Social Work: Statistical Information

Data.gov does not host data directly, but rather aggregates metadata about open data resources in one centralized location.

Data are included for all the objectives and subgroups identified in the Healthy People 2020.

The Guide to HHS Surveys and Data Resources is a compilation of information about all major data collection systems sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The mission of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people.

Regular issues cover provisional birth, death, marriage, and divorce statistics.
Four to six special reports are issued per year. Special reports cover final data on births for the previous year, and special topic analyses are issued from time to time.

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) collects and evaluates thousands of health statistics to measure progress toward state and national health objectives. These numbers also provide the basis for developing and implementing public health strategies for disease prevention and health promotion.

The American Community Survey helps local officials, community leaders and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities. It is the premier source for detailed information about the American people and workforce.

The DataWarehouse for all government related health and medical statistics and surveys - as well as links to other agencies outside the US government that have more information.

These reports provide early release of data from the National Center for Health Statistics' health and demographic surveys. Many of these releases are followed by detailed reports in the Vital and Health Statistics series.

Links to data and statistics of U.S. Federal agencies.

151 Trend tables on a variety of topics: ambulatory care, determinats of measures of health, inpatient care, national health expenditures, state health expenditures and more. Topics vary every year. Data for each table in the report (for each year back to 1993) are available in an Excel spreadsheet.

"The prevention agenda for the Nation" -- in addition to the prevention agenda, data is available on Statics & Surveillance and an interactive database system (DATA2010) which contains the most recent monitoring data for tracking Healthy People 2010.

The Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program provides data on illnesses and injuries on the job and data on worker fatalities. Access data via a select list of the most requested and popular IIF statistics or use the links to create a customized table of data.

Topics covered include live tables, trends in pregnancies & births, mortality, marriages & divorces, and more.

(CDC) Makes data available via WISQARS -- Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System, pronounced "whiskers" -- an interactive database system, that provides injury-related mortality data useful for research and for making informed public health decisions.

NLM meta-site for: Associations, Data Sets & Sources, Federal Agencies, Epidemiology & Health Stats, Evidence Based Medicine & Health Technology Assessment, Funding, Health Economics & Policy, Informatics, Rural Health, and State Health

Effective safety management systems are data-driven and supported with scientific research and statistics. We use this knowledge to understand and prevent injury, ultimately leading to a safer world.