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Provides a variety of reports, publications, data and statistics on matters relating to health, nutrition and population in underdeveloped countries.  Some topics covered are: health systems development; population/reproductive health; HIV/AIDS; nutrition; poverty and health, and public health.  Information can be searched by topic, country, and region.
Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.  Search by: topics (links A-Z); agencies (listed alphabetically), and geographical locations (states, counties, Congressional Districts, and Federal judicial districts)>
Source for population, housing, economic and geographic data for the U.S., individual states, counties, and towns.
One-stop data source for health, nutrition and population indicators from various national and international data sources. Provides direct access to more than 100 indicators, with time series for countries and country groups from 1960 to the most recent year, where data are available.
Data covers: core health indicators; mortality and health status;disease statistics; health system statistics; risk factors and health service coverage, and inequities in health.
belongs to Fundamentals of Epidemiology Resources project
tagged health international statistics by rodrigue ...on 22-JAN-07
Kaiser foundation website provides basic health facts for most countires, and includes citations and links to the data sources.
Directory to statistical websites on various topics ranging from Aging, Cancer to Respiratory Health and Transplants.  Nice listing of the top 5 challenges to finding data.
tagged directory health statistics by rodrigue ...on 18-NOV-06
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.

belongs to Public Health Databases project
tagged database statistics by rodrigue ...on 09-MAY-06
AHRQ is the lead Federal agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of healthcare, reduce its cost, improve patient safety, decrease medical errors and broaden access to evidence-based information on healthcare outcomes.
Links to health statistics and data sets as well as resources to support data collection. Topics covered are: health statistics, national public health data sets, state and local public health data sets, public health infrastructure data, and tools for data collection and planning,
Comprehensive metaindex containing links to a broad range of health statistical resources.  Links are to the resources of national, internatioal, and non-profit institutions.
belongs to Fundamentals of Epidemiology Resources project
tagged Directory Health Statistics by rodrigue ...on 19-FEB-06
Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies
Provides single point access a wide variety of reports and numeric public health data.  Topics arranged in alphabetical order and are also grouped by the broad categories: Chronic Diseases, Communicable Diseases, Environmental Health, Health Practice and Prevention, Injury Prevention, Occupational Health, and Reference Data.
The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute is an authoritative source of information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States. The SEER Program currently collects and publishes cancer incidence and survival data from 11 population-based cancer registries and three supplemental registries covering approximately 14 percent of the US population. The SEER Program is the only comprehensive source of population-based information in the United States that includes stage of cancer at the time of diagnosis and survival rates within each stage. The mortality data reported by SEER are provided by the National Center for Health Statistics.
Principal federal health statistics gatherer with links to other databases and health-related data points. A wide variety of statistical information is gathered. 
The nation's principal health statistics agency compiling a wide variety of information on topics ranging from vital statistics and health status to illness and disabilityand the use of health care.
Contains links to domestic and international organizations, agencies, guides, databases and publications for statistical resources. Some of the links are specific to California.
Source for population, housing, economic and geographic data for individual states, counties, and towns.
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.
Quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically.  Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages..
The U. S. Office of Minority Health supports a group of materials databases which include statistics, minority health organizations, programs and documents.