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Health Statistics
Resources on finding and utilizing health statistics.
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Local Data
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City Health DashboardIncludes 37 metrics across 5 domains: social & economic factors, physical environment, health behaviors, health outcomes, & clinical care. For the largest 500 US cities, it presents metrics calculated to the city level &, where possible, subcity level from multiple data sources.
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Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI 2015)An interactive web application that produces health profiles for all 3,143 counties in the US. From the CDC.
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County Health RankingsAn interactive application that lets you compare counties on numerous indicators.
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Data Driven DetroitAccessible, high-quality information & analysis to drive informed decision-making.
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US County Profiles (Global Burden of Disease - IHME)Provides profiles of each US county in terms of mortality rates for select causes, life expectancy at birth, & prevalence of select risk factors.
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Washtenaw County Public Health DepartmentSee especially Data & Publications.
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Global Data
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Europa World PlusOnline version of the Europa World Year Book & the Europa Regional Surveys of the World series.
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FAOSTAT (Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)Provides time-series & cross-sectional data relating to food and agriculture for some 200 countries.
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Global Health Data Exchange - GHDx (Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation)IHME's catalog of the world's health and demographic data.
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Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - DataSearch or browse by Topic (Health) and choose a Country.
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Pan American Health Organization Data & StatisticsSee also Regional Core Health Data Initiative (1995 - 2007).
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U.S. AID - Demographic and Health Surveys - DataTo compare data across countries & time, see STATcompiler .
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UK Economic & Social Data ServiceBrowse health topics by subject.
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UN DataSearch UN statistical databases from a single entry point.
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World Population DataChoose from indicators such as health & family planning on the interactive map, data visualization, & more. From the Population Reference Bureau.
State Data
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Area Health Resources File (Health Resources & Services Administration)Of particular interest are the Population and Economic Data by County.
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Health Risk Behaviors in the State of Michigan (MDCH)Annual report from the Michigan Department of Community Health.
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Health Statistics & Reports (Michigan Dept. of Health & Human Services)Contains information on a wide range of health-related issues, from vital statistics to birth defects to the Michigan BRFSS.
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Kids Count Data CenterMeasures of child well-being by state, across states, & by congressional district. Visualize data by rank, map, & line graph.
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Michigan's Open Data PortalInformation from the state of Michigan that includes a quick look at a variety of factors, including unemployment rate, 3rd-grade reading proficiency, crime rate, & children living in poverty.
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Michigan Annual Blood Lead Levels by Zip CodeFind the data following these steps:
1. Accept the Terms of Use by clicking the Agree button
2. These settings should already be set: Categories = Health; Content Areas =
Lead Exposure – Children; Indicators = Annual Blood Lead Levels
3. Select a Measure from the dropdown list
4. Click the Switch to Advanced Query button
5. At Geographic Level, select Zip Code from the dropdown menu
6.Select additional filters, if you wish
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Poverty in MichiganCombines publicly available data from the U.S. Census, United Way, CDC Community Health Indicators, & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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State Scorecard (The Commonwealth Fund)Compare health performance indicators & locations & generate custom tables & charts.
National Data
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City Health DashboardUnderstand & compare the health status & health risks in selected cities. Created by the NYU Dept. of Population Health, with support from the RWJ Foundation. Launched in early 2017 in four cities: Flint, MI; Kansas City, KS; Providence, RI; & Waco, TX, new cities will be added soon.
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Data & Statistics (CDC)Covers a variety of diseases & conditions.
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Data & Surveys (AHRQ)Latest statistical portraits of how health care is delivered in the US.
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data.HRSA.govInformation on US health care programs and the populations they serve.
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Health, United States (CDC)An annual report on trends in health statistics from the CDC.
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Health Data.govAn inventory of publicly available data sets and resources from various Dept. of Health & Human Resources vaults, including the CMS, CDC, FDA & NIH.
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Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)From the National Cancer Institute.
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IPUMS Health SurveysA harmonized set of data & documentation based on material in the public use files of the National Health Interview Survey.
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National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)See also National Health & Nutrition Examination (WebMIRS), a graphical Java program providing access to the NHANES II & III databases of medical survey data & x-ray images. From the CDC.
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Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (U.S. Census)The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, & economic organization of the US. Published 1878 - 2012.
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WONDER (Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research) (CDC)See also the Healthy People Databases for each decade.