• Baltimore City Statistics - Urban Health Institute - Johns Hopkins University
• 2003 Kids Count Factbook for Baltimore City
• Childhood Blood Level Surveillance, Maryland 1998 - Maryland Department of the Environment
• Child Death Report 2003 - Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Child Deaths in Maryland 2002, 2001, 1999-2000 - Maryland Child Fatality Review Team
• Health Disparities in Maryland and Maryland compared with United States - Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Healthy Maryland Chartbook 2002 - Maryland Community Health Administration
• Lead Statistics by Mapping - Maryland Department of the Environment
• Maryland Annual Vital Statistics Reports
• Maryland: At-A-Glance
• Maryland Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (requires registration, which is free)
• National Center for Health Statistics
• State Health Facts Online - Kaiser Family Foundation -- includes state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.
• State Health Profiles - National Center for Health Statistics -- Excel files of the data used to produce the State Health Profiles publications.
• State Health Rankings - United Health Group
  

• CDC Wonder - provides customized access to databases of CDC reports, guidelines and numeric data sets
  
• Healthy People 2000:Mid-Course Review and 1995 Revisions - Public Health Service
• HHS Data Council Gateway to Data and Statistics - Department of Health & Human Services
• MEDLINEplus: Health Statistics - National Library of Medicine - Includes general and specific conditions statistics, links to other statistical sources, and statistics from news sources.
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - Centers for Disease Control
• National Center for Health Statistics - Centers for Disease Control
  • Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics
  • FASTATS A to Z
  • Health, United States
  • Monthly Vital Statistics Report
  • National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
  • National Health Care Survey
  • National Vital Statistics Report
  • Vital and Health Statistics Series
  • Vital Statistics of the United States
    
• State Health Facts Online - Kaiser Family Foundation -- includes state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.
  
• State Health Profiles, 2001 - National Center for Health Statistics -- Excel files of the data used to produce the State Health Profiles publications.
• State Health Rankings - United Health Group
• WISQARS -- an interactive system from the CDC that provides customized injury and mortality data for the United States and individual states.

• Demographic and Health Surveys
• Eurosurveillance Weekly and Eurosurveillance Monthly
• World Health Organization
• Pan American Health Organization
• Canadian Institute for Health Information
• Statistics Canada

• Baltimore City Department of Planning
  Statistics for Baltimore City neighborhoods. The Neighborhood Profiles link provides data from the 2000 Census for each of Baltimore's Neighborhood Statistical Areas. The profiles offer a general demographic portrait that shows changes since 1990 and compares individual neighborhoods to citywide totals for categories such as population, age, family household type and housing characteristics. Click the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance link -- Access Data -- for more statistical information. Community Statistics Area Census 2000 Profiles from the Maryland Department of Planning contains Baltimore neighborhood statistics.
  
  
• Baltimore City Statistics - Urban Health Institute - Johns Hopkins University
  
  
• BMC Online - Baltimore Metropolitan Council
  
  
• 2004 kids count Data Book - Advocates for Children and Youth
  
  
• 2001 Maryland KIDS COUNT Factbook - Advocates for Children and Youth
  
  
• 2003 Kids Count Factbook for Baltimore City - Advocates for Children and Youth
  
  
• Maryland: At-A-Glance - State Health Facts Online from the Kaiser Family Foundation
  
  
• Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
  
  
• Maryland Demographics - Maryland Subject Guide from the Enoch Pratt Free Library
  
  
• Maryland QuickFacts - U. S. Census Bureau
  
  
• Maryland State Data Center
  A wealth of Maryland state statistical information from the Maryland Department of Planning including 2000 census data, historic census numbers, and census projections. Included are statistics on population, race, age, households, labor force, jobs, income and school enrollment. Information can be found for the state, counties, congressional districts, census tracts, place, block groups, and zip codes. Census 2000 Data and Projections are good places to start. Under Other Excellent Sites link to the Community Statistics Area Census 2000 Profiles for statistics on Baltimore neighborhoods. Feel free to contact the Maryland State Data Center for help using the site.
  

• CensusScope - University of Michigan - This site provides census data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas.
• Current Population Reports - Census Bureau
• EconData.Net - Over 600 links to state and regional socioeconomic data sources, arranged by subject and provider.
• KIDS COUNT Census Data Online
  
• U.S. Census Bureau - Includes Statistical Abstract of the United States, and the State and Metropolitan Area Data Book. Also provides access to the Census State Data Centers.
• U.S. Census Bureau's American FactFinder -- a "user friendly" interface to find information about a specific place--state, county,community or congressional district.
• U.S. Census Bureau - maps (for street level maps that combine physical and political features with demographic data.)
• United States Historical Census Data Browser (1790-1970) - Harvard University
• County and City Data Books 1988, 1994 - University of Virginia
• 1990 Census Basic Tables Demographic Profile Generator- University of Missouri, St. Louis
• Population Reference Bureau

• Infonation - United Nations
• Population Reference Bureau
  
• International DataBase - U.S. Census Bureau
• NationMaster
  Creates comparative charts for countries by population using the CIA World Factbook and statistics from other sources. Users can make their own graphs or tables for comparison of countries on a number of topics including crime, education, economy, health and environment.
  
