Strike directory section: Health Public_Health_and_Safety Statistics

Strike directory section: Health Public_Health_and_Safety Statistics

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Country Health Profiles - Pan American Health Organization - http://www.paho.org/english/country.htm
Data and analysis on health and related sociological factors in the nations of the Americas.

National Center for Health Statistics - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
Provides US public health statistics including diseases, pregnancies, births, aging, and mortality. Public use data files are available for download.

AHRQ: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) - http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/
Largest all-payer collection of hospital inpatient care statistical information in the United States. Includes a national database and the database of 22 states.

Safety and Health Statistics - http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/osha/shstats.htm
The statistics unit provides information on workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities that occur in Connecticut.

The National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems - http://www.naphsis.org/
Health information to enhance the public's health. FAQs discuss vital statistics and who is collecting and accessing them.

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics - http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/
Serves as the statutory public advisory body to the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the area of health data and statistics.

World Health Organization Statistical Information System - http://www.who.int/whosis/
Health and health-related statistical information.

SSBR: Health Statistics - http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/health.html
Health care statistics from the White House.

HCUPnet - http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/hcupnet.htm
A tool for identifying, tracking, analyzing, and comparing statistics on hospitals at the national, regional, and State level.

Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online - http://statehealthfacts.kff.org/
A resource for free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 US states. View state profiles or compare state data by choosing from over 200 topics.

Safety and Health Statistics - http://www.bls.gov/iif/
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports on the number of workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.

CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/
The world's largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States.

Food Surveys Research Group - http://www.barc.usda.gov/bhnrc/foodsurvey/
Information relating to food consumption surveys conducted by USDA

Bacterial Foodborne Disease: Medical Costs and Productivity Losses - http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer741/
Report from the US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. "Microbial pathogens in food cause an estimated 6.5-33 million cases of human illness and up to 9,000 deaths in the United States each year."

Compilation of Complementary/Alternative Healthcare Data - http://w3.palmer.edu/carber/compilation/manualhome.asp
This manual attempts to facilitate efficient access to data from federally funded large-scale surveys which contain specific reference to chiropractic and complementary/alternative healthcare. [Short survey to be completed before access to manual - ed]

Resource Center Fast Facts - http://www.aha.org/aha/resource_center/fastfacts/fast_facts_US_hospitals.html
Compilations of statistics from federal sources, arranged by disease or geographic area. Includes links to more in-depth online resources. From the National Center for Health Statistics.