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Indexes & Abstracts
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CURRENT INDEX TO STATISTICS (CIS)
CURRENT INDEX TO STATISTICS
(CIS). The Current Index to
Statistics is a bibliographic
index to publications in
statistics and related fields.
The CIS Extended Database (CIS-
ED) includes coverage, in most
cases from 1974 (or first issue
if later) to the present from
selected journals, and selected
books in statistics published
since 1974.
URL: http://query.statindex.org/
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EDS - ELECTRONIC DATA SERVICE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
EDS is CU libraries and ACIS service that
supports CU community in the use of
statistical data sources. It provides
statistical sources, software as well as
offers Reference assistance in using
statistical data,including raw data sets,
GIS, etc. Offers DataGate,the local archive
comprised of ICPSR, Roper, SSEDL, etc. EDS
is physically located at the CU Lehman
Social Sciences Library on the Morningside
Campus.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/
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HSUS ONLINE - HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES
A database format of 'Expanded and revised
edition of:
Historical
statistics of the United States,
colonial times to 1970. Bicentennial ed.
Washington : U.S. Dept. of
Commerce, Bureau of the Census,
1975. "Many [data] series in these
volumes are continued on a regular basis
with periodic updates and
revisions by the agency, group, or
individual responsible for the original
data."--Guide to the Millennial ed.
This database is an online version of the
new five-volume printed edition:
Historical statistics of the United
States : earliest times to the
present' Includes socio-economic
characteristics, demographic data, vital
statistics, etc.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5634151
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INFOSHARE ONLINE
A database of statistics about New York
City.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/3105451.html
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LEXIS NEXIS STATISTICAL
'Provides statistical data from U.S.
government publications from 1973, state
and private sources from 1980, and
international organizations from 1983.'
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?APK8288
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MEDLINE (OVID)
Three separate components of
Medline
available through OVID interface:
Medline 1966 - present (offers
author/journal/keyword/subject,
or MESH,
searching), Oldmedline 1950 -
1965 (offers
same but subject searching), and
In-Process
around 2 recent months (offers
same but
subject
searching).
URL: http://library.cpmc.columbia.edu/hsl/eres/countact.cfm?resourceid=1301
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POPLINE
citations and abstracts for publications
related to population, family planning, and
related health issues. Coverage from 1970-
present. Includes international demographic
research.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/popline.html
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POPULATION INDEX
'Population Index is the primary reference
tool to the world's population literature.
It presents an annotated bibliography of
recently published books, journal articles,
working papers, and other materials on
population topics. This website provides a
searchable and browsable database
containing 46,035 abstracts of demographic
literature published in Population Index in
the period 1986-2000.'
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?APH1576
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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Guides
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ADVANCE DATA FROM VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS
1976- NCHS publ.
Serial A.
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BLACK AMERICANS: A STATISTICAL SOURCEBOOK
REF E185.86 B52.
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HISPANIC AMERICANS: A STATISTICAL SOURCEBOOK
REF E184 S75 H27.
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HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES, COLONIAL TIMES TO 1970
U.S. Bureau of Census.
Ref HA202 Un32.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5018932
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MONTHLY VITAL STATISTICS REPORT
1952- NCHS/CDC publ.
Serial M.
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NEW JERSEY HEALTH STATISTICS
1971, 1982- Serial REF
RA 407.4 N5 N2, RA407.4 .N5 N42.
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
1940- New York City.
All in Ref.
Ref HA730 N42 N48.
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VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS
Ser.24
Serial V.
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VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS SERIES: AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND INDEX TO PUBLICATIONS OF THE "RAINBOW SERIES".
Ref Z7165 U5 V57.
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VITAL STATISTICS BY HEALTH AREAS AND HEALTH CENTER DISTRICTS
New York City. 1942-
All in Ref.
Ref HA730 N42 V83.
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VITAL STATISTICS FOR PENNSYLVANIA
1980 TO 1984.
REF RA 407.4 .P38 V83 1986.
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VITAL STATISTICS RATES IN THE UNITED STATES
1900-1940. U.S. Public Health
Service publ.
