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Tools
2008 HHS Poverty Guidelines
Web site
Provides current and past poverty guidelines, poverty thresholds, and other related information.
America's Health Rankings
Web site
Provides data and recommendations related to health risk behaviors and outcomes. Includes state-by-state snapshots.
American Community Survey
Database
American Community Survey is a new nationwide survey designed to provide communities information on how they are changing. It includes data tables, ranking tables and surveys on demographic, social, economic, and housing data for over 800 geographical areas.
American FactFinder
Database
A source of data/information on United States population, housing, economy and geography.
American Housing Survey (AHS)
Web site
The American Housing Survey collects data on the Nation's housing, including apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant housing units, household characteristics, income, housing and neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment and fuels, size of housing unit, and recent movers. National data are collected in odd numbered years, and data for each of 47 selected Metropolitan Areas are collected currently about every six years. The national sample covers an average 55,000 housing units. Each metropolitan area sample covers 4,100 or more housing units.
American Indian and Alaska Native Data and Links
Database
Provides statistical information and data on American Indian and Alaska Native populations, including population characteristics, economic data, American Community Surveys, and maps.
Appendix A (State-by-state Lists of Rural Traffic Fatalities)
Web site
State-by-state lists of rural non-Interstate traffic fatalities from 1999 to 2003, all traffic fatalities from 1999 to 2003, percentage of traffic fatalities on rural, non-Interstate routes and percentage of vehicle travel on rural, non-Interstate routes.
Appendix B (State-by-state Lists of Rural Traffic Fatalities Per Million Miles)
Web site
2003 traffic fatalities per 100 million miles of travel on rural, non-Interstate routes and 2003 traffic fatalities per 100 million miles of travel on all other routes.
Assessing the New Federalism
Database
Data available through the following four resources: the National Survey of America's Families Public Use Files, the State Database, the Welfare Rules Database, and the State TANF Income Calculator.
Carsey Institute Regional Indicators
Web site
Provides access to socio-economic indicators for rural, suburban, and urban parts of each region of the United States.
Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems
Web site
Create customized maps to illustrate the "place-based" implications of issues
impacting rural America.
Child Trends DataBank
Web site
A data bank of information for the latest national trends and research on more than 80 key indicators of child and youth well-being.
Child's Day: 2004 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being)
Web site
Provides data on the well-being of children younger than 18, covering children's living arrangements, family characteristics, time spent in child care, academic experience, and extracurricular activities. Includes data for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas.
Commonwealth Fund ChartCart
Web site
An online resource that offers free and convenient access to charts on various health care themes developed by The Commonwealth Fund.
Community Level Information on Kids (CLIKS)
Web site
Provides child well-being data by state and county.
DataPlace
Web site
A one-stop source for housing and demographic data, including data on population, income, education, and housing for local communities, regions, and the nation. The site allows users to develop custom maps, charts, and rankings that incorporate data from multiple sources to assist in analyzing, interpreting, and applying the data in decision making.
Disability Counts
Web site
Contains rural data for each U.S. county. Data topics include people with disabilities, Centers for Independent Living (CILs), metro & non-metro county maps, urban and urbanized area maps, congressional district maps, and disability statistics resources.
Disability Statistics
Web site
An online Resource for U.S. Disability Statistics.
FASTATS: Overweight
Web site
Basic statistics on the rates of overweight and obesity, with links to more detailed data.
Fedstats
Web site
High quality and full range of official statistical information available to the public from Federal Statistical Organizations.
Geodata.gov
Web site
A Geospatial One-Stop E-Gov initiative providing access to geospatial data and information.
GlobalHealthFacts.org
Web site
Provides easy access to the latest country-level health information.
HCUPnet
Database
Online query tool for accessing Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data. Provides access to health statistics and information on hospital stays at the national, regional, and State level. Includes data on rural hospital diagnoses and procedures.
Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation, 2005
Web site
Chartbook of data on children's health status, health care access, safety, child care and other issues related to children's well-being. Includes state-level data.
Health and Well-Being of Rural Children: A Portrait of the Nation, 2005
Web site
Chartbook of data on children's health status, health care access, safety, child care and other issues related to children's well-being. Compares the health status, health care use, and risk factors experienced by children in rural and urban communities.
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs)
Web site
A HPSA database with a dictionary of terms and abbreviations. Also includes HPSA designation criteria, guidelines, and a searchable database of MUAs and MUPs.
