NU 456: Population-Based Healthcare: Statistical Information on Health

Locate County and City officials.

Links to information about Alabama's cities and towns.

Information about Jacksonville State University and its students, staff and faculty.

"QuickFacts includes statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with more than 5,000 people."

Data from state and metropolitan levels with data from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor and Statistics, and Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Contains A-Z index of hazardous substances and fact sheets on those substances,

The EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment.

NOTE: Links to more statistics on the left hand side of the page.

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is the primary state health agency for the state of Alabama.

This site has Cancer Facts and Figures; Colorectal Cancer Facts; Cancer Facts and Figures for African Americans plus clinical trials and much more.

The UNM Center for Native American Health (CNAH) at the University of New Mexico's Health Sciences Center (UNMHSC) was established in 2002 to build and strengthen health alliances between Native American communities and the University, for the overall purpose of improving Native American health in New Mexico.

Numerous statistical data and reports. A good site to go for health statistics. Also a very useful Wellness website. It covers nutrition, physical activity and obesity at the local school

Useful headings here include Research, Monitoring Programs, and Statisitics, Trends and Reports. Links lead to more specific information

Ranks counties by various health standards. This site provides an excellent summary of county health data.

The gateway to statistics for over 100 U.S. Federal Agencies. Statistics can be found by agency, subject or by a search engine.

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an individual’s or a group’s perceived physical and mental health over time.

Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.

A to Z health topics with information on Drugs and videos.

The CDC's MMWR series is the agency’s primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations.

You will find a great deal of information regarding health at all age levels, gender and ethnic groups.

The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) serves as an essential instrument for the rapid and accurate dissemination of epidemiological information on cases and outbreaks of diseases under the International Health Regulations and on other communicable diseases of public health importance, including emerging or re-emerging infections.

WHO's Global Health Observatory theme pages provide data and analyses on global health priorities. Each theme page provides information on global situation and trends highlights, using core indicators, database views, major publications and links to relevant web pages on the theme.

An excellent search engine for finding government information at the National, State and Local level.

This course from the National Libraries of Medicine describes the range of available health statistics, identifies their sources and helps you understand how to use information about their structure as you search.