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JeffSelects Review: State Health Statistics
If you have ever tried to find health statistics for a particular state, it may seem like an impossible task. It does not have to be. JeffSelects: Statistics now has links to state level health statistics for the tri-state area of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. I will also tell you how to find state level health statistics for other states. The links for each state are below, with a brief synopsis of what is available at each state's site.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
The Pennsylvania Department of Health: Health Statistics site includes state-wide statistics on cancer incidence and mortality, vital statistics, health facilities, health status indicators, and behavioral risk data. It also includes some county health data. Much of the data is in PDF format. Therefore you will need to download, for free, Adobe Acrobat Reader, if you don't already have it on your computer. With this program, you will then be able to read these statistics.
State of New Jersey:
The New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services: Center for Health Statistics site includes state-wide statistics on health-related behaviors, vital statistics, public health data, and health insurance coverage data.
State of Delaware:
The Delaware Health Commission and Delaware Health and Social Services departments contain various health statistics for the state of Delaware, but are not centrally compiled on either page. Thus, searching both sites for desired information may be necessary.
As for information regarding health statistics from other states, there too are relatively easy ways to access information.
- The first method, which is the easier of the two, is through the National Center for Health Statistics: Fast Stats A to Z. At this site, there are links to the health departments of every state, in addition to the basic vital statistics of that state.
- The second method requires going to your desired state's web page. The web address for each state is in this format: www.state.##.us (for ##, insert that state's two letter postal abbreviation). Then you will need to search the state webpage for its department of health or equivalent site(s). At each of these sites there may or may not be a separate statistics page.
Not every state keeps the same health statistics, so you may not be able to find the information that you desire for a particular state. Additionally, some of the individual state data may be kept at the federal level. Therefore, check both state and federal resources for desired statistical information. However, the stat that you are looking for may not exist because no one at any level is collecting that data.
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