HEALTH STATISTICS
HEALTH STATISTICS
United States Health
Statistics
Child Health USA
HE 20.9202:C 43/2/
Annual chartbook on children's health conditions and services. Includes
historical data on maternal and infant mortality and other birth data, infant,
child and adolescent health status, population characteristics, health services
for children and youth, and data by state and urban area.
Mental Health, United States
HE 20.8137:
Topics and statistics vary with each edition. The latest edition, 1996,
has mental health epidemiological data for adults and children, information
on mental health in Medicare and Medicaid programs, mental health services
in rural areas, data on mental health providers.
Health, United States & Health, United States Chartbook
HE 29.7042/6: (also
WWW)
Annual compilation of data on health status and determinants, health care
resources and use, and health care costs and financing, reproductive health,
substance abuse. Contains national trends in public health statistics
and information on health behaviors, such as smoking.
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
C 3.134/5:
Statistical Abstract of the United States.
C 3.134: (1878-)
Has data related to health, health care, health care expenditures, food and
nutrition, drugs, occupational injuries, vital statistics, etc. Gives sources
of all data.
Health Care Financing Review
HE 22.18:
Quarterly journal present Medicare and Medicaid program statistics. Data
includes Price Indexes and Health Care Indicators, which cover such
things as hospital statistics--operating expenses, admissions, beds, average
length of stay, surgical operations and outpatient visits, personnel, employment.
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report
HE 20.7011/38:
Monthly, AIDS cases, rates by sex, age, race/ethnicity.
National Vital Statistics Report
HE 20.6217: (also
WWW)
Monthly provisional tabulation of births, marriages, divorces and deaths,
counting all certificates filed during the month. Also includes estimates
for deaths and death rates by cause, age, race, and sex. Published
approximately 14 weeks after month of coverage. Cumulated annually
in Monthly Vital Statistics Report, Annual Summary. Final, complete
tabulations are published annually in Vital Statistics of the U.S., 1-4 years
after cover date. (Earlier title: Monthly Vital Statistics Report.)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
HE20.7009: (also WWW)
Presents current data on the epidemiology of notifiable infectious diseases
reported by State health departments to the Centers for Disease Control.
Data are current to one week before publication.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Recommendations and
Reports
HE 20.7009/2-2: (also
WWW)
Series of supplements to the MMWR which presents information on the epidemiology
of major infectious diseases and CDC guidelines for their detection prevention
and control. Usually includes charts and tables showing disease cases
and symptoms, often for selected sociodemographic or high-risk groups.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Surveillance Summaries
HE 20.7009/2: (also
WWW)
Issues 5-8 times a year, presents short reports on a variety of communicable
diseases and public health concerns. Most data are report to CDC by
State and local health departments. Each issues contains a list of
the most recent report published on each subject. A sample of topics
covered in one year includes pregnancy and birthrates among teenagers, abortion,
ectopic pregnancy, occupational asthma, emergency events involving hazardous
substances, smoking-attributable mortality, dengue.
CDC issues regular surveillance reports on some diseases and health problems. They are published at varying intervals, ranging from annually to once every several years. They include reported data, trends, geographic, demographic or clinical breakdowns, detailed reports on specific outbreaks or cases. They contain charts, text tables, and some detailed tables. Most also include a bibliography of recent publications relating to the topic. Subjects include HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, malaria, birth defects, tuberculosis, cancer, sexually transmitted diseases.
HE 20.7011/various numbers. (some also WWW)
The first national vital statistics data were collected in the 1850 Census which included questions on births, marriages and deaths. This data was collected every 10 years through 1900. In 1902 the Office of the Census was authorized to create registration areas for births and deaths. At that time only 10 states, 26 percent of the population, could provide mortality data which was complete enough to qualify for inclusion. In 1915 birth registration data were established. It wasn't until 1933 that the entire country was covered by a birth and death registration system. The collection of this data was transferred from the Census to the Public Health Service in 1946.
Vital Statistics of the U.S.
HE 20.6210: 1937-
HA 203 .A22 Latest in Statistics Alcove
Published annually in three volumes: Volume 1: Natality, Volume 2, parts
A and B: Mortality, and Volume3: Marriage and Divorce. Mortality includes
age-specific and age-adjusted death rates by cause. There is a 4-5 year time
lag in publication; updated by Monthly Vital Statistics Report.
