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Death Rates by Cause and Age (Disaster Center)
  • Death rates by detailed cause by 12-year age groups
  • National data for 1979, 1995 and 1996
Diagnosis Related Groups
  • The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services uses these groups to publish reimbursement schedules under the Prospective Payment System
  • Revisions to the PPS appear in the Federal Register, usually in July or August
  • It is difficult to find a single, current, updated list of all DRGs and their payments
Dietary Guidelines for Americans: 2005
  • Major revision suggesting Americans count calories and get 30 minutes of exercise per day
  • Includes fats, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins and minerals
Disabilities (Census Bureau)
  • Summary national statistics on people with disabilities since the 1990 Census
  • Includes broad type of disability, employment, education, income
  • See also Demographics for 1990 and 2000 Census Data
Disease Outbreak News (World Health Organization)
  • Periodic reports on epidemics throughout the world since 1996
  • Arranged by date and type of epidemic
Economic Intelligence Unit Country Indicators (UMich Only)
  • Time series of data since 1990 with forecasts for five years for 60 countries
  • Focus on economic indicators, such as GDP, sectoral contributions to GDP, inflation rate
  • Market growth, international trade, debt
  • Includes social, demographic and health data (doctors per population, life expectancy
  • Income distribution by percentages, calorie consumption, retail sales and consumption by sector
  • Office space, telecommunications capacity, education, political risk
Families USA
  • Consumer watchdog on the health care industry
  • Numerous pdf reports and fact sheets on the uninsured, Medicare and Medicaid
  • Reports on the quality of care, including care given to people without insurance
Families USA (Families USA)
  • Numerous reports on the cost of prescription drugs
  • Analysis of the operation of the current prescription drug plan
  • Organization's lobby efforts
FedStats
  • Comprehensive listing to statistical programs of over 70 federal government agencies
  • Arranged by agency or program; includes explanatory material and contacts
  • Search engine indexes individual statistical tables by keyword or agency and provides direct connection
  • The left column allows users to search for specific statistical tables by topic and geographic location
Financial Overview of the Managed Care Industry (Kaiser Foundation)
  • Stock market data and profit margins of the managed care industry, 1981-96
  • Brief tables and charts
 
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