Health Sciences

Reliable source for data on alcohol, tobacco, drugs, other over substance abuse within the U.S.

Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults.

Data, Trends, and Maps is an interactive database that provides information about the health status and behaviors of Americans, state-by-state, via clickable maps, charts, and tables. Topics include obesity, breastfeeding, physical activity, and other health behaviors and related environmental and policy data from multiple sources.

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation's premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services

Find more data and facts about some sexual health topics including: Infectious disease, reproductive health, adolescent health, and sexual violence prevention.

Data that explores quick facts and links on risk factors with sexual behavior among youth.

Resources about human sexuality and relationships

Quick facts and data sources related to domestic abuse, behavioral risk factors, and sexual assault.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has initiated two projects to identify, develop and test the best methods for collecting self-report data on rape and sexual assault.

Provides data, information on programs, and policies surrounding sexual violence on college campuses.

Provides data on health insurance including links to reports and other data sets.

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage.

The National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) is designed to provide accurate and reliable health care statistics that answer key questions of interest to health care and public health professionals, researchers, and health care policy makers. This includes tracking the latest trends affecting hospitals and health care organizations and factors that influence the use of health care resources, the quality of health care, and disparities in health care services provided to population subgroups in the United States.

America’s Health Rankings has provided an analysis of national health on a state-by-state basis by evaluating a historical and comprehensive set of health, environmental and socioeconomic data to determine national health benchmarks and state rankings.

CDC’S National HIV Surveillance System is the primary source for monitoring HIV trends in the United States.

United Nations information on HIV data, monitoring systems, and interactive map features

Provides data on births, deaths, marriages, and divorce. Data can be performed at a state and territory level.