Research Guides: Finding Data: Health Data

Health Data Sources

National Health Data

The Center for Disease and Control is a main contributor to information about health and medicine in the United States. The CDC provides several ways to access their data:

CDC Data & Statistics
The landing page for all data and statistics compiled and created by the CDC.
CDC Fast Stats
Organizes statistics and statistical sources by subject area. An excellent place to browse for health data topics.
CDC Wonder
Searchable database of CDC data.

State Health Data

Kaiser Family Foundation: State Health Facts
Datasets about US health at the state level. Includes information on topics like health coverage/gaps and medicare.

International Health Data

World Health Organization: Global Health Observatory
Provides world health indicators from countries who are members of the World Health Organization (194 countries).