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AHRQ: Data And Surveys
Statistical information including Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP), Interactive Tool for Hospital Statistics, and HIV & AIDS Cost & Use. Also includes Healthcare Informatics Standards.
subject(s): Datasets. Statistics.
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AHRQ: HCUPnet
"Tool for identifying, tracking, and analyzing national hospital statistics." Includes instant tables, national statistics by year, hospital stays for children, trends, and state statistics using data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).  Provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
subject(s): Datasets. Statistics.
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AHRQ: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

Detailed information on HCUP databases, tools, and products and access to technical assistance.

subject(s): Datasets.
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AHRQ: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

"Data from series of national probability surveys on the financing and utilization of medical care in the United States."

subject(s): Datasets.
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CDC: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Interactive databases, questionnaires, survey data, and maps.  Data compiled from the BRFSS, the world’s largest telephone survey, tracking health risks in the United States.
subject(s): Datasets.
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CDC: Data and Statistics
Numerous scientific data and statistics resources including CDC WONDER which allows querying on CDC statistical sets. Also provides access to surveillance statistics and laboratory studies and programs.
subject(s): Datasets. Statistics.
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CDC: Health Data for All Ages
Electronic data warehouse with interactive online data tables on pregnancy and birth, health conditions and risk factors, health care access and use, mortality, and selected Healthy People 2010 objectives.
subject(s): Datasets.
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CDC: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Federal government's principal vital and health statistics agency provides data on vital events and information on health status, lifestyle and exposure to unhealthy influences, onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of health care.
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CDC: National Health Interview Survey
Data and survey documentation on self-reported information including health behaviors,  health insurance coverage, access to health care, income, tobacco use, physical activity, chronic disease, and health care utilization and satisfaction.
subject(s): Datasets.
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CDC: SMART (Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Area Risk Trends) Access Online
CDC: WISQARS

"WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data."

subject(s): Datasets.
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CDC: WONDER
WONDER (Wide-ranging OnLine Data for Epidemiologic Research) provides access to public-use data sets about mortality, cancer incidence, HIV and AIDS, behavioral risk factors, diabetes, natality, census data, etc.  WONDER also provides access to published documents on public health concerns, including reports, recommendations and guidelines, articles and statistical research data published by the CDC.
subject(s): Datasets.
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Demographic and Health Surveys
Country-specific data on basic health, mortality, fertility, contraceptive behavior, maternal and child health practices, health knowledge, sexual behavior, and socio-economic factors.  Provided by Macro International.
subject(s): Datasets.
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DHHS: Directory of Health and Human Services Data Resources
"Compilation of information about virtually all major data collection systems sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)."
subject(s): Datasets.
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DHHS: HHS Data Council Gateway to Data and Statistics
Tool that brings together key health and human services data and statistics includes DataFinder (search tool for locating statistical facts, reports, methodologies, data sets, and other statistical information); shortcuts to major HHS data systems;  and meta directory of HHS data resources.
subject(s): Datasets.
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DHHS: Maternal and Child Health Bureau Data
Links to data from the HHS Maternal and Child Health Burea including Title V Information System, MCH Program, Women's Health USA, and Child Health USA.
subject(s): Datasets.
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EPA: Children's Health Protection Scientific Data and Methods

Information on the EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP) projects conducted with others both inside and outside the Environmental Protection Agency "to improve the scientific understanding of children's environmental health concerns."

subject(s): Datasets.
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Health Economics Resource Center
United States Department of Veterans Affairs program to assess cost-effectiveness of medical care, evaluate efficiency of VA programs and providers, and conduct high-quality health economics research. Website provides information on research, datasets, and methods.
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HHS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Research, Statistics, Data & Systems
Access to CMS data and statistics including the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS); Data Compendium with historic, current, and projected data on Medicare enrollment and Medicaid recipients, expenditures, and utilization; chartbooks on programs, spending, and activities; and the Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement containing 100+ tables on CMS programs.
subject(s): Datasets.
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HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse
"Provides access to a broad range of information about HRSA programs, related health resources, and demographic data useful for planning and policy purposes."
subject(s): Datasets.
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HRSA: Shortage Designation Branch

Access to the Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) data and tools with information on areas, population groups, and medical or other public facilities with shortages of primary medical care, or dental or mental health providers.

subject(s): Datasets.
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KaiserEDU.org
Access to data, research, analysis, and developments in health policy provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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KFF: statehealthfacts.org
"State-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation."  Provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
subject(s): Datasets. Statistics.
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KIDS COUNT Data Center

State-specific data on children in the U.S. Customizable graphs present state indicators graphed over time; maps show color-coded U.S. maps of the U.S.; interactive feature ranking all states according to an indicator. By the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

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National Bioterrorism Syndromic Surveillance Demonstration Program
"National coverage of information from ambulatory visits and calls to nurse help lines for over 20 million people is collected each day, analyzed and used to identify unusual clusters of illness that might represent bioterrorism events or other outbreaks of public health importance."
subject(s): Datasets.
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National Center for Statistics and Analysis of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Links to NHTSA data including State Traffic Safety Information (STSI), Crash Research Information Network (CRIN), Fatality Analysis Reporting System, National Automotive Sampling System (NASS), and Special Crash Investigations (SCI).

subject(s): Datasets.
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NCI: Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs
"Interactive maps, graphs, text, tables and figures showing geographic patterns and time trends of cancer death rates for the time period 1950-1994 for more than 40 cancers."  Provided by the National Cancer Institute.
subject(s): Datasets.
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NCI: Surveillance, Epidemiology & End Results (SEER)
NCI statistical sets and publications on cancer incidence and survival in the U.S.
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NLM: Health Services and Sciences Research Resources
Information about research datasets and instruments/indices employed in Health Services Research, Behavioral and Social Sciences and Public Health with links to PubMed.
subject(s): Datasets.
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NLM: TOXMAP
Geographic Information System (GIS) from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) that uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI).  
subject(s): Datasets.
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NLM: WebMIRS
"Graphical Java program providing access to the NHANES II & III databases of medical survey data and x-ray images."
subject(s): Datasets.
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Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce: Health Data Tools and Statistics

Links to health statistics and data sets including national data sets, state and local public data sets, and public health infrastructure data.  Website also includes search tools for identifying additional data sets and tools for data collection and planning.

subject(s): Datasets.
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Radiation Effects Research Foundation: Risk Estimation: Solid Cancer and Leukemia Mortality Data
Data from the Life Span study which followed 120,000 persons including  proximally exposed and distally exposed atomic-bomb survivors living in Hiroshima or Nagasaki and nonexposed controls.
subject(s): Datasets.
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UNICEF: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)
Data from a household survey program developed by UNICEF to collect information on and women and children's health knowledge, behavior, and care.  Data available for 40+ countries. 
subject(s): Datasets.
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