HLTH 115: Introduction to Health Studies (BMC)

The 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 programmes and provides links to supporting information.
An important report is the World Health Report, published annually. You can find the core health indicators for countries here.

OECD iLibrary contains limited statistics and datasets released by OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF)

A one-stop data source for health, nutrition and population indicators from various national and international data sources. It provides direct access to more than 100 indicators, with time series for countries and country groups from 1960 to the most recent year, where data are available.

A useful directory provided by the US Census Bureau.

The National Center for Health Statistics is the principal health statistics agency that compiles statistical information to provide a credible, public resource for health information. Homepage links to FastStats (A-Z) and major data collection systems!

Statehealthfacts.org is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and is designed to provide free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states. Statehealthfacts.org provides data on more than 700 health topics and is linked to both the Kaiser Family Foundation website and Kaiser Health News.

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984. This is a state-based system of health surveys that collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices, and health care access primarily related to chronic disease and injury. For many states, the BRFSS is the only available source of timely, accurate data on health-related behaviors.

A data hub leveraging information gathered from government and non-government partners to serve up community health data. Indicators can be found by searching or choosing from a selection pane of topics. Results can be refined by applying additional filters. Links to data source with detailed guidance on data characteristics and limitations.

Provides information on the size and distribution of our population.