Ref HA205 V83.
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Directories and Associations
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AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION
1429 Duke St., Alexandria, VA
22314-3402, USA; Voice: 703-
684-1221; Toll-free: 888-231-3473
URL: http://www.amstat.org/
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Internet Guides and Resources
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ALAN GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE (AGI)
Specializes in reproductive
health research. Offers
statistics on teenage pregnancy,
abortions, std, etc. AGI is an
independent, not-for-profit
corporation, a special affiliate
of PPFA (Planned Parenthood
Federation of America.
URL: http://www.agi-usa.org/
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ATLAS OF UNITED STATES MORTALITY
Shows all leading causes of death
by race and sex for small U.S.
geographic areas referred to as
Health Service Areas (HSA's), etc.
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/products/pubs/pubd/other/atlas/atlas.htm
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CAREC - CARIBBEAN EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE
It "is administered on behalf of
21 Member Countries by the Pan
American Health Organization
(PAHO), the World Health
Organization's Regional Office
for the Americas. CAREC enjoys an
international reputation for its
work in support of Public Health
in the Caribbean." Offers
statistics on HIV/AIDS by
country; communicable disease
report archives; population data;
social and economic indicators
and vital statistics, etc.
URL: http://www.carec.org/
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CAUSES OF DEATH
Commercial Disaster Center
provides statistics on causes of
death by age and disease,
including accidents.
URL: http://www.disastercenter.com/cdc/
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CDC WONDER
Provides a single point of access
to a variety of CDC reports,
guidelines, and numeric public
health data. Query statistical
data sets, or retrieve reports
and guidelines.
URL: http://wonder.cdc.gov/
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CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC)
(DHHS). CDC's concern is
prevention and control of
communicable diseases,
environmental health, etc. Offers
online information in categories:
Travelers' Health, Health Topics
A-Z,
Publicatioins, Software &
Products, Data and Statistics,
etc. Offers links to the WEB
sites of CDC's 11 centers,
institute and offices.
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/
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CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND
Offers Children in the States
data, other statistical
information, etc.
URL: http://www.childrensdefense.org/
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CHILDSTATS
Offers child and family
statistics. Presents America's
Children: Key National Indicators
of Well-Being (the annual Federal
monitoring report on the status
of the Nation's children), which
includes statistics on population
and family characteristics, etc.
URL: http://childstats.gov/
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COUNTRY HEALTH PROFILES
(Pan American Health
Organization - PAHO). Offers
population, health and
epidemiology statistics as Health
in the Americas publication as
well as Individual country
profiles. Covers all countries of
the Americas. PAHO's country
profile database functions as the
official regional information
source on mortality in the
Americas.
URL: http://www.paho.org/english/country.htm
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COUNTY AND CITY DATA BOOK.
Offers electronic versions of the
1988 and 1994 County and City
Data Books. This service provides
the opportunity to create custom
printouts and/or customized data
subsets. Data includes
demographics, vital and
socioeconomic statistics for U.S.
in general, states, counties, and
cities.
URL: http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/ccdb/
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DATA.GOV
"... Data.gov increases the
ability of the public to easily
find, download, and use datasets
that are generated and held by
the Federal Government. Data.gov
provides descriptions of the
Federal datasets (metadata),
information about how to access
the datasets, and tools that
leverage government datasets. The
data catalogs will continue to
grow as datasets are added.
Federal, Executive Branch data
are included in the first version
of Data.gov." "Data.gov includes
searchable catalogs that provide
access to "raw" datasets and
various tools. In the "raw" data
catalog, you may access data in
XML, Text/CSV, KML/KMZ, Feeds,
XLS, or ESRI Shapefile formats.
The catalog of tools links you to
sites that include data mining
and extraction tools and widgets."
URL: http://www.data.gov/
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FEDSTATS (FEDERAL STATISTICS)
Offers statistics produced for
public use by more than 70 U.S.
Federal Government agencies.