Historical Vital Statistics Data
Vital Statistics Rates in the United States, 1900-1940
HE 20.2202:B83/2/900-40
Vital Statistics Rates in the United States, 1940-60
HA 211.G75 Statistics AlcoveFertility Tables for Birth Cohorts by Color: United States, 1917-73
HE 20.6202:F 41A Mortality Study of 1 Million Persons, by Demographic, Social and Economic Factors: 1979-1981
HE 20.3203:M 84/2A Mortality Study of 1.3 Million Persons, by Demographic, Social and Economic Factors:1979-1985 Follow-Up: US National Longitudinal Mortality Study
HE 20.3203:M 84/2/979-85
In 1915 the first household health survey was conducted, surveying pellegra, diet, housing and economic status in the cotton mill towns of South Carolina. The same survey techniques were used to study the impact of the influenza epidemic of 1918.
The Depression provided the impetus for the first national health survey in order to relate nutrition, health status and health services to the economic conditions of the time. Conducted in 1935-36, it surveyed over 700,000 households in 83 urban areas This survey was used over the next 20 years to provide baseline data to health professionals to plan and promote public health programs.
In 1956 Congress passed the National Health Survey Act to provide for continued surveys to secure accurate and current statistical information on illnesses and disability. The basic household interview survey started in 1957 with a sample of 140,000 each year. The Public Health Service plans and analyzes the data that is collected by the Census Bureau.
In 1960 the Office of Vital Statistics and the National Health Survey joined to form a new organization, the National Center for Health Statistics. Since that time many other surveys have begun. They include the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the National Health Examination Survey, the National Health Interview Survey, the National Hospital Discharge Survey, the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, the National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey, the National Vital Statistics System, and the National Health Interview Survey.
Vital and Health Statistics Series
HE 20.6209: various numbers/
An important source of health data, people sometimes refer to these series as the rainbow series because each one is a different color. These series present data from the various surveys conducted on a regular basis. The reports include program descriptions, methodological studies, and documents and committee reports, as well as data drawn from surveys and analytic studies conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. Each series deals with a different subject area. The active series are:
A complete list of the series and a copy of the most recent issue in each series is available on the WWW from the National Center for Health Statistics. Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics is also available.
Health Care Resource Book (1993)
Y 4.W 36:WMCP 103-4 (microfiche)
Healthy People 2000 Review
HE 20.7042/5: (also
WWW)
This annual report presents statistical progress toward each of the Healthy People 2000 goals. It contains the national strategy for improving the health of the nation during the 1990s. A good source of statistics on the current health situation in the country. The original report, published in 1991, is HE 20.2:D 63/8/report.
HCFA (Health Care Financing Administration) Statistics
HE 22.509:
Nutrition Monitoring in the United States: Chartbook I: Selected Findings
from the National Monitoring and Related Research Program (1993)
HE 20.6202:N 95/14
Projections of National Health Expenditures (1992)
Y 10.2:P 94/4
Americans With Disabilities: 1991-92
C 3.186:P-70/2/33, Quick Reference
Chartbook on Work Disability in the United States (1991)
ED 1.2:D 63/8/991
Digest of Data on Persons With Disabilities (1992)
ED 1`.2:D 26/992
Disability Statistics Report Series
ED 1.84:
Cancer Statistics Review
HE 20.3186: (Also
WWW)
NCI Fact Book (National Cancer Institute)
HE 20.3174: (Also
WWW)
Injury Mortality Atlas of the United States, 1979-87
HE 20.7502:IN 5/979-87 Gives an overview of the geographic distribution
of top eight major causes of injury-related mortality and has county-level
maps of mortality rates for each state.
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in the U.S. by Industry
L 2.3/11: Latest on Quick Reference
Health Insurance, 1990-1992
C 3.186:P-70/2/37 Census Alcove
Health Insurance Coverage, 1994
C 3.186:P-70/2/190 Quick Reference
Health Insurance Coverage, 1987-1990
C 3.186:P-70/2/29 Census Alcove
Health Insurance Coverage, 1986-1988
C 3.186:P-70/2/17 Census Alcove
Health Status of Minorities and Low-Income Groups (1991).
HE 20.9302:M 66/3/991
Health Status of the Disadvantaged Chartbook
HE 20.9302:D 63/2/ 1986-
Minorities and Women in the Health Fields
HE 20.9302:M 66/
Regional Differences in Indian Health
HE 20.9422: (1990-) (Also
WWW)
Trends in Indian Health.
