Statistical Research Using Health-Related Datasets

This page provides data links covered in the presentation given at the Health Sciences Library, 3/19/04, and at the SHP noon seminar 4/23/04.

ICPSR archives

• ICPSR Health and Medical Care Archive
• ICPSR Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive
• Example of online analysis
  Health Behavior of School Aged Children in SAMHDA.

Public Opinion about health issues

• "Health" category in Ellis Library Data Archive
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
• To search public opinion surveys by keywords in the question,
  choose the iPOLL database from the library database list

Health datasets on CD-ROM

The library receives some datasets on CD-ROM format. A few examples include:

• 2002 National Immunization Survey
• 1996 Perinatal Mortality Data File
• National Hospital Discharge Survey
• World Development Indicators (see list of indicators)

Want to see more? Use the MERLIN Catalog to see what the library owns. NTIS' catalog shows additional datasets on CD-ROM and magnetic tape which are available for purchase.

Health datasets on the Internet

• Science and Health category on Ellis Library Internet Data link list
• MICA - Missouri Information for Community Assessment
• Sociometrics
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute datasets
• Datasets from Cancer.gov
• Health Data Tools and Statistics from Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
• Remember to check state government websites for downloadable health datasets
• Note the international data archive organizations listed under "Other Countries" on the Public Use Datasets page on this website
• Health & Population - World Bank research datasets

Demographics

• American FactFinder
• MABLE/Geocorr Geographic Correspondence Engine