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Philadelphia Vital Statistics

Local Health Statistics

SensibleUnits.com

Translates units into examples. Very useful for adding some reality to measurements.

GraphPad QuickCalcs: free statistical calculators

STATS: We Check Out the Numbers Behind the News

Since its founding in 1994, the non-profit, non-partisan Statistical Assessment Service (STATS) has become a much-valued resource on the use and abuse of science and statistics in the media. Our goals are to correct scientific misinformation in the media resulting from bad science, politics, or a simple lack of information or knowledge; and to act as a resource for journalists and policy makers on major scientific issues and controversies.

Real Estate Guides - Trulia Real Estate Search

Search for sales statistics, real estate price trends, and real estate market activity in the United States by most popular real estate markets, by using our state map, or with our alphabetical directory of the United States cities. For the United States real estate market overview, see our chart of average sale prices and graph of real estate trends on each state page.

HUD USER - Datasets: Fair Market Rents

Data Sets - 50th Percentile Rent Estimates

50th Percentile Rent Estimates Rent estimates at the 50th percentile (or median) are calculated for all Fair Market Rent areas. THESE ARE NOT FAIR MARKET RENTS.

Real Estate Guides - Trulia Real Estate Search

ARL Statistics 2006-07 Mailing

ARL Interactive Statistics

Interactive version of the statistics from the Association of Research Libraries

ARL statistics web entry form

YBP Annual Book Price Update

"Each fall YBP publishes a report on price and output for new books published during our prior fiscal year. The data encompasses all new titles treated on the Approval Plan programs of YBP and of Lindsay & Croft, YBP's division in the United Kingdom, two offices which regularly profile, with book-in-hand, well over 65,000 distinct new titles annually. Since our Approval Plan programs are expressly designed to serve academic libraries, our data, which we have reported in a consistent way for over a dozen years, is a useful index to English-language publishing trends for scholarly, professional, and scientific books."

Philadelphia Police Department :: Patrol District Crime Statistics

Crime Statistics as reported in the Uniform Crime Report for 2001-2006 by Police District

The Philadelphia Inquirer Homicide Map 2007

An interactive map of Philadelphia homicides in 2007 from the Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer Murder Map 2006

An interactive map of murders in the city of Philadelphia in 2006 from the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Philadelphia CrimeBase

Crime statistics for the city of Philadelphia available at multiple levels of geography, including Census Tracts, zip codes, neighborhoods, block groups, and councilmanic districts. Crimes do not inlclude murder and rape.

UNdata

A great search engine from the UN for finding international data.

American Factfinder

Population, geographic, economic and geographic data from the United States Census Bureau. Can be downloaded as excel for use in GIS.

Social Explorer

The Social Explorer produces maps and reports of US Census Tract level data from 1940-2000. Using high quality maps and data, they make available the full contents of the tract data for the United States for the full period. The data can also be exported as excel spreadsheets for easy reuse.

Occupational Injuries/Illnesses and Fatal Injuries Profiles

This system allows you to build a table showing injuries due to all sorts of workplace injuries. What is the average number of days missed due to runins with various pieces of equipment, etc.

Incidence Rate Calculator and Comparison Tool

Injury/Illness Incidence Rates

OSHA Injury Statistics for workplace injuries and fatalities

Trends in Student Aid: 1963 to 1983.

Datasets & Statistical Sources

A long list of useful sites for finding data sets and statistics from the Penn Library.

MEAM Foreign

Statistical Agencies for World Countries

This UN site provides links to the primary statistical agencies of countries around the world.

SourceOECD

Fulltext publications and statistical information from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) covering agriculture and food, education and skills, emerging economies and transition economies, employment, energy, enterprise, industry, and trade, environment and sustainable development, finance and investment, general economics and future studies, governance, international development, nuclear energy, science and information technology, social issues and migration, statistics sources and methods, taxation, territorial economy, and transport. NOTE: Some of the statistical data tools in SourceOECD require Internet Explorer.

WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) - World Health Organization (WHO)

Guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization.

MEAM IGO NGO Stats

National and International Data Sources and Links - United Nations Statistics Division

The UN provides links to the statistical agencies of member countries, as well as the names and links (where available) for statistical yearbooks for each country.

