Web  Resources

Miscellaneous Sites

• National Institutes of Health: Institutes, Centers & Offices
  http://www.nih.gov/icd
  

• Directory of Health Organizations Online (DIRLINE)
  http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov
  

• HealthWeb
  http://www.healthweb.org/index.cfm
  

• MedlinePlus--Health Information from the National Institute of Health
  http://medlineplus.gov/

• MedicalStudent.com
  http://www.medicalstudent.com
  

• RxList-The Internet Drug Index (Commercial Site)
  http://www.rxlist.com
  

• Quackwatch
  http://www.quackwatch.org
  

 

Statistics

 General

• National Center for Health Statistics

      http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-- Directory of Health and Human Services Data Resources

      http://aspe.hhs.gov/search/datacncl/DataDir/index.shtml




Aging

• Administration on Aging: Statistical Information on Older Persons

      http://agingstats.gov/




AIDS

• Centers for Disease Control - Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention - Basic Statistics

      http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats.htm




Cancer

• Public Information: from the National Cancer Institute

      http://www.nci.nih.gov/hpage/public.htm




Cardiovascular

• American Heart Association

      http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1928




Child Abuse and Neglect

• NCCAN Clearinghouse Home Page

      http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/




Diabetes

• Centers for Disease Control - Diabetes Home Page

      http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/index.htm




Ethnic Health Issues

• Indian Health Service Program Statistics

      http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/IHS_Stats/index.asp




Health Care Administration

• Agency for Health Care Policy and Research - Data and Surveys

      http://www.ahcpr.gov:80/data




International Statistics

• The Progress of Nations, UNICEF (1996)

      http://www.unicef.org/pon96/contents.htm

• WHOSIS - World Health Organization Statistical Information System

      http://www.who.ch/whosis/whosis.htm

 

Mental Health and Substance Abuse

• National Institute of Drug Abuse - Capsule Index

      http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDACapsules/NCIndex.html

• SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) Statistical Data

     http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/MentalHealthStatistics




Occupational Health

• OSHA Statistics & Data

    http://www.osha.gov/oshstats

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