Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
United States Census Bureau
HealthData.gov
Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care (DAHC)
Academic Journal Databases
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4. Finding Health Statistics Exercises
World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is an agency within the United Nations. They provide leadership on global health issues. WHO collects and compiles a wide range of data used to monitor and assess health trends worldwide. For example:
The Global Health Observatory Data Repository contains a list of indicators on priority health topics, including morbidity and mortality estimates, child health and nutrition, immunization, health systems, environmental health, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and others.
The World Health Statistics Report, a yearly publication of the WHO, presents the most recent health statistics of its 194 Member States. It provides detailed charts, tables, and figures on nine areas: