Nursing Information: Statistics

Statistics are often included in journal articles and can be found by using an appropriate search strategy.  For instance, statistics on heart disease can be found by selecting the nursing database CINAHL.  Start at Milner Library’s home page.  Click on find articles on your topic.  Arrow down to select CINAHL.  Enter Heart Disease.  Click on Perform Search.  Select the subject heading Heart Disease.  If in doubt, select all subheadings.  Now click on the More Limits Icon found on the bottom of the screen and arrow down to Publication Types.  Within Publication Types arrow down until you see Statistics.  Click on Statistics and click on Limit Search.  This strategy will produce references to journal articles containing statistics.  If you experience problems ask a librarian for assistance.

Access to Health Risk Behavior in the United States:  A State-by-State Look at Teens and Adults
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 776.9 .A33

Aging:  Demographics, Health, and Health Services
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 564.8.V54

AHA Hospital Statistics:  The Comprehensive Reference Source for Analysis and Comparison of Hospital Trends
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 981 .A2A623402

Best of Health:  Demographics of Health Care Consumers
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 445.W45

Facts About Nursing
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RT 1 .A67

Global Health Statistics
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 407 .M87

Health and Healthcare in the United States:  County and Metro Area Data
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 407.3 .H415

Health at a Glance
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 407 .H423

Health Care State Rankings
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 407.3 .H423

Health, Nutrition, and Population Indicators:  A Statistical Handbook
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 407 .H437

Health:  United States
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 407.5 .H4338
Milner call number:  Floor 2 at the reference desk HE 20.6223

Hospital Statistics
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 981 .A2 A623402

Illinois Statistical Abstract
Milner call number:  Floor 2 Reference HC 107 .I3 1576

Managed Medicare and Medicaid Factbook
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 412.35 .M36

NLN Nursing Datasource:  Graduate Education in Nursing:  Advanced Practice Nursing
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RT 79 .N93

NLN Nursing Datasource:  Trends in Contemporary Nursing Education
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RT 79 .N93

Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the United States
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 410.7 .D4703

Portrait of Health in the United States:  Major Statistical Trends and Guide to Resources
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 407.3 .P67

Profiles of the Newly Licensed Nurse
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RT 4. P75

Reforming the Health Care System:  State Profiles
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 407.3 .R43

Source Book of Health Insurance Data
Milner call number:  Floor 4 Reference HG 9396 .S6

State-level Databook on Health Care Access and Financing
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 410.53 .L67

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference HA 202, most recent edition on Floor 2 at the reference desk

Statistical Handbook on Infectious Diseases
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 643 .W33

Statistical Record of Health & Medicine
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 407.3 .S732

World Health Report 2002
Milner call number:  Floor 5 Reference RA 8 .A283

An excellent Internet source for health statistics is the National Center for Health Statistics which can be accessed at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm.