Resources for Librarians

This NCHS portal will allow librarians to quickly find key sources of information for research using the NCHS website.

 

NCHS Surveys and Data Collection Systems

• Summary of NCHS surveys - provides a summary of each NCHS survey
• Information Sheets - a quick guide on specific health topics and data sources

 

Data Access Tools

• Interactive Tables and Data: Health Data Interactive and VitalStats
• Simple, Online Queries: Data2010, Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health, CDC Wonder, WISQARS, Office on Women's Health Quick Health Data Online
• Complex Query Systems: SETS, ICPSR, and DataFerrett

 

Tutorials

• NHANES tutorial
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Emergency Department Injury data

 

Publications Page

• Description of Publications
• Search Page

 

Medical Coding Classifications

• ICD and ICF Classifications and Coding

 

Research

• Research Data Center

 

Data and Statistics by Topic

• FastStats
• Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

 

Notifications

• Listservs
• GovDelivery e-mail subscriptions - subscribe to receive email notifications on various CDC topics of interest. Click on the link to receive NCHS specific notifications.