NUR 300 - Foundations of Professional Nursing

Contains statistics on selected diseases reported to the Center for Disease Control by state health departments.

Includes data on vital events, health status, lifestyle, exposure to unhealthy events, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of healthcare.

Information on this site can be useful for professionals and the general public. Highlights of the site include a link to “faststats” health related statistics organized by state or major illness. The A-Z index lists more than 500 health related topics and diseases or visitors can easily search the entire site by using their searchbox.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) partnered to create this database, which is a subset of PubMed.

Core reference source for government-compiled health statistics. Provides trend tables that are updated as new data becomes available.

Contains a variety of resources, including health care quality and patient safety.