HEALTH STATISTICS

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Compiled by Frank Stitt MBBS FRACP
Online Medical Education, Sydney, Australia

  1. Demographic and Health Surveys
    "since 1984, has conducted national surveys on fertility, family planning, maternal and child health and household living conditions; funded primarily by USAID in collaboration with developing country institutions"
  2. Evidence For Health Policy (WHO)
    "site contains statistics and statistical tables on current activities relating to epidemiology and the burden of disease, cost-effectiveness of health care interventions, and health systems assessment and reform, including quality of care, ethical issues, financing, and resource allocation"
  3. Global HIV/AIDS and STD Surveillance
    contains the 'Report On the Global HIV/AIDS epidemic - June 1998' and Epidemiological Fact Sheets by country; a joint effort of WHO and UNAIDS that collaborates closely with national AIDS programmes and national and international institutions"
  4. Health Statistics: Finding and Using Them
    "assists user in understanding health statistics sources and internet resources (health statistics portals) and to find methods, sources and related literature; prepared by Dan Melnick, Ph.D. for the (U.S.) National Library of Medicine"
  5. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base (U.S. Census Bureau)
    A compilation of AIDS pandemic and HIV seroprevelance information in developing countrires; data is from studies appearing in the medical and scientific literature, presented at international conferences, and appearing in the press; includes links to related statistical www sites"
  6. HNP (Health, Nutrition and Population) Stats
    "offers country data sheets showing summary indicators for health status, health determinants, and health finance; tables organized by country or topic; need access to MS Excel '97 or downloadable Excel Viewer to download tables; site is maintained by the World Bank"
  7. International Classification of Diseases
    "contains access to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) - used to code and classify mortality data from death certificates - and the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-CM) - used to code and classify morbidity data from the inpatient and outpatient records and physician offices; user can download complete files with adobe acrobat"
  8. MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Series)
    "prepared by the (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; based on weekly reports by state health agencies; also included recommendations and reports, surveillance summaries for notable diseases"
  9. National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
    "contains statistical information that guides actions and policies to improve the health of the American people"
  10. Statistical Resources on the Web
    "a comprehensive site with links to numerous broad and specific subject based websites; for access to health related sites and the more specific subject listings, click on 'health' icon; maintained by the (U.S.) University of Michigan"
  11. Weekly Epidemiological Report (WHO)
    "a World Health Organization instrument for the rapid and accurate dissemination of epidemiological information on cases and outbreaks of diseases under the International Health Regulations and other communicable diseases of public health importance"
  12. World AIDS Statistics
    "contains AIDS case information for selected countries classified by subpopulation and geographic area; the source data is compiled and maintained by the Health Studies Branch, International Programs Center (IPC), Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census; from HIV InSite"
  13. World Health Organization Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
    "demographical, epidemeological, and statistical information about diseases, public health issues, and medical conditions; includes a keyword search engine"

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