HE 20.9421: (Also
WWW)
Medicaid Source Book: Background Data and Analysis (1993)
Y 4.EN2/3:103-A.
Medicaid Statistics: Program and Financial Statistics
HE 22.115:
The Medicare and Medicaid Data Book
HE 22.19/4-3:.
Medicare Hospital Information
HE 22.34:
Information on individual hospitals, including the death rate for some
diseases and patient characteristics.Arranged by states.
Profiles of Medicare (1996)
HE 22.2:M 46/12
Social Security Bulletin
HE 3.3: (1966-1995) SSA 1.22/2: (1995-)
Also has an annual statistical supplement, National Health Expenditures,
on private and public expenditures for health care.
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, Main Findings 1995
HE 20.402:D 84/995
National Pregnancy & Health Survey: Drug Use Among Women Delivering
Livebirths: 1992
HE 20.3002:P 91/2
Smoking and Health in the Americas
HE 20.7614:992
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics Sourcebook (1995)
HE 20.402:SO 8
WWW Resources for U.S. Health
Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web site provides access to CDC's most recent statistical reports, health data on diseases and topics. Individual publications and topics are listed below. CDC Wonder provides searching of public health data sets, including mortality and vital statistics data, more than 40 databases. It also allows communication with the CDC staff and query access to more than 40 databases. Users must register and set up an ID and password.
The National Center for Health Statistics is the agency which collects and publishes vital and health statistics. Its website provides access to a wide variety of data used to monitor national health. Many of the publications available are mentioned and linked here. There are a variety of other reports which provide one time analysis of special topics, conference proceedings, fact sheets, news releases ,and published and unpublished statistical tables.
MedAccess Data Bank: This site's Data Bank has Health Information Resources in the Federal Government, a listing of federal health information resources, organized by subject. It gives a description of agency programs and publications and is being updated to provide a links. An excellent, organized and comprehensive source to identify what agencies collect data in particular areas or on specific diseases. It also has physician licensing and disciplinary boards for each state and a large list of medically related internet sites.
Social Statistics Briefing Room. White House web site, has tables and charts on vital statistics, health services, prevention and risk, health expenditures, health status, and reportable diseases.
American Cancer Society. Cancer incidence, mortality, and survival statistics, as well as data and information on different types of cancer, cancer among African-Americans.
NCI Fact Book. Annual statistics from the National Cancer Institute, includes cancer incidence, mortality and cost.
SEER Program. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program of the National Cancer Institute collects data from designated population-based cancer registries throughout the United States, covering 13.9 percent of the population.and population data. Cancer Statistics Review, 1973-1994 is also on this site.
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being. This Federal Inter-Agency Forum on Child and Family Statistics publication presents 25 key indicators of the condition of children.
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information. Publications include the latest statistics on child abuse and neglect.
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. National data from the Health Care Cost and Utilization Project, and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
Americans with Disabilities, 1994-95. Current Population Report P70-61, data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Disability Characteristics from the 1990 Census. 1990 Census data for states, metropolitan areas, and counties and model-based estimates of the prevalence of specific disabilities for states and counties.
Disability Statistics. Brief statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics on a range of disabilities with links to relevant statistical reports.
CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse. . This site is designed to facilitate the sharing of HIV/AIDS and STD resources and information about education and prevention, published materials, and research findings, as well as news about related trends.
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report. Semi-annual report with tabular and graphic information, data by state and metropolitan statistical area and other categories.
HIV and AIDS Costs and Utilization. From the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
MMWR Summary of Notifiable Diseases, United States. Graphs and maps for selected notifiable diseases in the United States, historical summary tables covering the period 1966-1995 and a bibliography
Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Reports. Published by the CDC Division of STD Prevention, this site also includes CDC treatment, risk reduction and prevention guidelines and recommendations.
Health Insurance Statistics. From the Census Bureau, longitudinal and cross-sectional data on health insurance coverage.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics Sourcebook. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's objective overview of substance abuse, mental illness, and co-occurring disorders in the United States. It provides both statistics and graphics to characterize the current extent, costs, impact, and treatment of the addictive and mental illnesses.
American Academy of Pediatrics, Minority Health Status Indicators Fact Sheet. Statistics on infants and children, including health, immunizations, pediatric AIDS, death rates, teen pregnancies.
