Sources and strategies for finding print sources of health statistics may be found at the end of the guide.
Statistics Following are strategies for finding statistics on the Internet.
They are listed from the most to the least direct. Find organizations using at least two search engines or a metasearch engine . For samples of health organizations that collect statistics see Associations and Organizations Collecting Statistics . It has become a standard reference work for those interested in the direction of social policy in the United States. Includes national trends in health statistics on such topics as birth and death rates, infant mortality, life expectancy, morbidity and health status, risk factors, use of ambulatory care and inpatient care, health personnel and facilities, financing of health care, health insurance and managed care, and other health topics.