National
Data Sources
State
Data Sources
Useful
Documents/Publications
Wisconsin data for topics such as
older adults, health insurance, cancer, and vital statistics. Most
of the data are statewide, but some local information is also available.
http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/stats/index.htm
Included at this site are: 2001 Wisconsin
Traffic Crash Facts, 2001 Wisconsin Alcohol Traffic Facts, and various
other publications and archival data.
http://www.dot.state.wi.us/safety/motorist/crashfacts/index.htm
One of the many projects of the Wisconsin
Council on Children and Families, the annual data book provides
statistics and information on the status of children across Wisconsin.
http://www.wccf.org/projects/kidscounty.html
This report, published in 2000, summarizes
what is known from particular areas of alcohol research and describes
in greater detail significant research findings that have been reported
since the Ninth Special Report.
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/10report/intro.pdf
"America's Children: Key
National Indicators of Well-Being, 2002, developed by the Federal
Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, is the sixth annual
synthesis of information on the status of the Nation's most valuable
resource, our children. This report presents 24 key indicators of
the well-being of children. These indicators are monitored through
official Federal statistics covering children's economic security,
health, behavior and social environment, and education. The report
also presents data on eight key contextual measures and includes
a special feature showing children of at least one foreign-born
parent. The 20 agencies of the Forum have also introduced improvements
in the measurement of several of the indicators presented last year."
[from the report description online]
You can view this report online in both HTML and PDF formats.
The PDF version offers the full report as a single file (7.31MB)
or as individual chapters. You will find access to all online versions
of this report, as well as information on ordering a hard copy at:
http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/
The BRFSS, the world’s largest
telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States. Information
from the survey is used to improve the health of the American people.
This site offers access to the survey results for 1990-2001 surveys,
information about the BRFSS, plus interactive databases with data
on prevalence, trends, and the historical record of the BRFSS.
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/
Crime,
victim, law enforcement, and corrections-related statistics can
all be found on this site.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
Check
out the Data & Statistics section and the Factbook for stats on
a wide range of health-related topics.
http://www.cdc.gov/
The
one-stop site for statistics from federal agencies. Be sure to check
out the topical links (includes links to stats on teen cigarette
brand preferences, AIDS/HIV, income, etc.) and the MapStats for
Wisconsin information.
http://www.fedstats.gov
2003
KIDS COUNT Data Book Online
"The 14th annual KIDS COUNT
Data Book reports that while national trends in child well-being
have been positive over the past decade, there is still wide variation
among states along several critical indicators. Despite the positive
trends of the last decade, the report makes it clear that this progress
is fragile, threatened by what the Casey Foundation terms 'the high
cost of being poor.' Although more than 2.5 million parents have
transitioned from welfare to work in the last decade, these and
other low-income working families have to pay more for basic goods
such as housing, food and transportation, hindering their efforts
to build financial security for their children."
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/databook/
The Annie E. Casey Foundation presents
KIDS COUNT, a national and state-by-state effort to track the status
of children in the U.S. It provides online data including the 2002
KIDS COUNT Data Book; KIDS COUNT Census Data; CLIKS: County, City,
Community Level Information on Kids (data from Wisconsin not yet
available); and 2003 Right Start (birth data for the state).
KIDS COUNT has compiled indicators of child well-being from the
2000 U.S. Census and this site provides access to an interactive
online database of that Census data. As additional data becomes
available, KIDS COUNT will include it in their database. You will
have access to profiles, rankings, and raw data for the nation as
a whole, for individual states, the largest cities, counties, and
other geographic areas.
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/
Monitoring the Future is an ongoing
study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary
school students, college students, and young adults. Each year,
a total of some 50,000 8th, 10th and 12th grade students are surveyed
(12th graders since 1975, and 8th and 10th graders since 1991).
http://monitoringthefuture.org/
NCES is the primary federal entity
for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education
in the United States and other nations.
http://nces.ed.gov/
Includes
national and state statistics on such topics as health status, mortality,
and teenage birth rates.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
The
Office of Applied Studies (OAS) provides the latest national data
on (1) alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other drug abuse, (2) drug
related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases,
and (3) the nation's substance abuse treatment system.
http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/
Pulse Check is a research report
presenting findings on drug use patterns and drug markets as reported
by ethnographers, epidemiologists, treatment providers, and law
enforcement officials in sites throughout the Nation
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/pulsecheck.html
The goal of the Archive is to provide
access to substance abuse and mental health research data. Through
this site users can access a list of related sites, publications,
online analysis, and can also download data. The Data Analysis System
includes a "User Guide" and other resources for understanding
how to use the system.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SAMHDA/
This site is the gateway to the U.S.
Census 2002, including currently available reports and summaries.
Also you can access the American FactFinder, historical census information,
and a variety of publications.
http://www.census.gov/
The YRBSS was developed in 1990 to
monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute markedly
to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems
among youth and adults in the United States. The YRBSS monitors
six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among youth and
young adults---behaviors that contribute to unintentional and intentional
injuries; tobacco use; alcohol and other drug use; sexual behaviors
that contribute to unintented pregnancy and STDs (including HIV
infection); unhealthy dietary behaviors; and physical inactivity.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/index.htm
published by the National Center
for Education Statistics, June 2002
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002025.pdf
