Health Statistics

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthstatistics.html

Latest News
• US Birth Rate for Young Teens Lowest Since 1946 (11/15/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21283.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/15/2004)
• Births to Youngest Teens at Lowest Levels (11/15/2004, National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r041115.htm
• Back Pain Plagues 1 in 6 Americans (11/11/2004, United Press International) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21237.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/11/2004)
• Obesity, Child Mortality Slowing US Health Gains (11/08/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_21123.html (*this news item will not be available after 12/08/2004)
• More News on Health Statistics - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alphanews_h.html#HealthStatistics

Overviews
• FASTATS: A to Z (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/
• Health Disparities: A General Overview (American Public Health Association) - Links to PDF File - http://www.apha.org/NPHW/facts/HealthDisparities.pdf
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.apha.org/NPHW/espanol/Disparidades_Gen-PHW04.pdf

Specific Conditions
• Americans Slightly Taller, Much Heavier Than 40 Years Ago (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r041027.htm
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/
• Births to Youngest Teens at Lowest Levels (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r041115.htm
• Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (Bureau of Labor Statistics) - http://www.bls.gov/iif/
• Disparities in Health Literacy (American Public Health Association) - Links to PDF File - http://www.apha.org/NPHW/facts/HealthLit-PHW04_Facts.pdf
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.apha.org/NPHW/espanol/Disp-EducSobreSalud-PHW04.pdf
• Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.cdc.gov/omh/AMH/factsheets/infant.htm
• FASTATS: Leading Causes of Death (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm
• Final 2000 Mortality Statistics Now Available (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/02facts/final2000.htm
• Health Care Indicators: Hospital, Employment, and Price Indicators for the Health Care Industry (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - http://www.cms.hhs.gov/statistics/health-indicators/default.asp
• HHS Issues Report Showing Dramatic Improvements in Americans' Health Over Past 50 Years (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r020912.htm
• Leading Health Indicators (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/uih/uih_4.htm
• Percent of Persons of All Ages Whose Health Was Assessed as Excellent or Very Good: United States, 1997 - 2002 (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/released200212/figures11_1-11_4.htm
• Percent of Persons of All Ages with a Usual Place to Go for Medical Care: United States, 1997-2002 (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/released200212/figure02_1.htm
• PeriStats (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - Perinatal health in the United States - http://www.marchofdimes.com/peristats/
• Provisional Tables on Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths for 2001-2003 (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/statab/unpubd/nvstab52.htm
• Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities (American Public Health Association) - Links to PDF File - http://www.apha.org/NPHW/facts/RaceEth-PHW04_Facts.pdf
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.apha.org/NPHW/espanol/Disp-RacialeEtnica-PHW04.pdf
• State Health Facts Online (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) - http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/
• Teen Birth Rate Down, Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Drops, Kids More Likely to Be Overweight (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/new/releases/americas03.cfm
• U.S. Pregnancy Rate Down from Peak; Births and Abortions on the Decline (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs031031.htm
• Welcome to WISQARS (Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/
• What Are Some of CDC's Key Findings Related to Adult Health-Related Quality of Life? (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/findings.htm
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/hrqol/resultados.htm

Directories
• Statistical Agencies (International) (Bureau of the Census) - http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html

Organizations
• Bureau of the Census - http://www.census.gov/
• Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics - http://www.agingstats.gov
• Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics - http://www.childstats.gov/
• National Center for Health Statistics - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/
• World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/en/

Newsletters/Print Publications
• MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
• Weekly Epidemiological Record (World Health Organization) - http://www.who.int/wer/

Law and Policy
• How NCHS Protects Your Privacy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/policy/confiden.htm

Women
• FASTATS: Women's Health (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/womens_health.htm

Men
• FASTATS: Men's Health (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/men.htm

Children
• Child Health USA 2002 (Maternal and Child Health Bureau) - http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/chusa02/
• FASTATS: Child and Infant Health (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/children.htm
• General Health Status: America's Children 2002 (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics) - http://www.childstats.gov/ac2002/indicators.asp?IID=22&id;=4
• Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs020712.htm

Teenagers
• Teen Birth Rate Continues to Decline; African-American Teens Show Sharpest Drop (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs031217.htm

Seniors
• Health Care (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics) - http://www.agingstats.gov/chartbook2000/healthcare.html
• Health Risks and Behaviors (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics) - http://www.agingstats.gov/chartbook2000/healthrisks.html
• Health Status (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics) - http://www.agingstats.gov/chartbook2000/healthstatus.html
• Profile of Older Americans (Administration on Aging) - http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/profile/profiles2002.asp

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• Health System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthsystem.html

Page last updated: 16 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 08 June 2004