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» AHRQ: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)    Largest all-payer collection of hospital inpatient care statistical information in the United States. Includes a national database and the database of 22 states.    http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/

» Bacterial Foodborne Disease: Medical Costs and Productivity Losses    Report from the US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. "Microbial pathogens in food cause an estimated 6.5-33 million cases of human illness and up to 9,000 deaths in the United States each year."    http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer741/

» CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System    The world's largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States.    http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/

» Compilation of Complementary/Alternative Healthcare Data    This manual attempts to facilitate efficient access to data from federally funded large-scale surveys which contain specific reference to chiropractic and complementary/alternative healthcare. [Short survey to be completed before access to manual - ed]    http://w3.palmer.edu/carber/compilation/manualhome.asp

» Country Health Profiles - Pan American Health Organization    Data and analysis on health and related sociological factors in the nations of the Americas.    http://www.paho.org/english/country.htm

» HCUPnet    A tool for identifying, tracking, analyzing, and comparing statistics on hospitals at the national, regional, and State level.    http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/hcupnet.htm

» Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online    A resource for free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 US states. View state profiles or compare state data by choosing from over 200 topics.    http://statehealthfacts.kff.org/

» National Center for Health Statistics    Provides US public health statistics including diseases, pregnancies, births, aging, and mortality. Public use data files are available for download.    http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

» National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics    Serves as the statutory public advisory body to the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the area of health data and statistics.    http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/

» SSBR: Health Statistics    Health care statistics from the White House.    http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/health.html

» Safety and Health Statistics    The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports on the number of workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.    http://www.bls.gov/iif/

» The National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems    Health information to enhance the public's health. FAQs discuss vital statistics and who is collecting and accessing them.    http://www.naphsis.org/

» World Health Organization Statistical Information System    Health and health-related statistical information.    http://www.who.int/whosis/