Note: Ethnic/minority groups' health statistics are also often embedded within health related or government web sites.
American Cancer Society has cancer statistics for minorities. Select Cancer Facts & Figures pull down arrow and select Cancer in Minorities or the pull down arrow for Statistics Archive and look for possibilities.
The American Heart Association's Biostatistical Facts Sheets includes African Americans, American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Hispanics and Cardiovascular Diseases. For other statistics, Search the AHA's web site.
California Health Care Fact Book
This is a periodic publication of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD). For 1999, it is a narrative, graphic collection of information from a number of State departments and private organizations on basic facts about California's health care, including population trends, health care conditions, expenditures for health-related services, health providers, and future health care issues. Statistics are included for race/ethnic groups for some of these topics.
Cancer Incidence and Mortality in California by Race/Ethnicity, 1988-1994
The California Cancer Registry (CCR) is the State's population-based cancer surveillance system. It collects information about almost all cancers diagnosed in California.
CDC - Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention - Basic Statistics
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention provides topics of AIDS statistics which include race/ethnicity figures.
Quick and easy links to the latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States.
From the Diabetes Facts and Figures page of the American Diabetes Association: Diabetes Among African Americans; Latinos; Native Americans.
Diabetes in America, 2nd edition (see COAST)
Book containing 36 chapters organized in five sections: V. Diabetes in Special Populations. This section includes chapters on Diabetes in: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, North American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Prevalence of diabetes by race/ethnicity in people 20 years or older from the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse.
National Center for Health Statistics' FASTATS from A-Z is a source of health facts on minority health.
The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide access to the more than 70 agencies in the Federal Government that produce statistics for public use. All the statistical information available is maintained by each Federal agencies on their own Internet servers. This may duplicate the other Federal government sites listed on this page.
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) annual report on the health status of the Nation includes race/ethnic figures. This homepage includes the latest edition and previous editions back to 1993.
Find Native American statistics under IHS Publications and Reports list, for example in the full text of Trends in Indian Health.
National Center for Health Statistics
Search the NCHS Web Search for minority health statistics.
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse Publications
Click on Our National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. Race/ethnicity statistics are given for drug and alcohol use and abuse in this report.
Office of Minority Health - Document Database
Search the Office of Minority Health Resource Center Document Database for statistical sources. This is only a listing of publications.
Racial/Ethnic Patterns of Cancer in the United States, 1988-1992 (See COAST)
The SEER: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program of the National Cancer Institute collects and publishes cancer incidence and survival data. This report provides a concise description of the occurrence of the major cancers among several ethnic groups in the United States.
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