Public Health (MPH): Statistics

The CDC is the place to start when trying to locate statistics for the United States.

Healthy People provides 10-year, measurable public health objectives — and tools to help track progress toward achieving them. Healthy People identifies public health priorities to help individuals, organizations, and communities across the United States improve health and well-being. Healthy People 2030, the initiative’s fifth iteration, builds on knowledge gained over the first 4 decades.

Developed by the National Center for Health Statistics, the purpose of the HIW is to provide a single, user-friendly, source for national, state, and community health indicators and to link indicators with evidence-based interventions.

Select a topic, then navigate to "statistics and research." From the US National Library of Medicine.

Data from the lead federal government agency for behavioral health data and research.

Compile data from hundreds of State Health Facts indicators on health coverage, access, and costs, as well as demographic and economic data, into interactive custom reports for a single state or multiple states.

Whether conducted by AHCA and prestigious research agencies or gathered from government agencies, the Association aims to provide a clear picture to the public and policymakers about the state of skilled nursing centers.

Topics range from climate change and health equity to violence prevention and transportation.

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The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing.

The Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CE) program provides data on expenditures, income, and demographic characteristics of consumers in the United States.

WHO's primary role is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations’ system.

HealthStats is the World Bank's comprehensive database of Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) statistics.

The All of Us Research Program, led by the National Institutes of Health, is building one of the largest biomedical data resources of its kind. The All of Us Research Hub stores health data from a diverse group of participants from across the United States.

Choose a category to see indicators for state of Iowa.

For three decades, America’s Health Rankings has provided an analysis of national health on a state-by-state basis by evaluating a historical and comprehensive set of health, environmental and socioeconomic data to determine national health benchmarks and state rankings.

From Iowa Department of Public Health

View county-level needs, improvement plans, data, and more.

Population, housing, demographics, and more.

Dynamic views of cancer statistics for prioritizing cancer control efforts across the nation.

Quick and easy breakdowns of census data.

Series of reports and data produced by the Planning and Education Program of the Polk County Health Department.

PLACES, a collaboration between CDC, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the CDC Foundation, allows local health departments and jurisdictions regardless of population size and urban-rural status to better understand the burden and geographic distribution of health-related outcomes in their areas and assist them in planning public health interventions.

CHR&R allows nationwide comparison of counties with similar populations based on key demographic, social, and economic indicators.

"More than 80 percent of U.S. residents live in urban areas. But until recently, few measures have been available to assess health, the factors that shape health, and the drivers of health equity at the city level. That's where the City Health Dashboard comes in. Our goal is to provide communities and city leaders with an array of regularly updated data specific to neighborhood and/or city boundaries – such as life expectancy, obesity, and children in poverty -- to improve the health and well-being of everyone in the community."