Social Science and Geospatial Data Services

Health

CDC WONDER

Public health data on topics such as: AIDS, accidents, assistive reproductive technology, asthma, allergies, births, behavioral risk factors, bridged-race population estimates, cancer, chronic disease prevention, death, hazardous substance release and health effects, occupational hazards, population estimates, sexually transmitted diseases, vaccine adverse events.

Global Atlas of Infectious Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO)

Standardized data and statistics for infectious diseases at country, regional, and global levels. The analysis and interpretation of data are further supported through information on demography, socioeconomic conditions, and environmental factors.

Historical Statistics of the United States (HSUS) (UConn Only)

Statistics of the United States, covering population, work and welfare, economics, governance, and international relations. Primary data. Census data starts c1790; some data available from the 1600s; available through 2000 census. 1700s-current.

ICPSR

UConn is a member of of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, allowing students and faculty access to a vast archive of social science datasets for research and instruction.

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage

Millenneum Development Goals Indicators

Database of the 8 goals, 18 targets, and 48 indicators defined in the United Nations Millenneum Declaration for combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women

National Center for Health Statistics: Surveys and Data Collection Systems

Principle source of information on the health of the population of the United States. Topics include: health and nutritional status and health care utilization.

Pan American Health Organization: Regional Core Health Data Initiative

Data and indicators on: demography, socioeconomic, mortality by cause indicators, morbidity and risk factors, and access, resources and health services coverage.

SourceOECD Health Statistics

Statistics on health and health care systems of the OECD economies. Topics include: health status, health care resources, utilization, financing, expenditures, social protection, pharmaceutical market, non-medical health determinants, and demographic and economic references.

United Nations statistical databases

Links to: Common Database (UNCDB), Demographic Yearbook system, Distat, the United Nations Disability Statistics Database, Good practices database, InfoNation, Joint Oil Data Initiative (JODI), Millennium Indicators Database, National Accounts Main Aggregates Database, Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants, Population and housing censuses: census dates, Population and Vital Statistics on Internet, Social Indicators, Statistics and indicators on women and men.

WHOSIS (World Health Organization Statistical Information System)

The WHO Statistical Information System is a guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization, and elsewhere. The WHO Statistical Information System provides: * Medical Statistics * Vital Statistics * Medical Personnel Statistics * Hospital Statistics * Epidemiology Information on Communicable Diseases

WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)

Fatal and non-fatal injury-related data. Reports are generated on the web, by default, with an option given at the bottom of screen to download a CSV file.

World Development Indicators (WDI) (UConn Only)

Provides statistics on the economies of over 200 developing countries, including time series data on agriculture, manufacturing, health indicators, education, natural resources, and foreign investment. From the World Bank World Development Indicators.

World Marketing Data and Statistics (UConn Only)

Includes country-level data on agricultural and environmental topics, health, housing, labor, economic, and marketing indicators.