Medinfo Health Directory- Public Health and Safety

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World Health Organization Statistical Information System
Health and health-related statistical information.
http://www.who.int/whosis/

Compilation of Complementary/Alternative Healthcare Data
This manual attempts to facilitate efficient access to data from federally funded large-scale surveys which contain specific reference to chiropractic and complementary/alternative healthcare. [Short survey to be completed before access to manual...
http://w3.palmer.edu/carber/compilation/manualh...

Bacterial Foodborne Disease: Medical Costs and Productivity Losses
Report from the US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. "Microbial pathogens in food cause an estimated 6.5-33 million cases of human illness and up to 9,000 deaths in the United States each year."
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer741/

Food Surveys Research Group
Information relating to food consumption surveys conducted by USDA
http://www.barc.usda.gov/bhnrc/foodsurvey/

CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
The world's largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States.
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/

Safety and Health Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports on the number of workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.
http://www.bls.gov/iif/

Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online
A resource for free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 US states. View state profiles or compare state data by choosing from over 200 topics.
http://statehealthfacts.kff.org/

HCUPnet
A tool for identifying, tracking, analyzing, and comparing statistics on hospitals at the national, regional, and State level.
http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/hcupnet.htm

SSBR: Health Statistics
Health care statistics from the White House.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/health.html

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Serves as the statutory public advisory body to the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the area of health data and statistics.
http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/

The National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems
Health information to enhance the public's health. FAQs discuss vital statistics and who is collecting and accessing them.
http://www.naphsis.org/

Safety and Health Statistics
The statistics unit provides information on workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities that occur in Connecticut.
http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/osha/shstats.htm

AHRQ: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
Largest all-payer collection of hospital inpatient care statistical information in the United States. Includes a national database and the database of 22 states.
http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/

National Center for Health Statistics
Provides US public health statistics including diseases, pregnancies, births, aging, and mortality. Public use data files are available for download.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

Country Health Profiles - Pan American Health Organization
Data and analysis on health and related sociological factors in the nations of the Americas.
http://www.paho.org/english/country.htm