan American Health Organization Statistics
  Provides statistiscs on health indicators, diseases and conditions and mortality rates in Central and South America 

State Health Statistics

• Virginia Department of Health
  statistical reports and tables
• UVA Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
  provides U.S. and Virginia data on demographics, workforce, education, etc
• March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center
  the PeriStats Web site provides access to US, state, county, and city maternal & infant health data
• State health facts and statistics
  from the Kaiser Foundation

Library Information Resources on statistics

• National Library of Medicine
  Information Resources for Data, Tools and statistics
• Medical and Social Databases from the National Library of Medicine
• UVa Library
  government and state resources
• ProQuest Statistical Insight
  (UVa-licensed) database that provides access to statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations