DNP Research Resources: Community Health Resources

Researching Communities

Health Statistics on the Web

 A Selected List of Health Data Tools and Statistics
 

Health Statistics Portals/Gateways 

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce (phPartners.org)

• Health Data Tools and Statistics
• http://phpartners.org/

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

• FastStats
• http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

National Data Sets and Statistics 

CDC Data and Statistics

• BRFSS - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  • http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/
• CDC WONDER (Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research)
  • http://wonder.cdc.gov/
• NHANES - National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 
  • http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm
• WISQARS – Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
  • http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html

SAMHSA - Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration http://samhsa.gov/

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) http://www.cms.gov/

State and Local Data Sets and Statistics

• State Health Facts Online (Kaiser Family Foundation) http://www.statehealthfacts.org   
• CDC SNAPS – Snap Shots of State Population Data http://emergency.cdc.gov/snaps/ 
• CHSI – Community Health Status Indicators  http://wwwn.cdc.gov/CommunityHealth/homepage.aspx?j=1
• America’s Health Rankings (United Health Foundation) http://www.americashealthrankings.org/
• County Health Rankings (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/ 

International Statistics

• World Health Organization – Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm 
• Global Health Facts.org http://globalhealthfacts.org
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) http://www.paho.org/

Other (General)

• U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/ 
• Fedstats http://www.fedstats.gov/