Health Statistics on the Web (June 16, 2022)

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0:00 Intro
2:13 Data vs Statistics
7:39 Statistics Portals (National Center for Health Statistics, MedlinePlus)
20:33 National Statistics Resources (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, State Health Facts)
33:39 Local Statistics (U.S. Census Bureau, County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, City Health Dashboard, Rural Data Explorer)
53:34 NLM resources to learn more (Finding and Using Health Statistics tutorial, Know Your Chances: Understanding Health Statistics book)

Class evaluation and MLA CE - https://redcap.nubic.northwestern.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=E83MFRPEKW&ct=19&dt=2022-06-16&rmlo=11&code=stat0622&aou=0

Links
Class handouts and slides - https://nnlm.gov/training/class/health-statistics-web-3
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
MedlinePlus - https://medlineplus.gov/
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) - https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/
State Health Facts - https://www.kff.org/statedata/
U.S. Census Bureau - https://data.census.gov/cedsci/
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps - https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/
City Health Dashboard - http://www.cityhealthdashboard.com/
Rural Data Explorer - https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/
Finding and Using Health Statistics from the National Information Center on Health Services Research & Health Care Technology (NICHSR) - https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/stats_tutorial/cover.html
Know Your Chances. Understanding Health Statistics - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK115435/
NNLM.gov - Health Statistics on the Web by Topic - https://nnlm.gov/node/10694