Breast Cancer Information Center. Published by the Feminist Majority Foundation, has fact sheets with statistics on breast cancer incidence and survival rates for Hispanic, white ,African American and Native American women, 1973-1991. The focus of the site is on information, diagnosis and management
Indian Health Service Native American health statistics are contained in the full text of 1994, 1995, and 1996 Trends in Indian Health and Regional Differences in Indian Health. Use the search engine at the Indian Health Service website.
Office of Minority Health. This site provides an index to publications on minority health.
Racial/Ethnic Patterns of Cancer in the United States, 1988-1992. From the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration . Search the OSHA database for statistics on workplace injury and illness, OSHA standards, the SIC manual and more.
Safety & Health Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Statistics on occupational injuries and illnesses broken down by demographics and industries.
Medicare and Medicaid Statistics and Data. This Health Care Financing Administration site presents data on Medicare and Medicaid users, providers and suppliers; institutions, agencies or professionals who provide health care services; individuals or organizations who furnish health care equipment or supplies; expenditures for health care services by Medicare, Medicaid, and in the nation as a whole;and utilization of health care services.
Social Security Administration Office of Research and Statistics. This site provides information on all aspects of the Social Security program, including statistical data and research analyses of the old-age, survivors, disability insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs.
Alcohol Consumption Among Pregnant and Childbearing-Aged Women United States, 1991 and 1995. From MMWR, April 15, 1997.
Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). From the National Institute on Drug Abuse, DAWN provides semiannual estimates of the number of drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments based on a nationally representative sample of short-stay general hospitals located throughout the coterminous United States. DAWN also collects information on drug-related deaths from selected medical examiner offices. Emergency room estimates are produced for 21 large metropolitan areas and for the nation. Drug-related death data are produced for more than 40 metropolitan areas.
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. Research and statistics.
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. From SAMSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, this survey reports on the prevalence, patterns and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population age 12 and over.
NIDA (National Institute of Drug Abuse) Infofax. Fact sheets with statistics on drug abuse among children and adolescents, lifetime use, and future trends and profiles by particular types of drugs with statistics on use.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics Sourcebook. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's objective overview of substance abuse, mental illness, and co-occurring disorders in the United States. It provides both statistics and graphics to characterize the current extent, costs, impact, and treatment of the addictive and mental illnesses.
Atlas of United States Mortality. From the National Center for Health Statistics, this atlas is the first to show all leading causes of death by race and sex for small U.S. geographic areas. The 18 causes of death included in this atlas account for 83 percent of all deaths in the United States during 1988-92.
How to Obtain Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Certificates: Where to Write for Vital Records. Web site from the National Center for Health Statistics with link to each state.
Injury Mortality Statistics. From the CDC, by state and type of injury, such as firearm, drowning, poisoning.
Mortality Data from the National Vital Statistics System. Demographic, geographic and cause-of-death information , as well as other vital statistics from the National Vital Statistics System.
International
Health Statistics
Although publications of the World Health Organization are collected by Science and not Government Documents, the statistical publications are indexed in IIS and are in the IIS microfiche set.
The major WHO statistical compendia in Science are
World Health Report
RA 8 .W66 (also IIS 4640-S16 and WWW)
(1995-)
Annual report on worldwide health situation. Includes data on life expectancy, fertility, deaths, disease incidence by type, disability, health spending, access to safe water and sanitation, prenatal care, attended births, physicians and nurses, low birthweight, vaccination coverage, oral rehydration therapy use. Some data are shown by sex, or for urban share of total. Selected data on deaths and disability are shown by cause.
World Health Statistics
RA 407 .W624 (also IIS 4640-S2)
(1983-)
Annual report presents detailed health indicators by country, arranged by WHO world regions. Includes data on vital statistics. Selected data are shown by age and sex. Amount of data for each country and years covered vary according to availability.-Updated by World Health Statistics Quarterly, RA 651 .W65 (IIS 4640-P2), current issues in PRR.
Demographic Yearbook (UN), ST/ESA/STAT/SER.R (IIS 3080-S4] Tables include detailed data on abortion, fetal mortality; infant, maternal, and general mortality by age, sex, and marital status.
Statistical Yearbook (UN), ST/ESA/STAT/SER.S (IIS 3030-S16) Statistics on life expectancy, child bearing, mortality, HIV/AIDS.
World Development Report, IBRD W927dr (IIS 4530-S3), and Human Development Report, UNDP H918r (IIS 4080-S6), both contain a number of statistics such as access to healthcare, safe water and sanitation, life expectancy, infant and maternal mortality rates, immunizations, fertility, and malnutrition.
