PubMed: Use the MeSH subject heading for a disease or condition and select the statistics and numeric subheading to go with it. For example: Breast Neooplasms/statistics and numerical [MeSH]
National Center for Health StatisticsThis is a good starting point for finding health statistics. Information is at a national level, but there are links to more specific information at the bottom of each topic page. FastStats are a good quick start.
National Health Expenditure DataStatistics on health spending in the United States. Produced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.This website offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education and health.
Commonwealth FundPrivate foundation that supports independent research for improved health care practice and policy. Includes a Chart-Cart with downloadable charts.
Healthy PeopleHealthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. It has a topic-specific search framework for the Healthy People 2020 initiative.
Hendry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)Private nonprofit foundation focuses on major health care issues facing the nation. Operates specialized websites for state health data, health and the election, global health, and health policy teaching and learning.
Urban Institute. Health Policy Center.Independent nonpartisan organization that gathers and analyzes data, conducts policy research and evaluates programs and services related to issues of national priority.
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