Health and Medical Guide to Health System Health Statistics Health information topics about Health Statistics: Children 1. Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health http://www.cdc.gov/omh/AMH/factsheets/infant.htm 2. Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs020712.htm 3. FASTATS: Child and Infant Health National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/children.htm 4. More Babies Born at Very Low Birth Weight Linked t Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r050124.htm 5. America's Children 2004: General Health Statu Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics http://www.childstats.gov/ac2004/health1.asp Directories 1. Statistical Agencies (International) Bureau of the Census http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html Law and Policy 1. How NCHS Protects Your Privacy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/policy/confiden.htm Men 1. FASTATS: Men's Health National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/mens_health.htm Newsletters/Print Publications 1. MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/ 2. Weekly Epidemiological Record World Health Organization http://www.who.int/wer/en/ Organizations 1. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Stat http://www.childstats.gov/ 2. World Health Organization http://www.who.int/en/ 3. Bureau of the Census http://www.census.gov/ 4. Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statist http://www.agingstats.gov/ 5. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/ 6. National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ Overviews 1. Health Disparities: A General Overview American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org/NPHW/facts/HealthDisparities.pdf 2. FASTATS: A to Z Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/ Seniors 1. Older Americans 2004: Population Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics http://www.agingstats.gov/chartbook2004/population.html 2. Older Americans 2004: Health Status Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics http://www.agingstats.gov/chartbook2004/healthstatus.html 3. Older Americans 2004: Health Risks and Behavior Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics http://www.agingstats.gov/chartbook2004/healthrisks.html 4. Profile of Older Americans Administration on Aging http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/profile/profiles2002.asp 5. Older Americans 2004: Health Care Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics http://www.agingstats.gov/chartbook2004/healthcare.html 6. Health, United States, 2004 National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm Specific Conditions 1. What Are Some of CDC's Key Findings Related t National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/findings.htm 2. Health Insurance Coverage: Estimates from the Nati National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/insur200412.pdf 3. Health Care Indicators: Hospital, Employment, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/statistics/health-indicators/default.asp 4. FASTATS: Leading Causes of Death National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm 5. Final 2000 Mortality Statistics Now Available National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/02facts/final2000.htm 6. Disparities in Health Literacy American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org/NPHW/facts/HealthLit-PHW04_Facts.pdf 7. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, a Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/iif/ 8. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/ 9. Americans Slightly Taller, Much Heavier Than 40 Ye National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r041027.htm 10. HHS Issues Report Showing Dramatic Improvements in National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r020912.htm 11. Leading Health Indicators Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/uih/uih_4.htm 12. Life Expectancy Hits Record High National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs050228.htm 13. Welcome to WISQARS (Web-Based Injury Statistics Qu National Center for Injury Prevention and Control http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/ 14. U.S. Pregnancy Rate Down from Peak; Births and Abo Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs031031.htm 15. Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org/NPHW/facts/RaceEth-PHW04_Facts.pdf 16. Provisional Tables on Births, Marriages, Divorces, National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/statab/unpubd/nvstab52.htm 17. PeriStats March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/peristats/ 18. State Health Facts Online Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/ 19. Percent of Persons of All Ages with a Usual Place National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/released200212/figure02_1.htm 20. Percent of Persons of All Ages Whose Health Was As National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/released200212/figures11_1-11_4.ht... Teenagers 1. Teen Birth Rate Continues to Decline; African-Amer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs031217.htm 2. Births to Youngest Teens at Lowest Levels National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r041115.htm Women 1. FASTATS: Women's Health National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/womens_health.htm 2. National Women's Health Indicators Database Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health http://www.healthstatus2000.com/owh/   Recommended Resources: [CaRP] Can't open cache file. [CaRP] Unable to create/open RSS cache file. [CaRP] Failed to open file: /home/medicalc/public_html/carp/autocache/c62b9f08975a3ce69acf5001c1be6fc0 [CaRP] Can't open remote newsfeed.