Federal sources of data

See also CHARTing Health Information for Texas for links to data by broad disease categories and determinants of health.  Many of the sources on the CHARTing site include data for individual states and the US, not just Texas.

Valuable information concerning data use can be found at the Primary Collection of Data or Secondary Analysis of Data site from Research Services.

FedStats 
Search tool for sources of government data.

Womenshealth.gov Quick Health Data Online 
The system provides county-level data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories and possessions. Data are available by gender, race and ethnicity and, to the extent possible, age.

Health Services and Sciences Research Resources (National Library of Medicine)
Information about research datasets and instruments/indices employed in Health Services Research, Behavioral and Social Sciences and Public Health with links to PubMed.

Archival Research Catalog (National Archives and Records Administration)
The Archival Research Catalog (ARC) is the online catalog of NARA's nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC area, Regional Archives and Presidential Libraries. Be sure to select Data Files under Type of Archived Materials.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

• CDC Health Topics
  • Good coverage of health topics with statistics.
• CDC WONDER
  • Healthy People 2010 Data2010
    • Data by focus area 
    • Data by data source 
    • Data for a specific objective within a focus area 
    • Data by a specific population group 
    • Data for Steps to a HealthierUS 
    • Search by keyword for data for a specific objective 
    • More on Healthy People 
  • Mortality by Underlying Cause of Death (1979 to 2004; County level data)
  • MMWR Table III (weekly data from the CDC 122 Cities Mortality Reporting System) 
    Weekly data from MMWR; 1996 to current; Includes Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Ft. Worth, and Houston)
  • MMWR Tables (Weekly Data from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System) (1996 to current; State level data)
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease Morbidity (1989 to 2003; State level data; see also the STD Annual Reports)
  • Online Tuberculosis Information System (OTIS) (1993 to 2004; State and metropolitan level data)
  • NIOSH NOMS - National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (1960 to 1994; State level data)
    • NIOSH Mortality 
  • WONDER Scientific Data and Documentation 
• Annual Summary of Notifiable Diseases (Division of Public Health Surveillance & Informatics) \
  • List of nationally notifiable diseases 
  • Graphs and Maps 2006 (State level data)
  • Graphs and Maps 2005 (State level data)
  • Graphs and Maps 2004 (State level data)
  • Graphs and Maps 2003 (State level data)
  • Graphs and Maps 2002 (State level data)
  • Graphs and Maps 2001 (State level data)
  • Graphs and Maps 2000 (State level data)
  • Graphs and Maps 1999 (State level data)
  • Graphs and Maps 1998 (State level data)
  • Graphs and Maps 1997 (State level data)
  • Graphs and Maps 1996 (State level data)
• Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance and Statistics Reports (1993 to 2005; State level data)
• BRFSS - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (State level data)
  • SMART (Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Area Risk Trends) BRFSS 
• YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (1991 to 2003; State level data)
  • State fact sheet (Texas; pdf)
  • Youth Online Comprehensive Results
    • Texas (2001 only)
      • Unintentional Injuries and Violence 
      • Tobacco Use 
      • Alcohol and Other Drug Use 
      • Sexual Behaviors 
      • Dietary Behaviors 
      • Physical Activity 
      • Other 
    • Texas excluding Houston (2003 only)
      • Unintentional Injuries and Violence 
      • Tobacco Use 
      • Alcohol and Other Drug Use 
      • Sexual Behaviors 
      • Dietary Behaviors 
      • Physical Activity 
      • Other 
• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
  • Fast stats A to Z 
  • Health, United States (State level, 1975 to current)
  • Atlas of United States Mortality (State level, maps only)
  • Miscellaneous Publications 
  • National Health Interview Survey
    • National Health Interview Survey on Disability 
  • National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
    • NHANES I Epidemiologic Followup Study 
  • National Health Care Survey
    • Ambulatory Health Care Data (NAMCS/NHAMCS)
      • National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) 
    • Hospital Discharge and Ambulatory Surgery Data 
    • National Home and Hospice Care Survey 
    • National Nursing Home Survey 
    • National Employer Health Insurance Survey 
    • National Health Provider Inventory 
  • National Vital Statistics System
    • Birth Data 
    • Mortality Data
      • Micro-data compressed files
        • Mortality data, multiple-cause-of-death (1968-2003)
        • Mortality data, Underlying cause-of-death (1968-1989)
    • Fetal Death Data 
    • Linked Births/Infant Deaths 
    • National Mortality Followback Survey 
    • Marriages and Divorces 
    • National Survey of Family Growth 
    • National Maternal and Infant Health Survey 
  • National Immunization Survey 
  • State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey
    • National Child Health Survey (2003)
    • National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (2001)
• MMWR - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (1982 to current week)
• MMWR Summary of Notifiable Diseases (1993 to ~3 years ago)
• US Cancer Statistics (1999 to 2003)
• Tuberculosis Surveillance (1999 to 2004; see tables 38 through 43 for city and MSA level data)
  See also OTIS 
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control WISQARS 
• The list below is not comprehensive. Go to the main site for reports on injuries, both fatal and non-fatal.
  • Years of Potential Life Lost (1981 to 2003; State level data; create reports by race/ethnicity, gender, and age)
  • Leading Causes of Death (1981 to 2003; State level data; create reports by top 5 through top 20 causes of death, race/ethnicity, gender, and age)

