Federal Government Resources
Links to federal government agency and organization websites.
Health Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
The mission of the National Center for Health Statistics is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. As the Nation's principal health statistics agency, it leads the way with accurate, relevant, and timely data |
National Vital Statistics System
National Vital Statistics System
The National Vital Statistics System is the oldest and most successful example of inter-governmental data sharing in Public Health and the shared relationships, standards, and procedures form the mechanism by which the National Vital Statistics System collects and disseminates the Nation's official vital statistics. These data are provided through contracts between National Vital Statistics System and vital registration systems operated in the various jurisdictions legally responsible for the registration of vital events – births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and fetal deaths. |
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
An interactive, online database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury, violent death, and cost of injury data from a variety of trusted sources. Researchers, the media, public health professionals, and the public can use Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System data to learn more about the public health and economic burden associated with unintentional and violence-related injury in the United States. |
Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research
Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research
An easy-to-use, menu-driven system that makes the information resources of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention available to public health professionals and the public at large. It provides access to a wide array of public health information. |