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CINAHL Statistics

How to Find Health Statistics in CINAHL

(1) Open CINAHL database

(2) Click advanced search

(3) Scroll down to publication type

(4) In the publication type box, select statistics

(5) To limit your results to current or historical statistics, use the date slider on the left side of the database.

Statistics Searches

The following article searches contain health statistics:

CINAHL Asthma
CINAHL Autism
CINAHL Cancer
CINAHL Diabetes
CINAHL Depression
CINAHL Hypertension
CINAHL Obesity and children
CINAHL Smoking and pregnancy
CINAHL Substance abuse
CINAHL Suicide
CINAHL Teen pregnancy

USA Health Statistics

America's Health Rankings - United Health Foundation, America's Health Rankings.

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - A large survey system of health risk behaviors and diseases at state level.

CDC Data & Statistics by Topic - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - The CDC's weekly report on illnesses and accidents compiled from U.S. departments of health.

City Health Dashboard - Statistics on the health of a city. Research diseases based on health indicators.

Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive (COBRA) - Scholar-driven repository of biostatistic working papers.

County Health Rankings - Annual rankings for rural populations based on health behaviors, socioeconomic status and physical environments. 

FastStats - Provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically.

Gapminder USA - Compare the US states against each other.

Health, United States - An annual report on trends in health statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

KFF - Policy research from Kaiser, use for research on insurance statistics. 

Medline Plus - Provides statistics and research from a variety of external sources within Health Topics guides.

NaNDA - Curated datasets on social determinants of health at the zip code and census tract level. Find number of parks, grocery stores, etc. in an area.

National Cancer Institute Statistics - Find the latest topical reports, interactive maps and graphs, and cancer statistics by cancer type, geographic area, and demographic subgroups.

National Center for Health Statistics - National health interview surveys and statistics on developing health threats from the CDC.

CDC A-Z Index - Provides direct access to important health and safety topics, scientific articles, data and statistics, tools and resources – and over 900 topics in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A-Z Index.

National Transportation Statistics -  Prepared by Research and Special Programs Administration, Transportation Systems Center, Transportation Information Division, Statistical Information Reporting Branch.

Partners in Information Access for in Public Health Workforce - Provides data about public health workforce

Pew Internet & American Life Project, Topic: Health - A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.

RHIHub - Find statistics on rural health. Search at the county level based on indicators related to health disparities.

State Cancer Profiles - Quick and easy access to descriptive cancer statistics.

State Health Facts - State Health Facts is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and provides free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data for all 50 states.

State Snapshots - State Snapshots, compiled by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, provide State-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. The goal is to help State officials and their public and private-sector partners better understand health care quality and disparities in their State. 

U.S. Census Bureau - Focused on population count, use for local statistics at the city, town, census tract and tribal level.