Statistics

  • 2008 County Health Data Book (NC Department of Health and Human Services)

  • Provides communities with health-related county and state data to support community health assessments.
  • Drugs & Drug Abuse, NC (U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration)

  • Provides information on the manufacture, use and distribution of illegal drugs in North Carolina.
  • Eastern North Carolina Health Care Atlas (ECU Center for Health Services Research and Development)

  • Describes the demographics, health care problems, needs, and resources of North Carolina's eastern forty-one counties.
  • Health & Health Care (NC Atlas Revisited)

  • Provides information on diseases and other health issues facing North Carolinians with a focus on the differences between rural and urban areas.
  • NC Health Professions Data System (Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research)

  • Contains descriptive data including the availability of selected licensed health professionals in North Carolina.
  • NC Health Statistics (Statemaster.com)

  • Contains health statistics for North Carolina and allows users to compare statistics across all the states.
  • NC Vital Records (NC Department of Health and Human Services)

  • Information on how to obtain North Carolina birth, death, fetal death, marriage, and divorce certificates.
  • Rural Data Bank (NC Rural Economic Development Center)

  • Provides statistical information on rural people, communities, and the rural economy in North Carolina. County and topic profiles, trends and issues, and a custom data search function are available.
  • State Health Facts: North Carolina at a Glance (Kaiser Family Foundation)

  • Provides statistical information on North Carolina health issues in comparison to the U.S. overall, including health costs and insurance coverage.
  • State of Your Health: North Carolina (Trust for America's Health)

  • Provides statistical information on health-related issues in North Carolina, including public health preparedness and public health funding.

Resources compiled by Allison Rainey, Jason Sokoloff and Megan Rudolph, Health Sciences Library at UNC-Chapel Hill.


Last updated February 13, 2008