Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Data & Statistics
As the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people, CDC also compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of the Nation. Working with partners throughout the health community, we use a variety of approaches to efficiently obtain information from the sources most able to provide information. We collect data from birth and death records, medical records, interview surveys, and through direct physical exams and laboratory testing. CDC's national programs form key elements of our national public health infrastructure, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships.
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Global Youth Tobacco Survey
In collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHSA), CDC's Global Tobacco Office on Smoking and Health has released the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) datasets for 1999. The GYTS is the largest international public health surveillance system ever developed, there are currently over 160 countries active in the GYTS. Datasets for 2000-2004 will be released over the coming months. ...more
Women's Health and Mortality Chartbook
The Women's Health and Mortality Chartbook, a collection of current State data on critical issues of relevance to women's health, ranks each State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in 27 indicators, including major causes of death, health risk factors, preventive care, and health insurance coverage. The chartbook also maps each indicator so that State and regional patterns can be discerned. The information in the chartbook is drawn from Healthy Women: State Trends in Health and Mortality, the electronic data warehouse on minority and women's health....more
NIOSH Worker Health Chartbook, 2004
The Worker Health Chartbook, 2004 is available online. It includes more than 400 figures and tables describing the magnitude, distribution, and trends of the Nation's workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. Produced by CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)....more
2003 BRFSS Data and Documentation
2003 BRFSS Behavorial Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data sets are now available. The BRFSS is conducted annually in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. It is the largest telephone-based health surveillance system in the world, with over 266,000 interviews in 2003....more
New Injury Data and Resources Website
NCHS announces the availability of a new website containing access to national level injury data. The site provides details on the NCHS injury morbidity and mortality data collection systems including methods of identifying injury within the surveys and coding schemes used to collect and categorize the data....more