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National Health Statistics

Fast Stats A-Z
The FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.
America's Health Ranking
Combines individual measures of several health determinants with the resultant health outcomes into one, comprehensive view of the health of a state.
National Center for Health Statistics
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCHS is the nation's principal health statistics agency, compiling statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of our people
BRFSS
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world's largest, on-going telephone health survey system.
H-Cup net (Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project)
A tool from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for identifying, tracking and analyzing national hospital statistics.
Natality Data
Tracks live births within the United States for U.S. and non-U.S. residents.
Cancer Statistics
Cancer statistics by year, state, age group, race, ethnicity, gender, and childhood cancers.
Mortality Data
U.S. county-based mortality data. Tracks cause of death by state, county, age, race, sex, and year.
Kid's Count
Statistics focusing on the well-being of children in the U.S. From the Annie E, Casey Foundation.

CDC Home Page

The CDC′s Mission is to collaborate to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats.

Other Valuable CDC tools

CDC WONDER

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a whole host of statistical and data resources available for researchers in the public health arena. One of these is CDC WONDER (Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research). WONDER provides statistical research data published by the CDC, as well as reference materials, reports, and guidelines on health-realted topics.

The CDC Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity’s Data, Trends and Maps online tool allows you to search for and view indicators related to nutrition, physical activity and obesity. You can search on the basis of a specific location or an indicator

PLACES Project

The PLACES project is a collaboration between CDC, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the CDC Foundation. The purpose of the PLACES project is to provide health data for small areas across the United States.

Healthy People 2030

Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.

National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program

The CDC's National Environmental Public Health tracking Program is building a national integrated environmental and public health information system that supports national efforts to standardize and facilitate the electronic exchange of information. Linking environmental and health data will enable a timely response to potential health problems related to the environment.

~Dr. Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH, Former Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program is a nationwide network of health and environmental data, brought together for the purpose of improving the health of local communities. Three distinct areas are highlighted: