Health Statistics

Summary: An interagency working group of scientific and technical information organizations from major U.S. government science agencies have collaborated to create science.gov, the "FirstGov for Science" web site. It provides a gateway to reliable information about science and technology from across federal government organizations. Major types of information included are selected authoritative science Web sites and databases of technical reports, journal citations, conference proceedings, and fact sheets.

Summary: Scientific Data, a peer-reviewed, online-only, open-access publication, publishes datasets that might not normally get into the open and increases the discoverability and reusability of datasets. Data Descriptors, the primary article type, describe previously unpublished datasets and expand on previous publications.

Contents:
Introduction / Juan M. Cabases and Rosalind Rabin
Data and Methods / Bas Janssen, Agota Szende, and Juan Manuel Ramos-Goni
Population Norms for the EQ-5D / Bas Janssen and Agota Szende
Cross-Country Analysis of EQ-5D Data / Agota Szende and Bas Janssen
Socio-demographic Indicators based on EQ-5D / Agota Szende and Bas Janssen
Annex 1: EQ-5D population norms - National surveys
Annex 2: EQ-5D population norms - Regional surveys
References
Index.

Contents:

v. 1. England and Wales, 1911-70 : Deaths and death rates by sex, age, site, and calendar period.

Summary: "Our objective is to help visually analyze and understand the demography of the U.S. through the use of interactive maps and data reports. Our primary functions include Demographic Data Analysis, Interactive Map/Report Design and Software Development. Our main goal is to visually display the demographic change that has occurred in the U.S. since 1790 through the present, for the country over all down to the level of the county. For more recent years, one can display areas as small as your own neighborhood. Certain cities may even be displayed as far back as 1910. To do this we have developed a collection of interactive demographic maps that can be viewed, queried and manipulated on our site."--website.

Summary: Data tables rank U.S. states on topics relating to demographics, economics, finances, taxes, spending and employment, Federal Government fiscal matters, education, welfare and social services, health, crime and law enforcement, transportation, natural resources, science and technology, labor, management, and local government.

Summary: Tables show worldwide sales of pharmaceuticals, drug research and development expenditures, drug development times, treatment cost comparisons, and the value of pharmaceuticals in improving health care and reducing the costs of illness.

Summary: A premier source for cancer statistics in the United States. SEER collects information on incidence, survival, and prevalence from specific geographic areas representing 26 percent of the US population and compiles reports on all of these plus cancer mortality for the entire US.