International Sources
At the bottom of the column, you will find general resources for country overviews, including infant mortality, average health expenditures, and life expectancy information.
- World Health Organization Global Health Observatory This link opens in a new windowData and analyses on global health priorities, including information on global situation and trends highlights through the use of core indicators, database views, major publications and links to relevant web pages.
- CIA World FactBook This link opens in a new windowInformation on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
- OECD Health StatisticsIncludes data on:
- health expenditure and financing
- health care quality indicators
- health care resources - World Health Organization- World Health StatisticsThe World Health Statistics series is WHO’s annual compilation of health statistics for its 194 Member States.
US Sources
- National Center for Health Statistics This link opens in a new windowWebsite for national health statistics aimed at guiding actions and policies to improve the health of the American people.
- Statistical Abstracts of the US (2013-present) This link opens in a new windowAn authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States with information for 2013 onward.
- FastStatsThe FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.