Open Access Public Health: Statistical Sources
Data & Statistics for Health
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - State SnapshotsState-specific information regarding health care quality including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.
- Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts OnlineThis resource contains the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.
- HRSA Geospatial Data WarehouseProvides a single point of access to Health Resources and Services Asministration (HRSA) programmatic information, related health resources, and demographic data that focuses on uninsured, underserved, and special needs populations.
- National Center for Health StatisticsCompiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of U.S. citizens.
- SAMHSA's Office of Applied StatisticsCollects the latest national data on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drug abuse including data on drug related emergency department episodes, medical examiner cases, and about the nation's substance abuse treatment system.
Multidisciplinary Data & Statistics
- FigshareProvides a repository where users can make all of their research, such as datasets, presentation slides, open lab notebooks, papers, media, figures, posters, code, theses, and filesets, available in citable, shareable, and discoverable manner.
- PolicyMapConsists of an online data and mapping tool used to access data about communities and markets across the US.
- Social ExplorerProvides free access to census, health, crime, and other kinds of data. Includes a mapping tool.