Finding Statistics

Guides

General Statistics Resources

Health Statistics (UC Davis Library guide)

The statistical work of the national government, by Laurence F. Schmeckebier. Baltimore, Md., The Johns Hopkins Press, 1925, 574 p.
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--Offers an excellent review of pre-1925 government statistics.

Bibliographies

Health statistics: a guide to information sources, by Frieda Weise Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1980   
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Health statistics: an annotated bibliographic guide to information resources. 2nd ed. / Lanham, Md. : Medical Library Association and Scarecrow Press  
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Annotated bibliography on vital and health statistics. United States. Office of Health Statistics Analysis. [Rockville, Md.] U.S. National Center for Health Statistics; U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Washington, 1970, 143 p.
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Vital and health statistics : a guide to sources of information, by Frieda Weise. Rev.
Bethesda, Md. : National Library of Medicine, 1982, 20 p. HOLLIS Record   HathiTrust Full Text

Facts at your fingertips : a guide to sources of statistical information on major health topics. National Center  for Health Statistics (U.S.)
5th ed. Hyattsville, Md: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics, 1981, 180 pages   HathiTust Full Text

Compendia

Historical Statistics of the United States (HSUS). On the left under Table of Contents, open Work and Welfare, then Health. There is an excellent essay on Health, Nutrition and Physical Well-Being.

Statistical abstract of the United States, prepared by the chief of the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department. Washington, 1879- Proquest (2013-present),
LLMC (1916-2006)
Hathitrust (1878-2012)
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Mortality statistics. Washington, D.C. : Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, 1900-1936. HathiTrust Full Text

Continued by: Vital statistics of the United States, 1937-2002. HathiTrust Full Text

Vital Statistics of the United States: 1890-2003 NCHS

Vital statistics rates in the United States, 1900-1940, by Forrest E. Linder, and Robert D. Grove; prepared under the supervision of Halbert L. Dunn. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1947, 1051 p. 
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Vital statistics rates in the United States, 1940-1960, by Robert D. Grove and Alice M. Hetzel. Washington, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, 1968, 881 p.
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Extensive treatment of mortality by disease, White and Non-white distinguished

Studies

Statistics, medical and anthropological, of the Provost-Marshal-General's Bureau, derived from records of the examination for military service in the armies of the United States during the late war of the rebellion, by J.H. Baxter. United States. Provost Marshal General's Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1875. 2 v.
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