Health Statistics:
Analysis Tools

NIH/U.S. National Library of Medicine
This online tutorial, is a new tool designed to help the public health workforce effectively locate and use health information

WONDER online databases utilize a rich ad-hoc query system for the analysis of public health data. Reports and other query systems are also available. Access to a wide variety of reports and public health data. Especially good for mortality statistics and health promotion

Users of this service have access to data sets, documentation, and questionnaires from NCHS surveys and data collection systems. Public use data files are prepared and disseminated to provide access to the full scope of the data. This allows researchers to manipulate the data in a format appropriate for their analyses

A tool and data librarian that searches and retrieves data across federal, state, and local surveys, executes customized variable recoding, creates complex tabulations and business graphics. Current Population Survey, Survey of Income and Program Participation, American Community Survey, American Housing Survey, Small Area Income Poverty Estimates, Population Estimates, Economic Census Areawide Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics Data, Centers for Disease Control Data, and more

Statistical Query Function: create tables showing frequencies of Alabama resident births or deaths by year, county, race, age group, cause of death, birth characteristics, etc.

Excellent source of links for federal, state, international health statistics. From the National Information Center on Health services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)

The Chronic Disease GIS exchange is an on-line forum for public health professionals and community leaders to learn and share techniques for using GIS to enhance chronic disease prevention and treatment.