Research Guides: ENGL391: Recipes (Kim): Statistics

Statistics

Statistics are a powerful research tool! Statistics can be used to add weight to your research and help strengthen your argument. The below resources are great places to find statistics about food and nutrition.

CDC National Center for Health Statistics
CDC Nutrition Data and Statistics
CDC Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
HeathData.gov
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)
U.S. Census: Health Insurance: Guidance for Data Users
Includes three national surveys: the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC), the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
U.S. Census Section 3. Health and Nutrition
USDA Food and Nutrition Service Data & Research
World Helath Organization Global Health Observatory (GHO) Data

Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
National, state, and regional survey data for child and adolescent health.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
ICPSR is the world's largest collection of digital social science data and cover topics from sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime,minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, and international relations. More information about accessing data in ICPSR can be found here: https://www.lib.umd.edu/data/icpsr.
State Health Facts
Provides state health data such as medicare, health status, managed care, minority health, women's health, and more.