Statistics and Datasets: Health and Health Care

The FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.

Data and statistics by topic with at least 30 topics covered including chronic diseases, diabetes, and healthy aging. Additional tools and resources provide access to a comprehensive range of surveys managed by CDC including health indicators and tribal health data.

Some NCHS data systems and surveys are ongoing annual systems while others are conducted periodically. There are four major data collection programs at NCHS: Nat'l Health Care Survey, Nat'l Health Interview Survey, Nat'l Health & Nutrition Examination Survey, and the Nat'l Vital Statistics System.

The National Health Care Surveys are designed to answer key questions of interest to health care policy makers, public health professionals, and researchers. These can include the factors that influence the use of health care resources, the quality of health care, including safety, and disparities in health care services provided to population subgroups in the United States. Includes links to surveys, datasets, and research.

Provides access to data on registration of vital events – births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and fetal deaths. Also includes links to research studies based on data. NCHS works in partnership with the vital registration systems in each jurisdiction to produce critical information on such topics as teenage births and birth rates, prenatal care and birth weight, risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes, infant mortality rates, leading causes of death, and life expectancy.

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. The survey is unique in that it combines interviews and physical examinations. Includes links to surveys, datasets, and research.

The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has monitored the health of the nation since 1957. NHIS data on a broad range of health topics are collected through personal household interviews. Links include access to surveys, datasets, and research.

Monitors childhood immunization coverage. NCHS also periodically conducts longitudinal components to our major ongoing surveys, such as the Longitudinal Studies of Aging, which were conducted in conjunction with the National Health Interview Survey. Data coverage began in April 1994.

Obtains information on factors affecting birth and pregnancy rates, adoptions, and maternal and infant health, and supplements the information obtained on birth certificates collected through the National Vital Statistics System.

Collaborative project of National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA). It is a multicohort study of persons 70 years of age and over designed primarily to measure changes in the health, functional status, living arrangements, and health services utilization of two cohorts of Americans as they move into and through the oldest ages.

Data collected used to produce state-level data on such topics as the health of children with special needs, to meet the data needs of our colleagues in HHS' Maternal and Child Health Bureau and elsewhere.

The United Nations Statistics Division collects, compiles and disseminates official demographic and social statistics on a wide range of topics. Data have been collected since 1948 through a set of questionnaires dispatched annually to over 230 national statistical offices and have been published in the Demographic Yearbook collection. The Demographic Yearbook disseminates statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce, as well as respective rates, on an annual basis. The Demographic Yearbook census datasets cover a wide range of additional topics including economic activity, educational attainment, household characteristics, housing characteristics, ethnicity, language, foreign-born and foreign population.

NHS England publishes statistics on a range of health and care subjects. These statistics are used to inform debate, decision-making and research both within government and by the wider community.

Data sources from United Nations databases.

Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are nationally-representative household surveys that provide data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health, and nutrition.

The DHS Program STATcompiler allows users to make custom tables based on hundreds of demographic and health indicators across more than 70 countries. Customize tables to view indicators by background characteristics, over time, and across countries.

The Global Health Observatory (GHO) is an interactive health statistics database containing information from 194 World Health Organization member countries. Also search for data sets and data visualizations.

The World Health Statistics data collections portal provides access to data collection databases by topic, country and regions.

View this MU Resource Guide to learn how to access All of Us data from the NIH. The All of Us Research Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, is a historic effort to collect and study data from a diverse cohort of one million or more participants living in the United States. Researchers can interact with All of Us data through the Research Hub.

Search this portal and download datasets available from several U.S. health agencies. Topics include environmental health, medical devices, Medicare & Medicaid, social services, community health, mental health, and substance abuse.

Focus on health care economic data. Much of their data is longitudinal and includes Healthcare Cost and Utilization (hospital); Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (American health status and utilization); and State Snapshots (state-specific health care quality information.)

HCUP is the nation’s most comprehensive source of hospital data, including information on in-patient care, ambulatory care, and emergency department visits. HCUP enables researchers, insurers, policymakers and others to study health care delivery and patient outcomes over time, and at the national, regional, state, and community levels.

Documents variations in how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States. The project uses Medicare data to provide information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as hospitals and their affiliated physicians.

Includes cancer statistics by topic as well as aggregate reported data. Includes breakdowns for common cancer types, geographic area and demographic subgroups.

NIDA monitors the prevalence and trends regarding drug abuse in the United States. Resources cover a variety of drug related issues, including information on drug usage, emergency room data, prevention and treatment programs, and other research findings.

SAMHSA has five data collections - Emergency Dept Data (DAWN); Substance Abuse Facilities Data (NSSATS); Mental Health Facilities Data (NMHSS); Client Level Data (TEDS); and Population Data (NSDUH). Also access SAMHSA’s public use data files, analysis tools, and evidence-based practices here. Link is provided to ask for data.

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) measures:
use of illegal drugs, prescription drugs, alcohol, and tobacco
mental disorders, treatment, and co-occurring substance use and mental disorders
The data provides estimates of substance use and mental illness at the national, state, and sub-state levels. NSDUH data also help to identify the extent of substance use and mental illness among different sub-groups, estimate trends over time, and determine the need for treatment services.