Public Health & Nursing Administrators: Statistical Resources
This subject guide lists FREE resources of interest to public health & nursing administrators
State Library Links
PubMed & PubMed Central
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PubMedPubMed, provided by the National Library of Medicine, contains over 37 million citations covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
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PubMed Central This link opens in a new windowPubMed, provided by the National Library of Medicine, contains over 2.2 million FREE FULL TEXT citations covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
Statistical Reports
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Health, United States 2011Health, United States is an annual report on trends in health statistics.
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Morbidity & Mortality Weekly ReportReports on the incidence of selected notifiable diseases by nation, region, and state.
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National Vital Statistics ReportsCovers provisional birth, death, marriage, and divorce statistics.
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Vital Statistics of the United StatesAnnual reports that present detailed vital statistics data, including natality, mortality, marriage and divorce. These reports are available for download or as bound volumes in many large public and university libraries.
Statistical Resources
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CDC WONDERProvides a single point of access to a wide variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data.
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Global Health Data ExchangeThe Global Health Data Exchange contains information about over 7,000 demographic, global public health and health-related data sources.
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National Library of Medicine (NLM): HSRR (Health Services and Sciences Research Resources) - ARCHIVEDInformation about research datasets and instruments/indices employed in Health Services Research, Behavioral and Social Sciences and Public Health with links to PubMed.
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U.S. Census BureauProvides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas.
State & County Statistics
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Alan Guttmacher Institute: State Center -- IowaIncludes: Contraception Counts, State Facts on Abortion, County-level tables, Teen Pregnancy Tables, State Policies
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CHSI: Community Health Status IndicatorshipProvides an overview of key health indicators for local communities to encourage dialogue about actions that can be taken to improve community health. The CHSI report was designed not only for public health professionals but also for members of the community who are interested in the health of their community.
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Iowa Health FactbookProvides a wealth of information pertinent to the health of Iowans. Much of this information is presented for each of Iowa's 99 counties and includes such knowledge as data on disease incidence and mortality.