Allows to search for statistics
by agency, by program (subject),
by subject alphabetically (A to
Z), by keyword (search the entire
site), by region (county, state,
country approach), provides links
to other sites, etc. Site Map
provided helps easy choice of
search approach. Under Fast Facts
provides links to and allows to
view the full text of Statistical
Abstract of the United States,
State and Metropolitan Area Data
Book, Socioeconomic Status, etc.
Accidents and injuries statistics
can be found in Programs under
Safety Statistics category.
URL: http://www.fedstats.gov/
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HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES
A 'compendium of statistics from over 1000
sources.'
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5634151
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HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES, COLONIAL TIMES TO 1970
U.S. Bureau of Census.
Ref HA202 Un32.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5018932
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INFONATION
(U.N.) InfoNation is an easy-to-
use, two-step database that
allows you to view and compare
the most up-to-date statistical
data for the Member States of the
United Nations. Data for each
country includes demography,
socioeconomic statistics, etc.
URL: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
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MMWR. MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT
(Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.) The weekly MMWR is
available in .pdf format readable
with Adobe Acrobat Reader and in
HTML. Look under Publications, or
Disease Trends categories, or
search by keyword, such as
accidents, etc.
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
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NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (NCHS)
Under Data Warehouse offers
miscellaneous health related
statistics in format of tables,
charts, etc. Comprehensive vital
statistics can be found under
Publications and Information
Products category.
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm
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NEW YORK CITY DEPT OF CITY PLANNING
Offers demographic, vital and
socieconomic
statistics for NYC including
stats by community district,
etc.
URL: http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/census/popdiv.shtml
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NEW YORK STATE DATA CENTER
Offers Census statistics for NYS.
URL: http://www.nylovesbiz.com/nysdc/default.asp
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U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
(INCLUDES LINKS TO GOVERNMENT
STATISTICAL AGENCIES BY COUNTRY
WORLDWIDE AND U.S. STATE
STATISTICAL SITES BY STATE).
Offers population statistics,
including vital statistics under
related sites.
URL: http://www.census.gov/
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U.S. CENSUS BUREAU: U.S. STATE DATA CENTERS
Offers U.S. statistics by state.
URL: http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/
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UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
Offers maternal and children's
health, nutrition, mortality,
environmental statistics under
Statistics category and under
Publications: see such
publications as The State of
World's Children, The Progress of
Nations, UNICEF Annual Reports,
etc.
URL: http://www.unicef.org/
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UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Offers information on trends in
international welfare and public
health. The site can be searched
by keyword.
URL: http://www.undp.org/
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WOMEN OF COLOR HEALTH DATA BOOK
(National Women's Health
Information Center - NWHIC).
Offers statistics on demographics
of women of color (black, Asian,
American Indian, Hispanic).
Special attention is given to age
groups: adolescent and elderly.
URL: http://www.4woman.gov/HealthPro/statistics/
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WORLD BANK
Offers World Development
Indicators (data includes
demographics), World Development
Reports, Country Data, Data by
Topics, etc. under Data category.
URL: http://www.worldbank.org/
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WEEKLY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RECORD
(WER) Serves as an instrument for the rapid and accurate dissemination of epidemiological information on cases and outbreaks of diseases, including newly emerging or re-emerging infections.
URL: http://www.who.int/wer/
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WORLD STATISTICS
(Information Please Almanac).
World Stats. category offers
statistics including abortions
for selected countries of the
world.
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/
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YOUTH INDICATORS
(NCES). Offers statistics on
youth pregnancies, abortions, etc.
URL: http://nces.ed.gov/help/sitemap.asp
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PARTNERS IN INFORMATION ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE
"Partners in Information Access for the
Public Health Workforce is a collaboration
of U.S. government agencies, public health
organizations, and health sciences
libraries which provides timely, convenient
access to selected public health resources
on the Internet."
Offers links to useful Public Health and
statistical resources in multiple
categories.
The PHPartners offers RSS feed that
would 'keep you
informed about news in public health,
upcoming meetings, and new
public
health online resources.
The PHPartners feed address is
http://phpartners.org/rss_phpartners.xml.
More information on how to subscribe to
PHPartners RSS feeds is
available at
http://phpartners.org/rss_information.html.'
URL: http://phpartners.org/
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