PUB 315 Asking and Answering Scientific Questions in Public Health: Websites & Statistics
Websites
- World Health OrganizationThe United Nations public health arm. Monitors disease outbreaks, assesses the performance of health systems around the globe, maintains world epidemiological and statistical information, and other activities.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)The CDC is leading federal agency for protecting the health and safety of the people of the United States. Their "spotlights" section includes the latest information on emerging diseases.
Statistics resources
- CDC - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportContains data on specific diseases as reported by state and territorial health departments and reports on infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries, and intentional and unintentional injuries.
- CDC WonderContains statistics and data sets from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- National Center for Health StatisticsA major source of United States health data from a variety of sources and surveys.
- HealthData.govHealth-related datasets from across the U.S. Government