Health Data

*Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old
A nationally representative longitudinal data set consisting of individuals who were over 70 in October 1993 (when the first wave was collected).

*Canadian Institute for Health Information
This site contains a collection of statistics and data dealing with the Canadian health care system.

*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This page contains links to data and statistics compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and National Center for Health Statistics.

*Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data
This site contains recent statistics and a wide variety of public-use data files made available through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.

*Chicago Health and Family Life Survey
This 1995-1997 survey collects extensive information on sexual activities, fertility, relationship formation, and the educational and demographic characteristics of a Chicago sample of individuals aged 18 to 59.

*Chinese Health and Family Life Survey
This 1999-2000 survey collects extensive information on sexual activities, fertility, relationship formation, and the educational and demographic characteristics of a Chinese sample of individuals aged 20 to 64.

* European Community Household Panel
The European Community Household Panel is a longitudinal survey of 60,500 households beginning in 1994 and continuing through 2001. Data is available on income, demographic factors, labor supply, education, and health.

*Family Life Surveys
The RAND Corporation conducted Family Life Surveys in Malaysia, Indonesia, Guatemala, and Matlab, Bangladesh. Data is available on a variety of individual, household, and community characteristics. Data is available on income, education, health status, and labor market activities.

*Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project includes two databases: a nationwide inpatient sample and a state inpatient database. The nationwide sample provides information from approximately 900 hospitals while the state database sample provides information from community hospitals in 19 states. Data on participating hospitals is available on an annual basis beginning in 1988. The data collection is sponsored and disseminated by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR).

*Health and Retirement Survey
A nationally representative longitudinal data set consisting of 12,600 persons in over 7,600 households. The initial data was collected in face-to-face interviews in 1992 and follow-up surveys are conducted every two years. The respondents were between the ages of 51 and 61 in 1992 and will be followed for 12 years.

*Health Insurance Data
Cross-sectional and longitudinal data on health insurance coverage is contained at this site (as well as links to several studies and related data sets).

*Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a nationally representative survey that consists of household, medical provider, insurance, and nursing home components. The household component contains information on medical services used by individuals and households over the course of two calendar years. This data is linked to information provided by the respondents' medical providers, insurers, and employers. This survey is co-sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

*National Center for Health Statistics
This site contains published and unpublished health care statistics and a growing list of public use data files provided through the Center for Disease Control's FTP site. These public use data files include the 1993 and 1994 Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and the 1993 and 1994 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

*National Health and Family Life Survey
This 1992 survey collects extensive information on sexual activities, fertility, relationship formation, and the educational and demographic characteristics of a U.S. sample of approximately 2500 individuals aged 18 to 44.

* National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health)
This data collection is a longitudinal survey of adolescents who were enrolled in grades 7 through 12 in 1994. The data was collected at individual, family, school, and community levels.

*National Longitudinal Surveys
This web site contains links to the data and codebooks for:

*National Longitudinal Survey of the High School Class of 1972
The National Longitudinal Survey of the High School class of 1972 provides a rich data set on a large sample of individuals who were high school seniors in 1972. Many of these individuals were followed up in five subsequent follow-up surveys, ending in 1986. Information on ordering the CD containing the data is available through this site.

*New York State Department of Health - Statistics and Data
Data is available on a variety of health care statistics at the county level.

*Taiwan Women and Family Studies
This 1989 survey contains information on a sample of 3,803 women aged 25 to 59 in Taiwan. This study focuses on the determinants and consequences of labor market activity and the interrelationships among labor market activity, physical and psychological wellbeing, and family relationships.

*World Health Organization's Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
This site, provided by the World Health Organization, makes it possible to search for statistical and epidemiological data on the internet.
This page was collected by John Kane, SUNY OSWEGO