World Development Indicators

The World Bank's principal data source on the global economy. More than 550 time series, 1960-present, on more than 200 countries and 18 country groups, covering demographic, social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.

UNSTATS

Time series statistical information for countries collected from UN and related international governmental organizations.

STAT-USA

STAT-USA provides economic, business, and social/environmental data collected by over 50 government agencies. STAT-USA is a product of the Economics and Statistics Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. National and International Data is available.

Statistical Abstract of the United States - U.S. Census Bureau

The National Data Book. Annual statistics, 1878-present covering population, vital statistics, health and nutrition, education, law enforcement, courts, and prisons, geography and environment, etc. Comparative international statistics are also provided. Also provides bibliographic citations to more detailed sources of statistical information.

MEAM US Stats

LexisNexis Statistical

Statistical Universe indexes statistical data published in federal, state, and selected privately published titles, at the table level. In some cases the fulltext of the document is also available.

FedStats

Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies

American Factfinder

Population, geographic, economic and geographic data from the United States Census Bureau.

American Factfinder

For access to tables from the 1990 and 2000 census, the American Community Survey, Economic Census, Annual Economic Surveys, and Annual Population Estimates.

The DataWeb

The DataWeb provides access to economic, health and demographic databases from the US government and private organizations. The portal is maintained by the Census Bureau and the CDC. You will need to download a free program called the DataFerrett to use the database. This interface provides an intermediate between statistical tables and whole data sets.

FedStats

Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies

Philadelphia CrimeBase

Crime statistics from 1998-2003, organized by census tract, neighborhood, zip code, and City Council District.

PolicyMap.

Includes a broad range of indicators, often to the block group or census tract level, including: real estate data, neighborhood conditions, mortgage originations, education, money & income, demographics, owners & renters, jobs, and energy.

West Philadelphia Data

Includes housing, health, crime, business, education, at the census tracts, zip codes, school districts and neighborhood level, as well as school district profiles, neigborhood profiles, and zip code profiles.

Current West Philadelphia Data

Social Explorer

The Social Explorer produces maps and reports of US Census Tract level data from 1940-2000. Using high quality maps and data, they make available the full contents of the tract data for the United States for the full period. Reports include aggregated totals and the system allows for slideshows demonstrating change over time. The data can also be exported as excel spreadsheets for easy reuse.

Hot Report

Available Topics Include:
*Economic
-- Industry wages
-- Top industries
-- Top occupation groups
-- Labor force by age
-- Education Levels

*Demographic
-- Income
-- Population Pyramid
-- School Enrollment
*Economic
-- Industry wages
-- Top industries
-- Top occupation groups
-- Labor force by age
-- Education Levels

*Demographic
-- Income
-- Population Pyramid
-- School Enrollment

*Housing
-- Mortgage Averages
-- Occupancy Status
-- Ownership Rates
-- Housing Costs

*Transportation
-- Commute Times
-- Means of Transportation

*Community Assets
-- Public Schools
-- Colleges and Universities

Philadelphia Maps and Geospatial Data

Social Explorer

Social Explorer
The Social Explorer produces maps and reports of US Census Tract level data from 1940-2000. Using high quality maps and data, they make available the full contents of the tract data for the United States for the full period. Reports include aggregated totals and the system allows for slideshows demonstrating change over time. The data can also be exported as excel spreadsheets for easy reuse.

chicagocrime.org: Chicago crime database

This site is a non-profit, freely browsable database of crimes reported in Chicago.

It is not affiliated with the Chicago Police Department or with Google Maps. It is not an official source of crime information for the city of Chicago. Rather, it is an alternative view of public record that is available elsewhere.

The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care

The Dartmouth Atlas Project works to accurately describe how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States. The project offers comprehensive information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as individual hospitals and their affiliated physicians, in order to provide a basis for improving health and health systems. Through this analysis, the project has demonstrated glaring variations in how health care is delivered across the United States. The project is run by Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical School.

