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Incidence: Asthma | Cancer | Cigarette Use | Depression | Diabetes | Heart Diseases and Stroke | HIV/AIDS | Low Back Pain | Maternal, Infant, and Child Health | Morbidity and Mortality | Obesity | Substance Abuse
Health & Wellness/Disease Treatments (see also Drugs category): Medical and Clinical Literature | Hospital Library Web Sites | Academic Medical Web Sites | Public Library Websites & Resources

Incidence

Asthma

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• American Lung Association, Trends in Asthma Morbidity and Mortality (PDFs)
  - asthma1.pdf
  - asthma2.pdf
• Massachusetts Chronic Disease Improvement Network
  - Asthma Statistics and Data
• National Center for Health Statistics
  - Fast Facts A-Z, Asthma
  - Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use and Mortality
  - Surveillance for Asthma, United States
• AANMA - Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics
  - Asthma Statistics
• American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology, Media Resources: Media Kit
  - Asthma Statistics
• Allergy Action Plan
  - Top 50 Allergy Capitals
• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
  - Cost of Asthma
  

• Estimated Prevalence and Incidence of Lung Disease by Lung Association Territory (link to PDF)
  
• Trends in Lung Cancer Morbidity and Mortality (PDFs)
  - LC02PT1.pdf
  - LC02PT2.pdf
• National Cancer Institute Statistics - link to site
• The Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, State of Gynecologic Cancers from Medicine on the Net
  - First Annual Report to the Women of America
• Arkansas Cancer Data Query System
  - Cancer-Rates.Info
  

• American Lung Association, Trends in Tabacco Use (PDFs)
  - smk1.pdf
  - smk2.pdf

• National Mental Health Association
  - Co-Occurrence of Depression with Medical, Psychiatric, And Substance Abuse Disorders
  - Depression in Women
• National Institute of Mental Health
  - Numbers Count: Mental Disorders in America
• Department of Health and Human Services, SAHMSA, National Mental Health Information Center                              - Mental Health, United States, 2002

• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC), Statistics
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Diabetes Public Health Resource, Data & Trends

• American Heart Association
  - Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics - 2003 Update (PDF)
  - Statistical Fact Sheets
• The Internet Stroke Center: About Stroke

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: HIVnet
• AVERT.org HIV & AIDS Statistics
• Center for Disease Control & prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
  - Statistics
• UNAIDS: World AIDS Campaign
  - Fact Sheets
• World Health Organization and UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS)
  - Global HIV/AIDS & STD Surveillance

• American Chiropractic Association, Back Pain Statistics
• BackCare: the Charity for Healthier Backs, Back Facts

• Boston Children and Family Database
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Child Health USA
• Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, ChildStats.com
• National Center for Health Statistics, Child Health
• U.S. Health and Human Services, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
• U.S. Census Bureau, Children's Health Insurance
• March of Dimes, Perinatal Statistics
• Unicef, Health Statistics
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HCUP Kids' Inpatient Database (KID)
• Arkansas Center for Health Statistics Query System, Low Birthweight Report, Fertility Report, and Cause of Death Report

• NationMaster
• CDC Wonder, on Mortality
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

• The Calorie Control Council From Medicine on the Net

• Department of Health and Human Services, SAHMSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  Results from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
• NIAAA - National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  Trends in Alcohol-Related Morbidity
  Economic Costs of Alcohol Abuse in the United States
• NIDA-National Institute on Drug Abuse, Trends and Statistics

Health & Wellness/Disease Treatments (see also Drugs category)

Medical and Clinical Literature

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• eMedicine
• Gale Health & Wellness Database
• Healthfinder
• Healthfinder - Consumer Health Information Search - separate section to search only consumer health information sources within federal government websites
• Healthline
• Medem
• Medline Plus
• Medscape

• National Library of Medicine, HSR Information Central

• Massachusetts General Hospital,
  Treadwell Library
• Cleveland Clinic
• Mayo Clinic
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  

• University of Massachusetts Medical School: Lamar Soutter Library

• Tufts University Health Sciences Library

• Tufts-New England Medical Center

• Harvard University Countway Library of Medicine

• University of Michigan School of Public Health

• University of Michigan Dentistry Library

• MEDLIB: Medical Library Gateway

• Boston University Medical Library

• Denison Memorial Library, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Medical Reference for Non-Medical Librarians

• LLRX.com - "Law and technology resources for legal professionals" - its health information section includes list of free online databases available via the Internet to holders of public library cards - by state (selected)

Health Sciences Library Statistics

• Annual Statistics of Medical School Libraries in the United States and Canada

• The Composite Hospital Library: 2001 Benchmarking Aggregate Data Tables

This page last updated December 1, 2006

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