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Data & Statistics for Medicine and Health

Data vs. Statistics?

Data is raw information that are analyzed to create statistics. It can be numeric/quantitative or qualitative or spatial/geospatial.

Statistics are data presented in a meaningful way, often in tabular, graphical or other visual format.

Types of health data

  • Surveys
    • Populations
    • Providers
  • Vital Statistics
    • births, deaths, marriages, divorces
  • Registriers
    • incidence and prevalence of diseases
  • Health records
    • Administrative
    • Patient 

Data Collection Mechanisms

Surveillance - Public health surveillance refers to the collection, analysis, and use of data to target public health prevention. It is the foundation of public health practice.

CDC Surveillance Resource Center
The Surveillance Resource Center provides members of the public health surveillance community organized, easy access to guidance developed by CDC and its partners for improving the practice of surveillance.

Surveys

Surveys and Data Collection Systems
Includes Populations Surveys, Vital Records, Provider Surbeys and Historical Surveys

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

CDC Data & Statistics
  • Data & Stats by Topic
  • Tools
  • Related Organizations
Data.CDC.gov
  • NCHS
  • Injury & Violence
  • National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
  • Vaccintation
  • Smoking & Tobacco Use
  • Pregnancy & Vaccination
  • Disability & Health

National Center for Heatlh Statistics (NCHS)

National Center for Heath Statistics
Data Collection Systems
  • Population Surveys
  • Vital Records
  • Provider Services
  • Historical Surveys
Programs
  • Partnerships & Collaboration
  • Services
  • Data Integration
Topics
  • FastStats
  • Health Policy Data Requests
Data and Tools
  • Data Access
  • Data Tools
  • Data Analysis Aids
  • Data Visualizaitons
Publications
  • Publications
  • Histroic and Discontinued Publications
  • Search/Browse NCHS Publications

Non-Governmental Reseources for Data & Statistics