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration 

• Statistics & Data
  • National Survey on Drug Use & Health (1996 to 2005)
    formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)
    • State Data on Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illegal Drug Use 
  • Drug & Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) (1992 to 2004; State level data)
    • National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) 
    • Treatment Episodes Data Set 
  • Drug Abuse Warning Network (2003; State level data)
    • Old Drug Abuse Warning Network (1994 to 2002)
  • Analytic Series and Other Special Reports (1994 to present)
  • State Data on Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illegal Drug use (State level data; 1999 to present)
    • State level data
      • Prevalence of Substance Use by State (2001 to 2003)
        • Substance Abuse and Mental Health in Texas, 2001 (MS Word doc)
      • U.S. Maps with States' Prevalence by Rankings (1999 and 2000 combined)
      • Trends 1999-2001 in Past Month Use
        • Any illicit drug use 
        • Marijuana 
        • Cocaine 
        • Alcohol 
        • Binge Alcohol 
        • Any Tobacco Product 
        • Cigarettes 

National Cancer Institute 

• Cancer Statistics
  • Seer Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2002 
  • Fast Stats 
• Statistical Tools and Data
  • SEER Public Use Data 
  • Cancer Query Systems 
  • SEER-Medicare Linked Database 
• Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs (County and state level; 1950 to 1994)
• State Cancer Profiles (County & state level; 2001-2005)

Census Bureau 

• US Counties (Basic tables for county-level data)
• Subjects A to Z 
• Data Sets from American FactFinder
  • American Community Survey (Survey data; 2000 to 2006) 
  • 2000 Census Summary File 1 (100% data)
    • Access all tables and maps in American Factfinder 
  • 2000 Census Summary File 2 (100% data)
    • Access all tables and maps in American Factfinder 
  • 2000 Census Summary File 3 (Sample data)
    • Access all tables and maps in American Factfinder 
  • 2000 Census Summary File 4 (Sample data)
    • Access all tables and maps in American Factfinder 
  • 1990 Census 
• Annual Population Estimates 
• Population and Household Economic Topics
  • Education
    • Educational Attainment and Earnings 
    • Field of Training and Economic Status 
• State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 

HCUPnet (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
"HCUPnet is a free, on-line query system based on data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). It provides access to health statistics and information on hospital stays at the national, regional, and State level."  To look up data by disease classification, you will need to know the ICD-9 (NOT ICD-10) codes.  You can find a list of codes at CDC Wonder Compressed Mortality 1979-1998.  Go to Section 4: Select Cause of Death to view the categories.  Click on on item, then click on Open to view sub-categories or click Open Fully to view further down the diagnostic tree.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Research, Statistics, Data & Systems 

• Charts & Figures from CMS 
• Health Care System: Facts & Figures (current)
• Medicare Facts & Figures 
• Medicaid Facts & Figures 
• Data Compendium 
  (zipped Excel & pdf files with historic, current, and projected data on Medicare enrollment and Medicaid recipients)
• Health Plans, Reports, Files, & Data 
  (zipped Excel files of state & county enrollments)
• Medicare Enrollment Reports 
• Medicare Program Rates & Statistics 
• National Health Care Expenditure Data 

Directory of Health and Human Services Data Resources 

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