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Public Health

This guide supports the research needs of graduate students in Public Health courses.

Suggested Resources

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Centers for Diseases Control (CDC)
The CDC is a part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and is the primary federal agency for public health.

This is the starting point for health statistics from the CDC. Browse by topic, view publications, and links to interactive tools, surveys and more.

​​​​​​​Customizable tables for national health statistics covering topics in health status, health care, conditions, insurance, mortality, life expectancy, birth, pregnancy, risk factors and disease prevention.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​A portal to several CDC databases concerning health-related topics for public health information and numerical data sets such as AIDS/STDs, risk behaviors (the Behavioral Risk Surveillance System), mortality and natality statistics.