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

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/

Food Surveys Research Group
- Information relating to food consumption surveys conducted by USDA
- http://www.barc.usda.gov/bhnrc/foodsurvey/

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/

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

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/

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

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

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

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