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Here are sources of statistics - local, national, global - on everything from injuries to risky behavior, spending, and insurance coverage, compiled by The Public's Health.

    by Jonathan Purtle
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Here are sources of statistics - local, national, global - on everything from injuries to risky behavior, spending, and insurance coverage, compiled by The Public's Health.

Local:

  1. Philadelphia Department of Public Health: Philadelphia Vital Statistics: A variety of statistics and reports on the city's health.

  2. Pennsylvania Department of Health statistics:  Same as above, but for the whole Commonwealth.

  3. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services statistics: Ditto, for the state.

  4. PHMC Community Health Data Base data findings: Data from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey, a telephone-based health survey conducted in the Philadelphia region since 1983.

National:

  1. CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS):  National, state, and city data on health behaviors and health status obtained through a large telephone-based survey.

  2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS): National, state, and city data on the health behaviors of youth in grades 9-12 obtained through a large school-based survey.

  3. CDC Injury Prevention & Control: Data & Statistics: Data on violent deaths and other fatal/non-fatal injuries.

  4. CDC National Vital Statistics System:  Data on births, deaths, and events in between.

  5. CDC Historical Vital Statistics, 1900-1998: Same as above, but for back in the day.

  6. USDHHS Community Health Status Indicators: Gateway to a range and national, state, and county health data.

  7. USDHHS Office of Women's Health, Quick Health Data Online: Compiles a range of data on disease incidence, prevalence, health care service utilization, and other health-related events.

  8. CMS National Health Expenditure Data: Historical data and future projects of how, and how much, money is spent on health care in the U.S.

  9. AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey: Data from a large survey on health care utilization and insurance coverage.

  10. Kaiser State Health Facts: State-level data on a range of indicators relating to health insurance, health care utilization, and disease prevalence/incidence.

  11. RWJF U.S. County Health Ranking: Allows for counties to be ranked and compared across different indicators of population health.

Global:

  1. World Health Organization Data and Statistics:  A breadth of data and mapping tools on health indicators for countries around the world.

  2. Pan American Health Organization Data: Statistics on the health of people in North, South, and Central America.

  3. Gapminder:  An interactive graphing tool that visually displays how statistics change over time —very cool.

Is a solid source of data missing from this list? Let us know and we'll look into it.

More resources are at The Public's Health blog.