Health, United States, 2005: Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Data
Web site
Links to tables from the 2005 Health, United States chartbook, providing health statistics for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.
HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse
Web site
Reporting and mapping tools providing access to HRSA program information, related health resources, and demographic data for reporting on HRSA activities. The data includes grants, scholarship and loan programs, designation of underserved areas, and service demonstration programs and integrates these with data acquired from external sources. Includes "HRSA in My Neighborhood" feature which provides quick access to a summary of HRSA's activities on a particular address. Internet Explorer 6.x is required.
Kaiser Fast Facts
Web site
Provides direct access to facts, data and slides about the nation's health care system and programs.
Kids Count Data Center
Database
Contains state and city level data for over 100 measures of child well-being, including the measures used in the KIDS COUNT Data Book and The Right Start for America's Newborns. Allows generation of custom reports for a geographic area (Profiles) or to compare areas on a topic (Ranking, Maps, and Line Graphs).
MEPS Insurance/Employer Component
Web site
Provides access to national and state-level statistics and trends regarding employer-based health insurance. Also provides statistics and trends about health insurance offered by private establishments as well as national and regional health insurance estimates for State and local governments.
Microenterprise Employment Statistics
Web site
A U.S. county-by-county breakdown of three indicators of microenterprise: (1) total number of microenterprises, (2) total microenterprise employment, and (3) microenterprise as a percentage of total employment. Includes a classification for each county as rural or urban, and provides a breakdown of rural/urban microenterprise employment and the percentage of rural/urban counties employed by microenteprise.
Navigating Resources for Rural Schools
Database
Provides access to data, studies, tabulations, and resources regarding rural education in the United States.
Northwest Area Foundation Indicator Website
Web site
A source of information/statistics on states, counties, reservations, and tribes in the Foundation's eight-state region. Use this site to find the most recent indicators on local population characteristics, economic well-being, health, etc.
Office of Applied Studies
Database
Provides the latest national data on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other drug abuse; drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases; and the nation's substance abuse treatment system.
Office of Disability Employment Policy Disability Data Resources
Web site
Provides statistical and research resources regarding people with disabilities.
Profiles of America
Web site
Allows users to create maps, charts and tables using a variety of data sources from the USDA, U.S. Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and more. Rural indicators such as Rural-Urban Continuum Code can also be shown.
RAC State Resources
Web site
Provides statistics, publications, contacts, success stories, and other resources related to rural health and human services for all 50 states.
Rural Definitions: National and State Indicator Tables
Web site
Provides selected socioeconomic indicators (such as population, education, poverty, etc.) for each definition of rural, by State and the U.S., in one Excel file allowing the user to compare a particular indicator across the different definitions of rural.
Rural Economic Development: Database on Federal Economic Development Funding
Database
Compares federal funding for rural and urban economic development programs, with spending data available by region, state, county, agency and program.
Rural Health Research: Rural statistics and demographics
Web site
Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of rural statistics and demographics, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers.
SchoolMatters
Web site
A public source for information and analysis about our nation's public schools. Provides information, and search and comparison tools to help research the stories behind the numbers, and further the discussion about how to improve student performance.
Seeking Rural Health Data: A Tool Kit
Web site
Provides State Offices of Rural Health with a toolkit for accessing and utilizing national, databases that are readily available, free, and have useful rural information.
Selected Caregiver Statistics
Web site
Provides definitions of caregivers, statistics and data, who informal caregivers are, economics of care giving, and support.
Small Area Health Insurance Estimates
Web site
A project of the U.S. Census Bureau that provides model-based estimates of health insurance coverage for counties and states.
Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates
Web site
Provides more current estimates of selected income and poverty statistics than the most recent decennial census. Created for states, counties, and school districts, and intended for the administration of federal programs and the allocation of federal funds to local jurisdictions.
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: Model-based Estimates for States, Counties & School Districts
Web site
Provides current estimates of selected income and poverty statistics for states, counties, and school districts.
State and County Quick Facts
Web site
Facts and data about the people, business and geography of each state and county.
State Data Center Program
Web site
Official sources of state-level demographic, economic, and social statistics produced by the U.S. Census Bureau. Includes links to each state data center.
State Fact Sheets
Web site
Statistics on population, educational attainment, employment, income, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators for each state.
State Health Facts Online
Database
The latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation. Individual state profiles and 50-state comparisons. Includes statistics by state on medical malpractice.
