Nursing: Statistics

Data for dozens of different topics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Online tutorials from the National Library of Medicine

Some of the major sources of health and general statistics in the United States and a brief list of international resources that cover everything from hospitals and health insurance to pharmaceuticals and more.

Prepared and published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the MMWR series is the agency’s primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations.

Find, download, and use datasets that have been generated by the Federal Government. Includes nearly 450,000 raw and geospatial datasets, with new datasets continuously added.

PRINT ACCESS: 1883-2012 in government documents; call numbers vary.
ONLINE ACCESS: 1879-2012 available online.

A resource by the U.S.Census to provide quick access to data from various surveys and programs. Included in the Data is the Decennial Census, which collects data every 10 years about household income, education, and homeownership for the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.