Olin Library Research Guides: Public Health: Finding Data and Statistics

Key Public Health Data Sources

Statista
Statista is a great source for global health data, public opinion on health topics, and other resources. It will often lead you directly to original data sources, thus saving labor.

Data at the CDC
This resource allows users to dive directly into healthcare and public health datasets. You can see the CDC's priorities in its choice of categories, such as vaccination rates and environmental health.
CDC Wonder
Public health data
Data at WHO
This hub has a huge amount of global healthcare systems and public health data. Country profiles and the annual World Health Statistics report are useful in a variety of contexts.
Health (Census Bureau)
Health statistics are increasingly important in measuring the nation’s overall well-being. The Census Bureau provides accurate, detailed, and up-to-date statistics—covering people and business—relating to health in America.
World Bank Open Data
The World Bank Open Data project provides easy-to-use access to a variety of development indicators (e.g., poverty, education). They have more advanced datasets as well, but this is the best place to start for new researchers.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

An international consortium of more than 810 academic institutions and research organizations, ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.
PolicyMap

PolicyMap is a U.S. national data and mapping tool that combines a curated, geographic data library with simple, robust mapping and analytics tools.