Statistics Resources by Subject

Health, Disease, Vital Statistics

Maryland

• Baltimore City Data Collaborative
• Baltimore City Statistics - Urban Health Institute - Johns Hopkins University
• Kids Count Data Center - Profiles by Geographic Region - Baltimore City
• Childhood Blood Level Surveillance, Maryland 2007 - Maryland Department of the Environment
• Health Disparities in Maryland and Maryland compared with United States - Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• 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)
• Maryland State Child Fatality Review (CFR) Team Annual Reports
• State Health Facts - 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 Foundation

United States

• 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 Rankings- United Health Foundation
• WISQARS-- an interactive system from the CDC that provides customized injury and mortality data for the United States and individual states.

International

• Eurosurveillance
• World Health Organization
• Pan American Health Organization
• Canadian Institute for Health Informaton
• Statistics Canada

Population, Housing, Economics Statistics

Maryland

• 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 theMarylandDepartment of Planning contain Baltimore neighborhood statistics.
• Baltimore City Statistics- Urban Health Institute - Johns Hopkins University
• BMC Online- Baltimore Metropolitan Council
• Greater Baltimore State of the Region Report- The Greater Baltimore Committee and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council
• 2007 Maryland KIDS COUNT Data-at-a-Glance Series; 2006 Data-at-a-Glance Guides; 2004 Maryland KIDS COUNT Factbook
• 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 DataandProjections 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.

United States

• 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 Browser (1790-1960) - University of Virginia
• County and City Data Books  (1944-1983, 1988, 1994, 2000) - University of Virginia
• Population Reference Bureau

International

• UNdata - 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.
• Statistics Canada
• World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency

Compilations of Statistics

• FedStats - a meta site for U.S.government statistics.
• Data on the Net - Search or browse a listing of 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.