Data Literacy - Datasets: Health

This page compiles key sources of information found on the NCHS website for those who are interested in analysis of NCHS data as well as documentation and methodology of NCHS data systems.

Focus on health care economic data. Much of their data is longitudinal and includes Healthcare Cost and Utilization (hospital); Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (American health status and utilization); and State Snapshots (state-specific health care quality information.)

CDC Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) is a public resource. This application makes many health-related data sets available to CDC staff, public health departments, researchers, and others.

Under the advanced search, you can limit to studies with results.

CMS has developed a system for facilities to submit staffing information – Payroll Based Journal (PBJ).

Find Structured Product Labeling (SPL) resources.

Data can be viewed by topic, region, or hospital. Also reports and key issues can be explored including racial disparities, end of life care, and the physician workforce.

Click Data Catalog to find the search. Preview what the data contains.

A platform to provide access to datasets from selected NLM resources.

This initial release allows users to retrieve genome sequence and annotation data by taxonomic name (common and scientific), taxonomy ID or assembly accession. More to come.

A national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients' perspectives of hospital care.

A federal government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

The Area Health Resources Files (AHRF) include data on Health Care Professions, Health Facilities, Population Characteristics, Economics, Health Professions Training, Hospital Utilization, Hospital Expenditures, and Environment at the county, state and national levels, from over 50 data sources.

Collaborative project of National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA).

LTCfocus.org provides data on nursing home long-term care in the US.

Monitors childhood immunization coverage.

Links to surveys, topics, data, and more.

Select the topic you're interested in, and then go to the data sources to find out where the data is.

Look under Research & Training to find Research Data, Measures & Resources to find more data resources.

The NIDA Data Share web site is an electronic environment that allows data from completed clinical trials to be distributed to investigators and the public in order to promote new research, encourage further analyses, and disseminate information to the community.

Find repositories

This is a list of data resources.

Find reports and data

Some NCHS data systems and surveys are ongoing annual systems while others are conducted periodically. There are links to the surveys as well as lists of data collected in those surveys.

Find data on COVID in SA

Information about public funds

The purpose and ultimate goal of the TCR is to collect, maintain, and disseminate the highest quality cancer data that will contribute towards cancer prevention and control—improving diagnoses, treatment, survival, and quality of life for all cancer patients.

Texas statistics from the ACS Cancer Statistics Center

THCIC's charge is to collect data and report on health care activity in hospitals and health maintenance organizations operating in Texas.

This site contains public data and statistics on various health topics.

National information and technology partner to the health and social care system of the UK. Find data and reports under the data menu.

The Statistics Division is responsible for the collection and dissemination of economic and social statistics and the provision of assistance to Member States.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

Create custom tables based on hundreds of demographic and health indicators across more than 70 countries.

Use the data menu to drill down. Check under Global Health Observatory to search by theme or indicator.