Health

Main Agencies:

• AHRQ - Agency for HealthCare Research & Quality Produces and disseminates scientific and policy relevant information about the cost, quality, access and medical effectiveness of health care. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - continuing longitudinal survey to produce national estimates for health insurance coverage, health care use and expenditures, and sources of payment for health services. Also, national survey of nursing homes and their residents.
• National Cancer Institute
  Annual reports, fast stats, interactive mapping and data retrieval 
• National Center for Health Statistics
  Summary reports and downloable data files on all aspects of the nation's health. 
• Selected International Health Resources

Selected sources:

• AgingStats.gov
• Atlas of United States Mortality
  graphically illustrates 18 causes of mortality in the US from 1988-1992. Mortality is broken down geographically for causes such as heart disease, cancers, motor vehicle injuries and homicide. Refer to Reader's Guide in introductory chapter for full explanation.
• CDC Wonder
  Single point of access to a variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and numeric health data.
• DataFerrett
  DataFerrett is an application that ferrets out data on The DataWeb. TheDataWeb is network of online data libraries. Topics include, census data, economic data, health data, income and unemployment data, population data, labor data, cancer data, crime and transportation data, family dynamics, vital statistics data. You will need to install DataFerrett application.
• Health, United States
  available in the Government Publications Library's reference collection: HE 20.7042/6:. This annual publication presents national trends in public health statistics. Each report is divided into two major sections: first, a chartbook consisting of charts and text and second, detailed tables organized into four major areas - health status and determinants, utilization of health resources, health care resources and health care expenditures.
• Monthly Vital Statistics Report now National Vital Statistics Reports
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Oncology Statistics
  •  National Cancer Institute selected tools
    • State Cancer Profiles
      Interactive graphics and maps provide quick and easy access to cancer statistics at the national, state and county level. Statistics are displayed by geographic region, race/ethnicity, cancer site, age, and sex
    • Cancer Statistics Review
      Tables and graphs displaying cancer statistics by cancer site, year of diagnosis, age, race, sex, and geography, diagnosed between 1975 and 2001.
    • SEER
      Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute is an authoritative source of information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States.  A free account must be created to use the Public Data.  The SEER Program currently collects and publishes cancer incidence and survival data from 14 population-based cancer registries and three supplemental registries covering approximately 26 percent of the US population.
  • American Cancer Society 
    The ACS tracks cancer occurrence, including the number of deaths, cases, and how long people survive after diagnosis. ACS also tracks data regarding behaviors that influence the risk of developing cancer and the use of screening tests.
  • Maryland Center for Cancer Surveillance and Control
    Annual report, information on Maryland Cancer Registry
  • World Health Organization Cancer Mortality Database
• Social Security Statistics
• Sociometrics 
  Consists of over 200 data sets focused on: AIDS/STD, Disability in the U.S, American Family Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Aging Maternal Drug Abuse. Johns Hopkins Population Center is a member.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics
• Vital Statistics of the US
  available in the Government Publications Library's general collection: HE 20.6210:
• White House Social Statistics Briefing Room
  includes current statistical data on education and other social topics, and provides links to the government agency responsible for collecting the information.

In addition, search for health datasets in the ICPSR General data Archives; Special Topic Archives related to Health. See also, Statistical Resources on the Web (Health) via the University of Michigan Government Documents.