Compendium of Social Statistics and Indicators, ESCWA S678si 1993
The New Book of World Rankings, HA 155.K87 1991
Social Indicators of Development, IBRD S678di (IIS 4530-S26 and WWW)
State of the World's Children,UNICEF S797 (IIS 4020-S2 also WWW)
Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific, ST/ESCAP S797y (IIS 3170-S10)
The World's Women, 1995: Trends and Statistics, UN W872w T794s 1995
-Population and Vital Statistics Report, ST/ESA/STAT/SER.A (IIS 3080-P1 and WWW) Quarterly report includes data on births and birth rates, deaths and death rates, by country.
WWW Resources for International Health
Statistics
WHOSIS, the World Health Organization Statistical Information System website, provides access to statistical and epidemiological data and information available from WHO and elsewhere in electronic or other forms. It contains a number of publications, such as the World Health Report and the Weekly Epidemiological Record (also IIS 4640-P3) which presents surveillance reports on recent incidence of infectious diseases by country. It also has a mortality database, and information on AIDS, immunizations, and is searchable by general topic or disease.
WHO/Europe provides country profiles, access to a Health for All database, and Health in Europe.
Life expectancy and infant mortality is provided for the 55 member countries of the UN's Economic Commission for Europe in Trends in Europe and North America.
The UN Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division provides a page, European Nations Statistical Agencies, which links to all the statistical agencies in Europe where health statistics which are collected at the national level can be accessed.
Canadian Health Statistics. From Statistics Canada, this site provides links to a full range of health statistics.
Canadian Center on Substance Abuse. This non-profit agency's site provides a statistics on use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, licit and illicit drugs in Canada, AIDS and drug use, fetal alcohol syndrome, public attitudes towards drug use, economic aspects, and drug-related crime in Canada
United Kingdom. Stat Base is the name of the UK national statistics database online.
The Pan American Health Organization web site is searchable by general topic or disease. PAHO's country profile database functions as the official regional information source on mortality in the Americas. It also has links to health resources sites in its member countries. (PAHO statistical publications, such as Health Statistics from the Americas and Health Situation in the Americas, are available in the IIS microfiche set.)
Basic national-level health data for most developing countries is available at the Center for International Health Information website. The Country Health Profile Series includes Health Statistical Reports and Country Health Profiles, which provide a more comprehensive analysis of health conditions and trends in selected countries, primarily Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Demographic and Health Surveys program is one of the world's largest primary sources of information on developing countries. Funded primarily by USAID, DHS has conducted national surveys since 1984 on fertility, family planning, maternal and child health, and household living conditions.
Progress of Nations and State of the World's Children from UNICEF provide statistics, by country, related to children, including mortality, nutrition, immunization, education, and maternal mortality.
Health Information for International Travel. Centers for Disease Control's Travel Information Page has information on disease outbreaks by country and geographic region, and other health information for travelers.
Michigan Health
Statistics
Cancer Incidence & Mortality: Michigan
RA 277 .M5 C3 Latest in Science Open Reference
MI DOC HM 266.9: 2C21
Health Care State Rankings
RA 407.3 .H423 1993- Latest in Science Open Reference
Provides alphabetical and numerical rankings for each of the States in various
areas of health care, disease incidence, vital statistics, health care financing
and expenditures.
Infant & Maternal Health Statistics: 1978-1985
MI DOC H M266.9:12 I43
Michigan Critical Health Indicators
MI DOC CH 1C75: 996/4
Michigan Health Statistics
RA 407.4 .M5 M4 Latest in Science Closed Reference
MI DOC H M266.9: (1987-1994) MI DOC CH M266.9: Latest in Statistics
Alcove
Contains annual statistics on natality, mortality, and marriage and divorce.
The reference appendix contains statistics at the county level.
Michigan Hospital Performance Report
RA 981 .M5 M53 Science Closed Reference
Published by the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, this is a voluntary
release of information to help Michigan patients, purchasers and providers
become better informed about health care.
Michigan Quarterly HIV Report, MI DOC CH 51- Gov Docs Current Periodical
Quarterly Vital Statistics Report, HA 441 .M5
WWW Resources for Michigan Health
Statistics
Michigan Department of Community Health. A variety of data, including cancer statistics, mortality and natality statistics, pregnancy statistics, county health profiles, and health care statistics, such as number of physicians and nurses and hospital admissions. Also has an application for obtaining birth, death, marriage or divorce certificates.
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