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Finding Health-Related Statistics

Objectives

After completing Finding Health-Related Statistics, you will:
  1. understand who collects health statistics and how they are used
  2. have a good places to start looking for the health-related statistics you need using the resources described 
  3. understand the major data collection efforts of the federal government, particulary those of the National Center for Health Statistics and other divisions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
  4. know the definitions of major statistical terms