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GALEN UCSF DIGITAL LIBRARY

Statistical Resources for the Health Sciences

Area Resource File (ARF) (CD-ROM)

Secondary data on U.S. health care system, except for Alaska.

California Department of Finance (Website)

California budget and demographic data. Access to publications such as California Statistical Abstract and California Economic Indicators, a bimonthly summary of economic trends and data relating to the State of California.

California Department of Public Health (Website)

California public health data and vital statistics.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) (Website)

The most comprehensive source of health information on Californians. The survey is conducted every two years on public health topics and access to health care. This site provides access to the questionnaires, survey methodology, data files, reports, and AskCHIS, allowing you to get personalized results from CHIS quickly.

California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) (Website)

Financial and utilization data from all licensed health care facilities in California.

ICPSR - Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (Website)

Digital archive of social science data sets at the University of Michigan.

National Center for Health Statistics (Website)

A wealth of national health information. Includes data and summaries of the National Health Interview Survey and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), National Vital Statistics Reports, and Vital and Health Statistics series.

U.S. Bureau of the Census (Website)

Primary source of U.S. census data on population, economic and housing. Includes online versions of the Statistical Abstract of the United States, FEDSTATS access to data from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies, Census 2000 data sets and American FactFinder to find basic facts for the U.S. state, cities, counties, towns and American Indian Reservations.

WHO Statistical Information System - WHOSIS (Website)

A guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization, and elsewhere.