Statistics Research for Lawyers: Health and Environment

I.      Home
II.     Where to Start?
III.    Subject Specific Resources
        i.      Business & Economics
        ii.     Criminal Justice & Public Safety
        iii.    Education
        iv.    Health & Environment
        v.     History & Government Affairs
        vi.    Immigration & Int'l Affairs
        vii.   Labor & Employment
IV.    Visualizing Data

National-Level Statistics:

• CDC Wonder: Wonder is the Center for Disease Control's user-friendly statistical research engine. This tool can help you find data and statistics on a wide variety of health-related issues, which can be organized and broken-down by age, demographics, geography, and other factors.
• National Center for Health Statistics: A part of the CDC, this organization's website has much of the same information as CDC Wonder, but it is organized by topic (instead of being a search engine).
• The CDC and NCHS also produce annual reports with selected, important statistical information called the Vital Statistics of the United States.
• The 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012 printed editions are on the Law Library Reference Shelves, call number: HA203.V58.
• These, and older, editions are available on the CDC Website.
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: A non-profit organization dedicated to producing health policy analysis and journalism, they also produce many health-related studies and polls. Of particular note, the Kaiser Family Foundation produces information on the cost of healthcare. 

Massachusetts Statistics:

• Health and Human Services, Division of Research and Epidemiology: This website run by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts provides detailed information on health-related issues, similar to the CDC and NCHS, but only for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

For information on Climate and the Environment, look at these resources:

• Climate.gov: Provides data and statistics produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
• Environmental Dataset Gateway: Provides data and statistics produced by the Environmental Protection Agency.
• Geoplatform.gov: Collects and provides access to geospatial data produced by Federal government agencies.

For information on Energy, look at this resource:

• US Energy Information Administration: Provides data and statistics produced and collected by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. 

For more information on Health topics, please see these LibGuides made by Snell Library:

• Public Health, Data/Statistics
• Social Science Statistics, Health
• Federal Government, Health

For more information on Environmental and Energy topics, please see these LibGuides made by Snell Library:

• Social Science Statistics, Energy/Environment
• Federal Government, Environment/Sustainability