Quantitative and Geospatial Data

To support the research needs of Penn faculty, students and staff, the University of Pennsylvania Libraries acquire and subscribe to numerical and geospatial data resources in print and electronic formats. The library is a federal depository library, and receives large amounts of numerical data from agencies. Many of these resources are available on CD-ROM as well as on the web.

Oxford Latin American Economic History Database

Oxford Latin American Economic History Database
Statistical series for more than 40 economic and social indicators coveringun 1900-2000 for twenty Latin American cotries.

Latinobarometro

Latinobarometro
Annual public opinion survey conducted in 17 Latin American countries, 1995 to present. No data sets are provided at this web site.

Married-Couple and Unmarried-Partner Households: 2000 (application/pdf Object)

Does the Census Bureau have data on same-sex and unmarried-partners?

Same sex and unmarried partner household data are collected for those households where the householder and his or her partner are not married, but are living in a close personal relationship. An unmarried partner can be of the same sex or opposite sex of the householder.

An unmarried partner, in an unmarried partner household, is an adult who is unrelated to the householder, but shares living quarters and has a close personal relationship with the householder. This relationship is based on the self-identification of respondents.

Here are some sources for your use:

The American FactFinder contains two sources:
- American Community Survey Table B11009, shows "Unmarried Partner Households by Sex of Partner."
- Census 2000, Summary File (SF) 1 Table PCT14, "Unmarried Partner Households by Sex of Partner" is available for the nation, state, metropolitan statistical area, city/place, county, and various other geographies.
- Additionally, same-sex unmarried partner household data were collected in the 1990 Census. The Technical Note on Same-Sex Unmarried Partner Data From the 1990 and 2000 Censuses provides guidance on comparing these data.
The Census 2000 special reports include:
- Married-Couple and Unmarried Partner Households: 2000 and
- Population and Housing Table, PHC-T-19, Hispanic Origin and Race of Coupled Households provides race and gender for unmarried partner households for the U.S.
The Census Bureau also collects data for same sex and unmarried partner households in ongoing survey programs, but does not regularly produce tabulations on this topic. For more information and special studies on the subjects of same gender couples and unmarried partner households based on the Census Bureau's survey programs, visit the Population Division Working Papers:

Investigating Community and Social Capital

Based on quantitative data used in Robert D. Putnam's book, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, the exercises on this Web site introduce you to an investigation of Putnam's claim about social change in America--that community is declining. Next, the exercises guide you in an investigation into why this is happening, whether it matters (so what), and what is to be done about it in the future. Overall, the exercises illustrate social science investigation and build your skills in data analysis.

Neighboroo - Neighborhood Information for Real Estate and Marketing

Google maps mashup includes data on population, housing cost, housing market, schools, safety, health, climate, income/work, and age ethnicity for the continental US.

annoyingly, their "explains" don't say where the data comes from, so it's hard to know how up to date it is. However, it's neat.

County and city data book.

County and city data book. [0082-9455 ] [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.], 1952-
Call#: Van Pelt Library HA202 .A35

Economic Indicators

The main economic indicators of the day with links from the Census.

Selected Historical Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts

Lists major releases of historical census data online for the country, states, cities, metro areas, etc. Very useful starting point for historical census questions.

BF_Trends_2003.pdf (application/pdf Object)

The Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories has been collecting information on infant
feeding and breastfeeding in the United States since 1955.1-8 Current survey design permits an
examination of infant feeding patterns during the first 12 months of life. Ryan described increases in the
hospital initiation and duration of breastfeeding between 1985 and 1995,8 and later for the 1996 to 20019
time frame. This update complements the published data and provides current breastfeeding information
through 2003.

Child Trends DataBank - Breastfeeding

lists data sources for breastfeeding information

GayData.org

The website was created for individuals and organizations:

1) Who want to find information about lesbians, gays and bisexuals grounded in scientific knowledge,

2) Who want to find datasets to analyze that include sexual orientation data, and

3) Who want to learn how to collect sexual orientation data.

MPIP - Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project

The Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project combines two types of information to illuminate conditions and trends in our 9-county region (defined as the central cities of Philadelphia and Camden along with the Pennsylvania counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery, and the New Jersey counties of Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Salem). The first is a set of social, environmental and economic indicators that portray the quality of life in the region