Data and Statistics

The American Cancer Society provides statistics about cancer rates of death, new cases, and other relevant statistics.

The National Library of Medicine guide provides a course that guides users through finding and using health statistics

U.S. data related to substance abuse and mental health services.

AHA provides reports and studies about hospital related data.

The CMS data navigator provides a portal to link data seekers to sources of data related to CMS. Data provided is that which is publicly available with non-identifying information.

Freely available statistical information on community hospital information covering: hospital stays, conditions, costs including Medicare, Medicaid, private, and uninsured patients.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention's public health inquiry tool.

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. The survey is unique in that it combines interviews and physical examination

The National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) is designed to provide accurate and reliable health care statistics that answer key questions of interest to health care and public health professionals, researchers and health care policy makers.

Compiled reports of health status using data from a public health perspective.

A collaborative data site from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin, providing county-level data on health outcomes and health factors.

Clicking on any state in the map takes users to a snapshot of available vital health statistics for that particular state.

This guide provides a wide range of links to health data by: county and local data, state health data, and recommend links to specific health data sources for states.

Kaiser Family Foundation, compare health data at the state level on a number of health indicators.

Global health observatory data repository provides access to over 50 datasets on priority health topics.

IHME tracks diseases and measures disease burden for 187 countries, using systematic peer reviewed methodology to gather a comprehensive picture of global disease burden.