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Statistical Information & Data: By Disease & Demographic

A guide to mining Social Science Stats & Data at the UGA Libraries

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Sheila Devaney

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Aging and Geriatrics

Healthy Aging Data and Statistics From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Silver Book An almanac of more than 1,000 facts, statistics, graphs, and data from more than 200 agencies, organizations, and experts. From the Alliance for Aging Research.

Cancer

Breast Cancer From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Cancer Statistics From the National Cancer Institute.

Cancer Statistics From the American Cancer Society.

Cancer Statistics From the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.

Children & Adolescents

Administration for Children and Families (ACF): Statistics/Data Links to statistics and data about adoption, foster care, child abuse and neglect, child care, child welfare, and Head Start.

ChildStats From the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.

Data on Child and Adolescent Health From the Data Resource Center, a project for the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI).

FastStats: Adolescent Health From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics.

FastStats: Child Health From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics.

FastStats: Infant Health From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics

PeriStats From the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center.

The State of the World's Children, 2019 From UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund. Report focuses on maternal and newborn health as well as adolescence.

Diabetes

Diabetes Data & Trends
From the CDC.
Global Diabetes Statistics
From the World Health Organization.
Minority Diabetes Data/Statistics
From the Office of Minority Health, U.S. HHS.
National Diabetes Fact Sheet 2011
From the American Diabetes Association.
National Diabetes Statistics, 2011
From the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC). A service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Gender

Data Finder - Men's Health
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
FastStats: Men's Health
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics.
Women and HIV in the US
A Power Point from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Women's Health
From State Health Facts via the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Women's Health FastStats
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics.
Women's Health Statistics
From the National Women's Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Women’s Health and Mortality Chartbook, 2011
The latest data available on women’s health in the U.S. From the Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

HIV/AIDS

AIDSVu
AIDSVu provides a high-resolution view of the geography of HIV in the United States, 30 years into the epidemic. It is an online tool that allows users to visually explore the HIV epidemic alongside critical resources such as HIV testing center locations and NIH-Funded HIV Prevention & Vaccine Trials Sites. The data on AIDSVu come from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) national HIV surveillance database.
Current State of the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
A Power Point from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
HIV/AIDS (CDC)
From the CDC.
HIV/AIDS (World Bank)
UNAIDS data via the World Bank.
HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States
A Power Point from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base
From the U.S. Census Bureau Library.
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)
From CDC. The Atlas provides interactive maps, graphs, tables, and figures showing geographic patterns and time trends of HIV, AIDS, viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and primary and secondary syphilis surveillance data.

Mental Health

FastStats: Mental Health
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics.
Mental Health Statistics
From the Center for Mental Health Services, part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) Health Information Network.
Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity
From the Office of the Surgeon General, HHS and SAMHSA.
Statistics
From the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics
From the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA), Office of Applied Studies.
WHO Mental Health Atlas 2011 (.pdf)
The WHO Mental Health Atlas 2011 represents the latest estimate of global mental health resources available to prevent and treat mental disorders and help protect the human rights of people living with these conditions.

Misc. Diseases

Infectious Diseases
From the World Health Organization.
Malaria
From the Malaria Atlas Project.
Online Tuberculosis Information System
From the CDC.
State of Lung Disease in Diverse Communities 2010
From the American Lung Association

Obesity

NCHS Health E-Stats
From the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Health E-Stats. Scroll down to see different sets of data regarding obesity and overweight.
Obesity Data/Statistics in Minorities
From the Office of Minority Health, Department of Health and Human Services.
Obesity Surveillance from the GA Department of Public Health
Overweight and Obesity
From CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity.
Overweight and Obesity Statistics
From WIN, the Weight-control Information Network, an information service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Race/Ethnicity

Comparing Racial and Ethnic Populations Based on Healthy People 2010 Objectives
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Data/Statistics
From the Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
FastStats: Health of Asian or Pacific Islander Population
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics.
FastStats: Health of Black or African American Population
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics.
FastStats: Health of Mexican American Population
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics.
Minority Health
From State Health Facts via the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Racial and ethnic disparities in U.S. health care: A chartbook
From the Commonwealth Fund, 2008.
Where can I find Cancer Statistics by Race/Ethnicity?
From the National Cancer Institute.

Tobacco Control

Adult Tobacco Use 2012 Data Summary (.pdf)
Georgia Department of Public Health
Global Tobacco Use Fact Sheet
From the World Health Organization.
Smoking & Tobacco Use, Data and Statistics
A variety of fact sheets, charts and data from the CDC.
Smoking & Tobacco Use, Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking
A variety of fact sheets, charts and data from the CDC.
State-Specific Smoking-Attributable Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost --- United States, 2000--2004
From 2009 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC.
The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke
A Report of the Surgeon General June 27, 2006
The Tobacco Atlas
Eriksen M, Mackay J, Ross H. The Tobacco Atlas. Fourth Ed. Atlanta, GA: American Cancer Society; New York, NY: World Lung Foundation; 2012.
Tobacco Control Country Profiles
From the World Health Organization
Tobacco Statistics Snapshot
From the National Cancer Institute.

Workplace Injuries

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Injury Prevention & Control: Data & Statistics
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARSTM) is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data. From the CDC.
State Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Weekly Reports of Fatalities, Catastrophes, and Other Events
From the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.