GHS 207: Global Women: Resistance & Rights

The portion of this guide is dedicated to students researching women's health care and access to health care in any community. Below are recommendations for where to find statistics, law, and policy information that will help you describe and document the access to health care your chosen community. 

• HealthData.gov - an open clearinghouse of government-compiled data, "dedicated to making high value health data more accessible to entrepreneurs, researchers, and policy makers in the hopes of better outcomes for all."

• U.S. Centers for Disease Control - Mortality Tables - look up demographic (place, age, race, sex) information on deaths in the United States as well as tables on cause of death and infant mortality (maternal mortality may be found in the Leading Causes of Death tables)
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control - State Cancer Profiles - Statistics on cancer incidence, mortality, and demographics by state, including limited county reporting
• U.S. Census Bureau - Poverty Data - An assortment of data from the Decennial Census as well as the American Community Survey, with an Social and Economic Supplement updated in 2014 with new data on income and poverty
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control - Access to Health Care - overview numbers plus data sources and links to full tables 
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control - Health Insurance Coverage - overview numbers plus data sources and links to full tables
• FBI Uniform Crime Reporting - Crime in the US 2014 - the most recent national data on violent and property crime 
• FBI Uniform Crime Reporting - Crime in the US 2014 - State Totals - access to tables for crime and arrest data by state
• Statista - Health Insurance in the U.S. (overview report) - statistics and facts assembled from a variety of sources
• WHO- The World Health Organization- statistics and data from a variety of countries
• OECD iLibrary- Examines national health systems from 1960 forward for OECD member countries in a general, demographic, economic, and social context.
• FastStats- Statistics from U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services data on a wide range of topics, including environment health, medical devices, Medicare & Medicaid, social services, community health, mental health, and substance abuse.