CIS 661 - Introduction to Health Informatics and Bioinformatics: Statistics Sources
A guide to library resources relevant to health informatics and bioinformatics methods and techniques involved in the integration of computer systems in medical centers and life science industries.
Your tax dollar at work ...
In addition to the resources listed below, check out the library's Government Documents library guide. The U.S. government produces vast amounts of data in all areas, including health.
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Health statistics provide information for understanding, monitoring, improving and planning the use of resources to improve the lives of people, provide services and promote their well being. But you need to know how to access and use those statistics.
The National Library of Medicine has a self-paced tutorial that describes the range of available health statistics, identifies their sources and helps you understand how to use information about their structure as you search. Follow this link to access the NLM tutorial.
Getting started
Click one of the sub-areas of health statistics to browse health statistics resources by topic. Following are a few good places to start:
- Michigan health dataCompiled by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH)
- State Health Facts (Kaiser Family Foundation)Up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data from all 50 states on more than 500 health topics.
- WHO Global Health ObservatoryThe Global Health Observatory (GHO) is WHO's portal providing access to data and analyses for monitoring the global health situation. It provides critical data and analyses for key health themes, as well as direct access to the full database. The GHO presents data from all WHO programs and provides links to supporting information.
Learn more
These resources will help your statistics seeking skills.
- HealthData.govA federal government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Goal is to make "high value health data more accessible to entrepreneurs, researchers, and policy makers", among others.
Other good places to start
- CDC WonderAccess to over twenty data sets, including MMWR, Cancer Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results, Fatal Accident Reporting, and National Occupational Mortality Surveillance.
- Census Bureau Population and economic data, as well as collections of facts on special topics like poverty, scams, health insurance, and more.
- KIDS COUNT Data CenterFrom the Annie E. Casey Foundation
- SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program)Premier source for cancer statistics in the U.S.
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