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Data & Statistics
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
www.cdc.gov/nchs/
Information Available: Fastats A-Z (includes statistics
on myriad of health topics and Missouri Health facts), birth
and death data, surveys and data collections systems, health
e-stats and vital statistics.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
WONDER Database
http://wonder.cdc.gov/
Information Available: (Some of the following provide
data specific to cities, counties or state totals; other areas
contain national data only) HIV/AIDS data; Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); Combined Health Information
Database (CHID); Cancer Surveillance, Epidemiology and End
Results (SEER); DATA2010 (the Healthy People 2010 Database);
HRSA - Models that Work; mortality data; leading causes of
death; MMWR - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; population/census
state projections (through 2020); prevention guidelines; statistics
on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); tuberculosis data
and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
Kaiser Family Foundation: State Health Facts
Online
www.statehealthfacts.org/profileglance.jsp?rgn=27
Information Available: Missouri: At-a-Glance includes
statistics on demographics and the economy, health status,
health coverage and uninsured, Medicaid and SCHIP, Medicare,
health costs and budgets, managed care and health insurance,
provides and service use, women's health, minority health
and HIV/AIDS.
Missouri Census Data Center, Missouri County
Data Map
http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/pub/webrepts/mocntymap.html
Information Available: Select desired Missouri county
and receive links to Missouri county facts sheets, county
demographic profiles and trend reports, geographic comparison
reports and tract level data.
Missouri Department of Health and Senior
Services, Data and Statistical Reports
www.dhss.mo.gov/DataAndStatisticalReports/
Information Available: Links to various Missouri specific
health reports, surveys and data. Community Data profiles
(www.dhss.mo.gov/CommunityDataProfiles/)
provides data on specific health profiles such as chronic
and infectious disease, hospitalization rates, maternal demographics
and nursing home statistics broken down by districts, counties
or state totals. The Missouri Health Care Safety Net Report
2005 (www.dhss.mo.gov/DataAndStatisticalReports/HealthCareSafetyNet.pdf)
provides baseline information on the demand, support, structure
and environment of the health care safety net in Missouri.
Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis
(OSEDA)
www.oseda.missouri.edu
Information Available: Missouri specific data by regions,
localities, communities, school districts, places and counties.
OSEDA features 2000 census data, county fact sheets, Missouri
Kids Count Data Book, Step by Step newsletter, Community Connection
link and educational reports.
Population Reference Bureau
www.prb.org/DataFind/datafinder7.htm
Information Available: U.S. data concerning infant
and child mortality; life expectancy; differences in racial,
ethnic and gender mortality rates; causes of death data and
health trends.
Saint Louis Regional Health Commission (RHC)
www.stlrhc.org/Resources/Reports.aspx
Information Available: RHC reports,
including the Building a Healthier St. Louis Data Book, 2003;
a Situational Analysis which addresses key findings relating
to St. Louis' health status (disparities, limited collaboration
and care coordination, barriers to access, emergency department
use, limited specialty care access, under-funded safety net
system, a widening fund gap and health status measurement
and reporting) and a report focusing on recommendations to
improve health and health care in the St. Louis region.
U.S. Census Bureau
www.census.gov
Information Available: Link to American Fact Finder
which includes Federal Poverty Level (FPL) statistics for
Missouri cities, counties and state totals; racial and ethnic
demographics; population and housing information; and social
characteristics data.
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