State-at-a-Glance Online Chartbook
Web site
Provides selected indicators on key aspects of health coverage and health care financing for children and youth with special health care needs in each state plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
USA Counties
Web site
Features county-level data. Demographic, economic, and governmental data are presented for the purpose of multi-county comparisons or single county profiles.
Your State's Health
Web site
State-based health information, including adult and child health indicators, health disparities, bioterrorism preparedness, and federal funding to the state for health.
Maps & Map Collections
High School Graduates
Geographic coverage: United States
Printable map that shows the percent of population with a high school diploma or higher educational attainment. Data source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing, 2000.
Date: 2000
RAC Maps
Interactive
Geographic coverage: United States
National maps on a variety of rural health and human services topics. Maps can be customized to focus on a specified state or county and to show additional labels, boundaries and data, for use in grant applications, reports and other publications.
Regulations, Forms & Other Useful Documents
2006 CMS Statistics
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Summary information about health expenditures and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
programs. Includes data on populations served by Medicare and Medicaid, Medicare providers, and expenditures.
Date: 2006
Adverse Drug Events in US Hospitals, 2004
Author(s): Anne Elixhauser, Pamela Owens
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Presents data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) on Adverse Drug Effects(ADEs) in 2004. Provides national estimates on the types of patients seen with ADEs in U.S. hospitals, and details on the types of ADEs that are reported.
Date: 04 / 2007
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators Children's Well-Being 2007
Sponsoring organization: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Details the status of children and families in the United States. The report presents the latest available data on 38 indicators related to economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education and on 9 background measures related to population and family characteristics.
Date: 2007
City and Rural KIDS COUNT Data Book
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
The City and Rural KIDS COUNT Data Book uses 10 key measures of child well-being to track the conditions of children living in the rural (non-metropolitan) portion of each state as well as 71 large cities across the country.
Date: 2004
Critical Review of Rural Poverty Literature: Is There Truly a Rural Effect?
Author(s): Bruce Weber, Leif Jensen, Kathleen Miller, Jane Mosley, Monica Fisher
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
A critical review of the literature regarding the factors that affect poverty in rural areas. It also focuses on studies that explore whether there is a "rural effect," where something about rural places beyond demographic characteristics and economics makes poverty more likely.
Date: 10 / 2005
Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Dartmouth Atlas project is a funded research effort of the faculty of the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical School. The Atlas project brings together researchers in diverse disciplines - including epidemiology, economics, and statistics - and focuses on the accurate description of how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States.
Data Book: Healthcare Spending and the Medicare Program
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Provides data, including some rural-specific statistics, on various aspects of the Medicare program. Covers beneficiary demographics, quality and access, national health care spending, and data for specific provider settings. Includes sections on Medicare Advantage and prescription drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries.
Date: 06 / 2007
Health and Well-Being of Children in Rural Areas: A Portrait of the Nation 2005
Sponsoring organization: Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Provides information on the health and well-being of rural children and their use of health services. Includes information on rural children's families and neighborhoods, as well as data on health status, health insurance coverage, and other aspects of child well-being. Includes comparisons of children in rural and urban communities.
Date: 2005
Health Insurance Status of Children in America, First Half 1996 - 2005: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 18
Author(s): Jeffrey A. Rhoades
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
This statistical brief presents estimates from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) concerning the health insurance status of children in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. MEPS-HC, an annual household survey sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), provides critical information for evaluating trends in health insurance status.
Date: 06 / 2006
Health Insurance Status of Hispanic Subpopulations in 2004: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65
Author(s): Jeffrey A. Rhoades, Jessica P. Vistnes
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Examines public and private insurance coverage among Hispanics overall and among three subgroups - Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans and "other Hispanics." While more than one-third of Hispanics under 65 years of age do not have health insurance, the portion without insurance among those who are not U.S. citizens is far larger - nearly two-thirds.
Date: 09 / 2006
Health, United States, 2007 with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
Presents national trends in health statistics. Each report includes an executive summary, highlights, a chartbook, trend tables, extensive appendixes,
and an index. Includes data on this year's special feature on access to health care.
Date: 2007
Kids Count Data Book, 2008
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Provides national and state-by-state information and statistical trends on the conditions of America’s children and families. Includes graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles.
Date: 06 / 2008
Long-Term Uninsured in America, 2003 to 2004: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65
Author(s): Jeffrey A. Rhoades
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Using data from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) for 2003 and 2004, this report provides estimates of the proportion of the civilian noninstitutionalized non-elderly (under 65) population that was uninsured for up to two years, 2003 to 2004, and identifies groups especially at risk of lacking health insurance.
