Nursing Experts: Translating the Evidence - Public Health Nursing

Provides information on the state of Illinois having physician and/or Federal health professional shortage areas.

Review, explore, and compare health-related data over time and across communities.

Find health rankings for your state and county

State of Illinois Data Portal

The purpose of this Web site is to make information about the quality of health in Illinois communities available to the public, and highlight socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities that may exist.

IQuery is a web-based community health data query system maintained by the Illinois Department of Public Health. It has data from multiple sources and can be accessed by most browsers.

Map of Illinois Health Departments

"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.

A CDC product for finding epidemiological data especially vital statistics.

This major government agency offers many statistical resources on multiple topics. To find statistical information through this resource, it is important to have a defined search strategy.

An alphabetical list of various health related topics including conditions and care.

Online version of the print publication focusing on disease surveillance.

The Health Statistics and Numerical Data subject guide includes some of the major sources of health and general statistics in the United States and a brief list of international resources.

Online version of the print title. Topics covered include life tables, trends in pregnancies & births, mortality, marriages & divorces, and more. (Prior to volume 48 (1999), name was Monthly Vital Statistics Report.)

The Census Bureau is the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.

Quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography. Includes data for all cities of at least 25,000 people.

The most comprehensive source of both Census data and GIS files for all census in the US (that's right - all the way back to 1790!)

IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community context. Data and services available free of charge.

A new nationwide survey designed to provide estimates of demographic, housing, social, and economic characteristics every year for all states, as well as for all cities, counties, metropolitan areas, and population groups of 65,000 people or more.

Produced by the Network of the National Library of Medicine, Region 6, this site is an interactive resource to facilitate awareness of evidence-based health needs throughout Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Data Resources

Evidence By Topic Database

Research, Statistics, Data & Systems

Envirofacts

Data Analysis & Progress Reporting

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics

Food and Nutrition Service - Data & Statistics