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National and State Data From Federal Sources
You can find more information through our State
and Local Data
Systems resources.
This page provides links to a number of national databases
from the US Department of Health and Human Services
that contain information on various aspects of healthcare
for children and youth. Some of these databases may
be used for state-level analysis. Many
of these databases also have on-line or telephone technical
support and/or query tools.
Directory of (US) Department of Health & Human
Services Data Resources. Site provides a list of data sources by agency.
DataFinder. Site allows reader to search
by topic to find data and data resources supported by
federal agencies, state and local governments.
Public Health Databases (from the Public Health Foundation): Provides links to CDC, the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), and the Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET).
Healthy People 2010 Data from “CDC Wonder” supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US DHHS. Site allows reader to get data by focus area and/or specific objective and year. Includes access to additional information about the definitions and ability to tailor data output to individual needs.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ),
US DHHS
Healthcare Cost and Utilization
Project (HCUP) Data is collected in collaboration with state data collection efforts. HCUP is a family of health care databases and related software tools and products developed through a Federal-State-industry partnership. See also contact information
for State participants. T his
project is designed to create a longitudinal standardized
multi-state health data system. Databases
include:
- National Inpatient Sample (NIS) is the largest
database of all payer inpatient hospital stays. The
database contains discharge data from 986 hospitals
in 33 states and contains data on approximately 7 million
hospital stays. Additional information is available
on the sampling and methodology.
- State Inpatient Sample
(SIS). Data are
collected from all inpatient hospital stays in 36 participating
states and transformed into a uniform format. The database
contains a set of core clinical and non-clinical data
elements common to all states; some additional elements
may also be included in different sites. This database
represents approximately 85% of all community hospital
discharges in the nation.
- Kids' Inpatient Database
(KID) is the only national inpatient database for children under age 18 in the United States. This database contains approximately 1.9 million hospital discharges and includes charge information, regardless of payer, including children covered by Medicaid, private insurance and no insurance. To create your own data tables using HCUP or KID, visit this interactive site.
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
(MEPS). National database
of health status, healthcare costs and utilization. Survey
contains four components: (1) hospital component; (2)
nursing home component; (3) medical provider component
and (4) insurance component. Database can link healthcare
utilization and impact of changes over time to specific
demographic and socioeconomic groups. This survey began
in 1977 as the National Medical Care Expenditure Survey
(NMCES) and was last conducted in a version called the
National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES), administered
in 1987.
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Services Research
Administration, US DHHS
- Child Health USA, Reports on national health status
indicators for children and adolescents. Has state and
city data for limited set of indicators.
- Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs. Database
contains national and state level information on the
number of children and youth (ages 0-17) with special
health care needs. Data are collected form 750 families
in every state and include information on access to care,
unmet needs, health and functioning, the impact of the
child’s health on the family, satisfaction and
quality of care, and adequacy of insurance coverage.
This site allows reader to create data tables according
to specific interests.
National Center for Health Statistics, US DHHS
- National Asthma Survey, sponsored by National Center
for Environmental Health, CDC . Survey contains health,
socioeconomic, behavioral, and environmental predictors
that relate to better control of asthma and will describe
the content of care and health care experiences of
persons with asthma. Data will be available in late
2004.
- National
Survey of Children’s Health, a module
of SLAITS sponsored by the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and
Services Administration, examines the physical
and emotional health of children ages 0-17 years of
age. Special emphasis is placed on factors that
may relate to well-being of children, including medical
homes, family interactions, parental health, school
and after-school experiences, and safe neighborhoods.
Data will be available in late 2004.
- National Survey of Early Childhood
Health, a module
of SLAITS, sponsored by the American
Academy of Pediatrics. Provides national baseline
data on pediatric care (and its impact) from the parent’s
perspective. Questions focus on the delivery of pediatric
care to families with children under 3 years of age
and the promotion of young children’s health
by families in their homes.
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System (BRFSS): Supported
By The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, US DHHS.
State-level data on adult substance use, tobacco use, diet
and other preventive health practices and risk behaviors
that are linked to chronic diseases, injuries and preventable
infectious diseases. County-level synthetic data estimates
for selected risk indicators may be accessed by local health
departments .
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
System (YRBSS), Supported
By The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, US
DHHS. Developed in 1990 to track health behaviors and
risk factors that contribute to death, disability and
social problems among children youth and adults in the
US. Public health focus. Data are collected on tobacco
use, dietary behaviors, physical activity, alcohol and
other drug use, sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted
diseases, and behaviors that contribute to unintentional
injuries and violence. Data are collected through national,
state and school-based surveys every 2 years.
US Census Bureau
- American
FactFindeR (Fact Sheet): Accesses data from the Censuses
of Population and Housing, the American Community Survey,
and the Economic Census. Users can search Census STF
databases, with metadata description, and format the
results to create customized tables (or download to spreadsheets),
construct reference maps to show boundaries and features
for geographic entities, and produce quick thematic maps
to reveal geographic patterns in statistical data. Not
child-specific but useful for bigger picture, state,
and community data.
FedStats: Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy. More than 70 agencies in the U.S. Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. This site provides easy access to the full range of county and state-level statistics and information produced by these U.S. government agencies for public use. Among the postings are county level data on immigration, crime, and poverty estimates.
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