Date: 09 / 2006
Mental Health, United States, 2002
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Describes the current development of mental health statistics in 21 chapters organized in five sections: Looking Back, Looking Forward, Supporting Good Decision Making, Population Dynamics, Insurance for Mental Health Care, Status of Mental Health Services, and National Mental Health Statistics.
Date: 2004
Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net, Book II: A Data Book for States and Counties
Author(s): John Billings, Robin M. Weinick
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Detailed statistics on the health care safety net. Includes county-level data for each state on the demand and financial support for the safety net, as well as information on the structure of the safety net and the community context as it relates to a need for safety net services.
Date: 08 / 2003
National Vital Statistics Reports: Births, Final Data for 2004
Author(s): Joyce A. Martin, Brady E. Hamilton, Paul D. Sutton, Stephanie J. Ventura, Fay Menacker, Sharon Kirmeyer
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
Presents 2004 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for maternal demographic characteristics including age, live-birth order, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, and educational attainment; maternal lifestyle and health characteristics; medical care utilization by pregnant women; and infant characteristics.
Date: 09 / 2006
New Immigrant Settlements in Rural America: Problems, Prospects, and Policies
Author(s): Leif Jensen
Sponsoring organization: Carsey Institute
Examines recent immigrants in rural and small town America, through analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Many small towns and cities in every region of the country are contending with new challenges and opportunities brought by rapid increases in their immigrant populations.
Date: 2006
Nonmetro America: Conditions and Trends
Author(s): Kathleen K. Miller
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
Summarizes key demographic and economic indicators in the United States, with an emphasis on nonmetropolitan areas in each state.
Date: 05 / 2008
Older Women and Poverty in Rural America
Author(s): Carolyn Rogers
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Overview of poverty levels and related issues for older rural women.
Journal citation: Amber Waves
Date: 09 / 2005
Rural America at a Glance, 2007
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Overview of social and economic conditions in rural areas, including statistics on employment, poverty, population, and more.
Date: 10 / 2007
Rural Hispanics at a Glance
Author(s): William Kandel
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Overview of the rural Hispanic population, with information on population growth and geographic dispersion, demographic characteristics, and social and economic indicators.
Date: 12 / 2005
Rural Research Needs and Data Sources for Selected Human Services Topics, Volume 2 - Data Sources
Author(s): Debra A. Strong, Patricia Del Grosso, Jigar Bhatt, Shannon Philips, Kate Scheppke
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Overviews the data sources that can be used for rural human services research. Includes detailed descriptions of selected federal and state data sources. Topics covered consist of: housing, income, youth, families, and behavioral risks.
Date: 05 / 2005
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book: 2006 (6th edition)
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
Contains data on topics ranging from population change to health to employment. Included in an appendix are state rankings for 12 key indicators, such as population growth, poverty and health insurance status.
Date: 2006
Stats for Scaredy-Cats: A How-To Guide for Rural Data Users
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Discusses basic statistical techniques for use in writing grant proposals, analyzing reports, and evaluating programs.
Date: 2003
Treatment Admissions in Rural Areas: 2003
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Compares admissions to facilities located in rural counties with admissions to facilities in urban counties.
Date: 09 / 2005
Trends in Outpatient Prescription Drug Utilization and Expenditures, 1997 and 2004
Author(s): Marie N. Stagnitti
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Compares 1997 and 2004 estimates for the U.S. population on total expenditures, total number of purchases, average total expenditure, average out-of-pocket payment and average number of purchases for outpatient-prescribed medicines for those with a prescribed drug purchase. Also provides the percentage of total health care expenditures represented by prescribed drug expenditures for 1997 and 2004.
Date: 04 / 2007
U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity
Sponsoring organization: Alan Guttmacher Institute
Provides detailed national teenage pregnancy data trends for the years 1986 - 2002. Includes pregnancy, birth and abortion rates and abortion ratio by race
and ethnicity.
Date: 09 / 2006
Uninsured in America, 1996 - 2005: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65
Author(s): Jeffrey A. Rhoades
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Using data from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC), this The statistical brief presents estimates on the uninsured in America under age 65 for calendar years 1996 through 2004, as well as the first half of 2005.
Date: 06 / 2006
Uninsured in America, 1996–2006: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Under Age 65
Author(s): Jeffrey A. Rhoades, May C. Chu
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Presents estimates on the uninsured in America under age 65 for calendar years 1996 through 2005, as well as the first half of 2006.
