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- CDC Wonder
- Access to over twenty data sets, including MMWR, Cancer
Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results, Fatal Accident Reporting,
and National Occupational Mortality Surveillance. Register to save queries and results.
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Reports on special epidemiological topics, current vital statistics, state tabulated data, and more. Select Faststats A to Z for summary data.
- FedStats
- Statistics collected by more than seventy government agencies
including health related data. Data can be easily profiled by region to
the county level.
- Health and Healthcare in the United States: County and Metro Area Data
HSL Ref. WA900 .AA1 .H4328 1999
- Wide range of regional health statistics organized into broad
topics like demographics, vital statistics, healthcare resources, and
Medicare.
- Health, United States
HSL Ref. WA900 .AA1 .N277ha
- Annual compilation by the CDC and NCHS includes 146 tables divided
into four main categories: health status and determinants, utilization
of resources, health care resources, and health care expenditures. A
section of the print version presents a chartbook on a health topic.
- Healthy People 2010
HSL Ref. WA540 .AA1 .H434985 2000
- Defines the health objectives for the U.S. for the next decade. Continues the work started with Healthy People and Healthy People 2010.
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
HSL Ref. W2 .AA1 .M111
- Weekly publication presenting data on reportable diseases (such as
AIDS, hepatitis, and tuberculosis) broken down by region and state,
along with articles on specific epidemiological topics. The last issue
of the year includes annual summary data.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
HSL Ref. Desk HA202 Un17c
- Annual publication with sections covering vital statistics and
health and nutrition. Source information is provided for each table.
- Vital and Health Statistics
HSL Ref. W2 .AA1 .V836
- This series contains 24 different sets on a wide range of health
related topics. The data is a sample set, collected by survey and
examination. The statistics are usually three years old at the time of
publication. The set called Advanced Data provides current statistics, but does not go into as much detail.
- Vital Statistics of the United States
HSL Ref. W2 .AA1 .V8362
- Comprehensive vital statistics for the U.S. published annually from
1937-1993. Each year has four volumes: "Natality", "Mortality A",
"Mortality B", and "Marriage and Divorce". Electronic version started
with Natality, 1997. This publication is supplemented by National Vital Statistics Report which issues more current statistics in less detail. (HSL Ref. W2 .AA1 .M789).
Search the UNC-Chapel Hill Catalog for books and journal titles.
- Search Tip: To find books on specific disease statistics use a
subject heading and a subheading. For example, for breast cancer, use
the subject heading: breast neoplasms--epidemiology.
- For search assistance, go to the HSL guide:
Finding Journals.
Browse the Collection: Call number ranges for statistics are
W2 and WA900 - WA950
Search one of the following databases.
- PubMed
Indexes more than 3,900 medical and health sciences journals.
Access: No restrictions, UNC-Chapel Hill campus.
Students, faculty, and staff with a valid UNC-Chapel Hill 9-digit PID
(Person ID)or AHEC users affiliated with UNC-Chapel Hill with an AHEC
Digital Library account may access from off-campus (instructions).
- CINAHL via NC-LIVE
Focuses on nursing and allied health information.
Access: UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Students, faculty, and
staff with a valid UNC-Chapel Hill 9-digit PID (Person ID)or AHEC users
affiliated with UNC-Chapel Hill with an AHEC Digital Library account
may access from off-campus (instructions). Passwords are also available via most public libraries in North Carolina.
Check the UNC-Chapel Hill Catalog to see if the library has an electronic and/or print subscription to a journal. For assistance, go to: Finding Journals at the Health Sciences Library.
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