The intent of this guide is provide a limited selection of books, databases, and Web sites which provide health-related statistical information. This guide is a beginning point in statistical research. Please ask the reference staff for additional suggestions on locating specific statistical information.

Please send any comments concerning this page to Heather Blunt.

PubMed

OVID MEDLINE

CINAHL

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/

Statistical information is indexed in many health-related databases. The use of medical subject headings with subheadings allows a searcher to focus a search to articles containing this type of information.

Statistical Universe

http://web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv

In addition to providing some full-text statistics and providing links to helpful sites, Statistical Universe is the electronic equivalent of two print indexes:

American Statistics Index Baker Reference HA/202/A25

Statistical Reference Index Baker Reference HA/202/A26

Global Health Statistics

A Compendium of Incidence, Prevalence and Mortality, Estimates for Over 200 Conditions

Author: Murray, Christopher J. L.

Dana, Ref. RA/407/M87/1996

Health Sciences, Ref. RA/407/M87/1996/cop.2

Index to Health Information

Dana, Ref. RA/11/D3/I58; Library has v.1 (1988) - to date

The publications covered by this index have been selected from four CIS abstract and index services: CIS/Index, American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index and Index to International Statistics.

Statistical Record of Health & Medicine

A single volume publication with a detailed index. It is a useful resource for basic health related statistical data.

Dana, Ref. RA/407/A1/S73

MFHSL, Ref RA/407/A1/S73

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Dana, Ref. HA/202/A35

Health Sciences, Ref. HA/202/A35

http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

Also available through Statistical Universe (above).

National Center for Health Statistics

The nation's principal health statistics agency. Full-text of many of their publications is available on the Web, including Vital and Health Statistics series, Healthy People 2000, Vital Statistics of the United States, National Vital Statistics Report, and Life Tables.

Vital and Health Statistics

Indexed in MEDLINE

Dana Ref. and Health Science Ref.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/series/ser.htm

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Indexed in MEDLINE

Dana/Ref./RA/407.3/.A37

Health Sciences Serial

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/

Vital and Health Statistics: Advance Data

Dana, Ref. HA/203/A44

http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/products/pubs/pubd/ad/ad.htm

World Health Statistics Annual

Dana Serial

The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care

Health Sciences, Ref. RA/410.7/D372/1996; Library has v.1-9

Dana, Ref. RA/410.7/D372/1996/cop.2

1998 edition is also available in reference.

"The Atlas shows that in health care, geography is destiny. The amount of care consumed by Americans is highly dependent on where they live, on the capacity of the health care system where they live and on the practice styles of local physicians. Variations in the intensity of use of hospitals, the striking differences in the way terminal care is delivered and the idiosyncratic patterns of elective surgery raise significant questions about the outcomes and value of health care. The fundamental questions posed by the Atlas are: "Which rate is right?", "How much is enough?", and "What is fair?" (Overview & Introduction, p.4 - 1998 ed.)

Guide to Locating Health Statistics

Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh

http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/intres/guides/statcbw.html

Statistical Resources on the Web

University of Michigan Documents Center

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/statsnew.html

Vermont/ New Hampshire Health Statistics

 
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/resources.htmld/vtnhstats.shtml