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Statistics


Australian

Year Book Australia  2004
A comprehensive general reference work which includes basic statistics and different feature articles each year.
Australian Hospital Statistics
Australian Hospital Statistics 2002-03 is the latest in the Institute's series of reports summarising data on Australia's hospitals.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for health and welfare statistics and information. Includes:
ANU Demography & Population Studies World Wide Web Virtual Library
Resources in the field of demography  provided by the Demography Program of the Australian National University to keep track of leading information facilities of value and/or significance to researchers.
Health Statistics - New South Wales
Health Statistics - Department of Human Services (South Australia)
Health Statistics - Department of Human Services (Tasmania)
Public Health Information Development Unit, University of Adelaide
 
Publications include Social Health Atlas of Australia, 1999 consisting
of  9 volumes - one for Australia as a whole, and one for each state or territory.

International

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US) - Data and Statistics
CDC National Prevention Information Network (US)
CDC National Centre for Health Statistics (US)
Demographic, Social and Economic Indicators
HealthWeb Public Health Statistics (US)
HCUP
An on-line query system to analyze health statistics and information on hospital stays at the national, regional, and State level.
International Data Base (IBD)
The Internet Glossary of Statistical Terms - internet glossary of statistical terms
Medical Statistics - links from University of  Glasgow Library
Pan American Health Organization. Country Health Profiles
From the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a series of health data collections  for the Americas, country by country. Also at this site are Basic Health Indicators and  Core Health Data from which tables can be generated
Social Statistics Briefing Room (SSBR) (US) - Health care statistics from the Whitehouse.
Social Indicators (UN. Statistics Division)
This site contains a section on health indicators which provides country by country statistics on life expectancy, and infant and child mortality.
Unicef Statistics 
The statistical tool includes economic and social data from 195 countries and territories, with particular reference to children well-being. These statistics are derived from UNICEF flagship publication, The State of the World Children 2005.
United Nations Population Fund
United Nations Global Statistics  
links to both international  and national statistical agencies.
WHOSIS - WHO Statistical Information System (World Health Organisation)