LibGuides: Statistical Resources in Medicine and Healthcare: Web sites, Books and Serials

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Statistics

America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2023: Detailed tables of child well-being indicators: health, socioeconomic, ethnic, health insurance.
Health topics in individual states, including health insurance
Diversity in Medical Education: Facts & Figures, a compendium of detailed statistical information on race, ethnicity, and gender patterns in U.S. medical education and practice patterns of the physician workforce.

Pew Hispanic Center
Hispanics of Puerto Rican Origin in the United States, 2011, statistical profile from the Pew Hispanic Center

EpiQuery - New York City Department of Health
Interactive web-based resource based on health datasets with varying topics and indicators for different NYC populations.
NYC Community Health Profiles
Information and statistics on the health of specific NYC neighborhoods including an interactive data set.

Information

Web access is available to anyone on the Internet using a web browser. Some of the print material are restricted to the Einstein community.

Recommended Web sites, Books and Serials

AHRQ Websites
American Cancer Society - Cancer Facts
Cancer statistics
American Heart Association
The leading authority on heart and blood vessel diseases, providing statistical information on specific heart and blood vessel diseases.
childstats.gov
Offers access to medical & socioeconomic federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families.
FASTATS A-Z
Offers an alphabetical subject/geographical list for fast facts as wellas comprehensive statistics, from the National Center for Health Statistics.
Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy (FEDSTATS)
An excellent site for locating statistics created by the more than 70 U.S. federal agencies, arranged in an A-Z listing.
National Center for Health Statistics
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Statistical information on America's health, including various diseases and conditions, vital statistics, health care, minority health.
NCHS Health E-Stats
Provides numerical data and statistics on health resources and surveys from the National Center for Health Statistics.

New York City community health survey atlas 2010 This link opens in a new window
Provides statistics on health care costs, health services, hospitalization, morbidity/mortality and Medicaidd in 41 NYC communities.
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene This link opens in a new window
My Community's Health: Data and Statistics.
New York State Department of Health Statistics and Data
New York State Department of Health Statistics and Data.

The State of America's Children
Contain statistical tables, charts, and commentary about the status of children and adolescents in the United States.
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Compiled by the Children's Defense Fund topics include family income, child health, child care, children and families in crisis, and juvenile justice.
State Profile of New York
A collection of data from the 2002 National Survey of America's families.
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Offers information on the National Survey of America's Families. A survey that investigates the well-being of adults and children in the United States and is conducted by the Urban Institute.

Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive source of data from private and government sources covering statistics on health, social & economic conditions in the United States.
Some comparative state & foreign data is included. OR Ref. Desk Serial S (print ed.)

Surveys and Data Collection Systems
Includes annual & periodic surveys conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics on annual & periodic U.S. vital statistics, immunization, nursing homes, hospices, ambulatory health care, health insurance, maternal and infant health, nutrition, and other health topics.

Global Health Observatory (GHO)
Run by the World Health Organization (WHO), GHO provides access to health-related statistics and data from member countries.

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