Other information at the site includes the MMWR Recommendations and Reports, the CDC Surveillance Summaries, the annual Summary of Notifiable Diseases, United States, and full-text articles from the electronic journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. Mortality Tables Detailed mortality tables prepared by the Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics. These unpublished mortality tables require Adobe Reader to view and download. The National Center for Health Statistics has a lot to offer. To find the text-based table of contents, scroll to the bottom line.
Several items are particularly interesting.
Following the FedStats link to programs, then health, brings up a list of federal agencies producing health-related statistics. An excellent source of substance-abuse statistics and other information from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. An annual compendium of statistics on the social, political, and economic activity of the United States. Each table includes the original source note, making them a useful guide to other statistical publications, both governmental and private. The tables are frequently retrospective, and statistics may range from national to local levels.