Research Guides: Health Statistics: United States

Good Places to Start - United States

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CDC WONDER
U.S., Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
FastStats
U.S., Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Healthy People 2030
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
National Center for Health Statistics
U.S., Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S., Department of Commerce

United States - Trends by States/Communities

American Community Survey
U.S., Census Bureau
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence & Trends Data
U.S., Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Life Expectancy at Birth
U.S., National Center for Health Statistics
Maps (interactive and static) for U.S. states and census tracts
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS): State & Metro Area Estimates
U.S., Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Neighborhood Atlas - Area Deprivation Index
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
PLACES: Local Data for Better Health
U.S., Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Reports county-, place-, census tract-, and ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTA)-level data and uses small area estimation methods to obtain 27 chronic disease measures.
State Health Compare
State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)
Tool for getting state-level estimates related to health and health care
State Health Facts
U.S., Kaiser Family Foundation
Stats of the States
U.S., Centers for Disease Control & Prevention