Health Statistics & Data

Coordinated by the CDC, RFSS is a state-based system of health surveys that collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices, and health care access primarily related to chronic disease and injury.

The CDC features surveillance for county-level estimates of diagnosed diabetes and selected risk factors for all U.S. counties to help target and optimize the resources for diabetes control and prevention.

This site lists the surveillance systems to currently used by the CDC to track foodborne, waterborne, and animal contact diseases reported in the United States.

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

Compilation of information on the AIDS pandemic and on HIV seroprevalence (infection) in population groups in developing countries, from studies appearing in the medical and scientific literature, presented at international conferences, and appearing in the press.

The CDC reports data on specific diseases as reported by state and territorial health departments and reports on infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries, and intentional and unintentional injuries.

The CDC lists notifiable infectious and non-infectious diseases.

Statistics on oral health indicators for adults, children and water fluoridation from the CDC.

The National Institute of Health (NIH) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) reports cancer incidence and survival in the United States.

WISQARS provides customized reports of injury-related data.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) provides surveillance research addressing multiple areas of workplace safety and health

The CDC monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults -- behaviors that contribute to unintentional and intentional injuries; tobacco use; alcohol and other drug use; sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) (including HIV infection); unhealthy dietary behaviors; and physical inactivity.