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Atlas of Cancer Mortality, 1950-1994 (NCI)
  • County maps of cancer mortality by type of cancer, race, and sex.
  • Choose type of cancer, geography, and population
  • Maps in gif format
  • Data may be downloaded in ASCII or DBF format
Atlas of United States Mortality (CDC)
  • Maps of mortality by cause (stroke, heart disease, cancers, suicide, homicide) by race and sex
  • United States map shaded for multicounty regions
  • Five of the eighteen maps in gif format but most must be downloaded using Adobe Acrobat
  • Some files over 5 megabytes
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
    • Surveys and technical documentation on health risk behaviors (smoking, dental visits, immunizations, binge drinking etc.) since 1996
    • Large microdata sets in ASCII or DBF format as well as questionnaires
    • Trends provides pretabulated data on health risk behaviors for the nation and state
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (CDC)
  • National and state data on health risk behaviors, 1995+
  • Questions include vegetable consumption, weight control, screening exams, immunizations
Cancer Statistics Review
  • Cancer statistics by type of cancer and patient characteristics
  • Time coverage is 1975-2001
CDC Wonder
  • Searches and Queries permits searching of data sets and reports
  • Subjects include mortality, natality, AIDS, STDs, fluoridation, Census
  • Some data broken down by state or local area and group (e.g. death of black women by age and county and disease) or American Indian (leading causes of death, cancer, AIDS, natality, tuberculosis)
  • Initial free registration required
 
Census of Fatal and Occupational Injuries (BLS)
  • Annual survey with national data by specific type of injury, worker characteristics (age, sex) and industry
Center for International Health Information
  • Regional and country health indicators for less-developed countries receiving assistance from the Agency for International Development
  • Fertility, infant mortality, childhood disease survival rates, sanitation, access to potable water
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • Medicare and medicaid data via press releases and detailed reports
  • Formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration
Child Health USA (HRSA)
  • Graphs, charts and pictures
  • Number of children, those in poverty, low birth weight, breast feeding
  • Infant and child mortality, hospitalizations, diseases, vaccination, health insurance coverage
  • State data on medicaid, commercial health insurance coverage, and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage
 
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