Subject Guides: Public health & community medicine: Epidemiology & health statistics

Key resources

Australian Institute of Health & Welfare (AIHW)
Public Health Information Development Unit: Social health atlas of Australia
The information in this atlas adds to a convincing body of evidence built up over a number of years in Australia on the striking disparities in health that exist between groups in the population.

OECD iLibrary
Online library of statistical databases, books and periodicals. Statistics for OECD countries.

Global Health Observatory (GHO)
guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization. Health statistics for the 194 WHO Member States, based on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Comprises more than 1000 indicators, which can be accessed by way of a quick search, by major GHO themes, or through user-defined tables. The data can be further filtered, tabulated, charted and downloaded. The data are also published annually in the World Health Statistics Report released in May.
United Nations | Demographic and social statistics
Publications include: Statistical Yearbook; World Statistics Pocketbook; Monthly Bulletin of Statistics. Includes Health & Disability section.
Morbidity and mortality weekly report
Report series prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data in the weekly MMWR are provisional, based on weekly reports to CDC by US state health departments.