Research Guides: Free Resources (for Health Sciences): Health Stats: By Health Topic

Statistics by Health Topic - General Resources

Statistical Abstracts Series This link opens in a new window
Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations.

DATA2010 This link opens in a new window
Search data collected under the HealthyPeople2010 initiative with 427 objectives. National data with some information available at the state level.
FastStats This link opens in a new window
Website providing quick access to statistics related to topics of importance to public health. Statistics created by U.S. government and state agencies. Website maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics.

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
MedlinePlus - Health Topics
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Most health topics will have a link to statistics.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.

World Health Organization Health Topics This link opens in a new window
General and technical information, data, multimedia, reports, and programs on a wide-range of global health topics.

Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Allows users to visually display demographic data in the U.S. from 1790-present at a variety of geographic levels, createreports, maps and animations that can be downloaded.

Google Fusion Tables
Use Fusion Tables (in Google Drive) to create maps from tables of data. Make your own tables or use existing data tables.

PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
Interactive mapping tool for viewing and creating maps displaying economic, health, and social data.

ArcGIS for Desktop
If you are a currently enrolled USC student (undergraduate, masters, or doctoral) with a valid student ID, you can obtain a free one-year student trial license of Esri’s ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced and/or an account for one of the ArcGIS Online subscriptions supported by USC.
ArcGIS and Esri software for students from Spatial Sciences Institute
USC students are also eligible for selected versions of Esri software. Contact the Spatial Sciences Institute for details.

American Cancer Society
California Cancer Registry
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Statistical information about new cancer cases, incidence, and mortality rates. Information about all cancers diagnosed in California, including incidence and mortality statistics. Contains legislation and regulations related to cancer registries. Search the California Public Use Data File, 1988-1993 and the 1995 Clinical Comparison Data by selecting Data Query from the menu.
Center for Health Statisticsand Informatics
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The mission of the Center for Health Statistics and Informatics (CHSI) is to facilitate the collection, validation, statistical analysis, and dissemination of health data in support of the mission of the California Department of Public Health.
CDC - Breast Cancer Statistics

Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) This link opens in a new window
Includes datasets, databases, interactive tools, factsheets, and other publications regarding cancer statistics.
National Program of Cancer Registries This link opens in a new window
Data collected by state cancer registries enable public health professionals to understand and address the cancer burden more effectively. CDC provides support for states to maintain registries that provide high-quality data.

National Cancer Institute - Finding Cancer Research
The Surveillance Research Program (SRP) provides regularly updated surveillance and research data, statistical reports, and analytical tools on cancer. Here are resources that SRP and its partners support.