Date: 06 / 2007
United States Suicide Fact Sheet
Sponsoring organization: Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Provides nationwide statistics of deaths by suicide for the years 2000-2004.
Date: 2007
Using Data on Race and Ethnicity to Improve Health Care Quality for Medicaid Beneficiaries
Author(s): Karen LLanos, Lindsay Palmer,
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
Provides examples of how states can use data on race and ethnicity to improve the quality of care for their Medicaid beneficiaries.
Date: 06 / 2006
Young Children and the Rural Information Gap
Author(s): J. Capizzano, A. Fiorillo
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives
Results of a study of a number of national data sets to determine the extent to which child well-being indicators can be determined for rural children. Includes suggestions for next steps to promote analysis and dissemination of child well-being indicators for rural young children.
Date: 12 / 2004
Journals
Journal of Transportation and Statistics
The Journal of Transportation and Statistics (JTS) is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Its 25-member Editorial Board is made up of prominent individuals in academia and DOT. The journal serves the transportation community by increasing the understanding of the role of transportation in society, its function in the economy, and its interactions with the environment. In addition, the JTS provides a forum for the latest developments in transportation information and data, theory, concepts, and methods of analysis relevant to all aspects of the transportation system.
MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Health statistics reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Rural Migration News
Summarizes the most important immigration and integration developments affecting residents of cities and towns in the agricultural areas of California and rural areas throughout the United States. It is published quarterly, in mid-October, January, April, and July.
Organizations
Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Works to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States. Fosters public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families. Provides statistics on economic, educational, and social well-being for children of color in the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Federal government
The principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. Data is relevant to current social and economic issues reflecting the rapidly changing economic conditions, accurate and consistent high statistical quality, and impartial in subject matter and presentation.
Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES)
Academic/Research
Addresses the spatial and temporal dimensions of issues impacting rural America, by incorporating Internet-based geographic information systems, remote sensing technologies, and other data visualization and analytic tools. One of CARES's primary roles is to support the needs of others wishing to utilize geographic information technologies. Part of the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI).
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Federal government
Runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs - two national health care programs that benefit about 75 million Americans. Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
Federal government
The Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics was established in 1986, with the goal of bringing together Federal agencies that share a common interest in improving aging-related data. In addition to the original three core agencies (National Institute on Aging, National Center for Health Statistics and Census Bureau), the organizing members of the Forum now include senior officials from the Administration on Aging, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Management and Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in HHS, Social Security Administration, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Federal government
Fosters coordination, collaboration, and integration of collection and reporting of Federal data on child and family issues and conditions.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Federal government
Works to improve and expand access to quality health care for all. Part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
Nonprofit/Foundation
An independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. Acts as a source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public.
National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)
National organization
The National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) is a not-for-profit national membership organization dedicated to improving health care through the collection, analysis, dissemination, public availability, and use of health data.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Federal government
Primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations. Part of the U.S. Department of Education.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Federal government
The United States' principal health statistics agency. Compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve health. Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
U.S. Census Bureau
Federal government
The U.S. Census Bureau provides statistics, data, surveys and other programs on the population, economics, education, foreign trade, housing, construction, transportation, manufacturing, agriculture and more of the United States.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Federal government
Acts as the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.
USDA Economic Research Service (USDA ERS)
Federal government
Provides economic analyses to support a competitive agricultural system, a safe food supply, a healthy, well-nourished population,
harmony between agriculture and the environment, and enhanced quality of life for rural Americans.
Terms & Acronyms
Access Ability or the means necessary to read, write, modify or communicate data/information or otherwise make use of any system resource.
Clearinghouse Public or private entity that processes or facilitates the processing of nonstandard data elements of health information into standard data elements.
Data Factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation, often found in numerical form that can be digitally transmitted or processed.
Data Warehouse A centralized store of an organization's data resources implemented specifically for query, reporting, and analysis purposes including maps and GIS.
Encryption Transforming confidential plaintext into ciphertext to protect it so the data becomes unintelligible. Once encrypted, data can be stored or transmitted over unsecured lines.
Metadata Information that addresses data characteristics such as names and definitions of data elements, where it comes from, how it is collected, and what transformations it goes through before being stored. Simply put, metadata is data about data.
Statistics A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters.
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) A statistical entity developed by the U.S. Census Bureau for tabulating summary statistics from Census 2000 to facilitate defining the land area covered by each ZIP Code.
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