Government Reference Sources: Health and Vital Statistics

• America's Children: Key National Indicators of Child Well-Being
• Job-related Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
• Charting Parenthood (PDF; use the free Adobe Reader)
• Drug Information (Drug Enforcement Administration) describes many drugs of abuse with additional information.
• Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2005. See also Nutrition.gov and HealthierUS.gov for more information about nutrition and diet.
• The health and well-being of children: a portrait of states and the nation, 2005. See also Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children & Youth, 2003. Earlier years also available.
• Adoption, foster care, and child abuse/neglect statistics (Children's Bureau).
• Health Information has a growing collection of the most requested National Institute of Health publications.
• MEDLINEplus (National Library of Medicine)
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Recommendations and Reports
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summaries
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Traveler's Health (Centers for Disease Control)
• West Nile Virus (Centers for Disease Control)
• What You Need to Know about Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
• Where to Write for Vital Records

Created and maintained by Mary M. Finley
Questions or comments: mary.finley@csun.edu
Links checked: 12 June 2007