• World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency

• American College of Surgeons, National Trauma Data Bank - Annual Report 2005
• Maryland Family Health Administration - Bicycle Crash Statistics, United States
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control - injury fact sheets
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control - state injury profiles
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• National Safety Council (selected statistics)
• Surveillance for Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries - United States, 2001 - Centers for Disease Control

• Administration on Aging
• Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being - Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
• Social Security Administration - Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics

• AIDS - Maryland - Maryland AIDS Administration
• Aids Surveillance Report - Centers for Disease Control
• Countries and Regions data - HIV InSite, University of California, San Francisco
• HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base - Centers for Disease Control
• Trends in the HIV and AIDS Epidemic-U.S., 1998 - Centers for Disease Control
  
• UNAIDS
- The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

ALCOHOLISM see DRUG ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

ALLERGY AND ASTHMA

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - Asthma Statistics
• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - Allergy Statistics
• Asthma in Maryland 2003 - Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Maryland Family Health Administration and the Maryland Asthma Control Program
  
• Asthma in America
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute - Asthma Statistics
  
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Allergy Statistics
  

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

• Alzheimer's Association
  
• National Center for Health Statistics

• Pregnancy, birth, abortion rates by state - Alan Guttmacher Institute
• Teenage pregnancy, birth, abortion rates by state - Alan Guttmacher Institute

BURNS

• American Burn Association

CANCER

• American Cancer Society
• American College of Surgeons National Cancer Data Base
  • Patterns of Diagnosis and Treatment for Selected Cancers Diagnosed 1997- 2001
  • Five-Year Observed Survival Rates by AJCC Stage of Disease for Selected Cancers Diagnosed 1995-1996
• Cancer Mondial. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
• National Cancer Institute
  • Cancer Mortality Maps and Graphs
  • Cancer Statistics
  • Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program
• Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene -- Annual Cancer Report - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

CHILD ABUSE

• Current Trends in Child Abuse Prevention and Fatalities: The 2000 Fifty State Survey - National Center on Child Abuse Prevention Research
• Child Maltreatment Reports 1995 through 2004 - U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Total Estimated Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States - Prevent Child Abuse America

CHILDREN

• 2004 kids count Data Book - Advocates for Children and Youth
• 2001 Maryland KIDS COUNT Factbook - Advocates for Children and Youth
• America's Children in Brief 2004 - Also links to previous reports back to 1997
• ChildStats.gov - Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
• KIDS COUNT Census Data Online - Annie E. Casey Foundation
• State of the World's Children 2001 - A UNICEF site that includes tables on economic and social statistics in 193 nations of the world with particular reference to children's well-being.
  

COSMETIC AND PLASTIC SURGERY

• Procedural Statistics Trends 1992-2003 - American Society of Plastic Surgeons

• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics - brings together data from more than 100 sources about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States.
• U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics

• National Center for Health Statistics

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

• National Center for Health Statistics

• Disability Statistics Center, University of California, San Francisco

DRUG ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Office of Applied Studies
  • Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)
  • National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

HEALTH CARE FINANCING

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

• Agency for Health Care Policy & Research

HEALTH PERSONNEL

• National Center for Health Workforce Information and Analysis

HEART DISEASE AND STROKE

• American Heart Association
• Cardiovascular Diseases -- Maryland 2001 - Maryland Family Health Administration
• CVH Cardiovascular Health - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

HOSPITALS

• American Hospital Association

INJURIES see ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES

KIDNEY AND UROLOGIC DISEASE

• American Society of Nephrology
  • Prevalence Statistics
  • New Case Statistics
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

MEDICARE and MEDICAID

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Statistics

• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Mental Health Association

• Data/Statistics - Office of Minority Health, Department of Health and Human Services, USA
• Trends in Indian Health and Regional Differences in Indian Health - Indian Health Service

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSTEOPOROSIS

• Osteoporosis Prevention and Diagnostic Services, Maryland, 2002 - Maryland Family Health Administration
  

• National Association of Chain Drug Stores

• Department of Energy, Comprehensive Epidemiologic Resource Program

• American Lung Association

• North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Cartographic Archive

• STD Surveillance Report - Centers for Disease Control
• STDs Statistics by State - Centers for Disease Control - Births, AIDS, STDs state profiles

• National Center for Health Statistics
• Office on Smoking and Health
• Tobacco Use Behaviors in Maryland Reports for 2001 and 2003 - Maryland Family Health Administration

SPINAL CORD INJURIES

• Spinal Cord Information Network

TRANSPLANTAITON

• United Network for Organ Sharing
  

• Tuberculosis Surveillance Report - Centers for Disease Control
  

WOMEN'S HEALTH

• Health of Maryland Women, 2002 - Family Health Administration
• Healthy Women, State Trends in Health and Mortality - National Center for Health Statistics
• Women's Health USA 2002

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Compilations of Statistics Sites on the Web

Social Science Data on the Net - University of California, San Diego - Search or browse a listing of 862 Internet sites of numeric social science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses, and more.

Statistical Resources on the Web - University of Michigan's Documents Center - A very comprehensive site.