BME3012: Clinically-Inspired Engineering Design: Statistics/Markets/Consumers

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Looking for Health Statistics?

Here are just a few of the resources that can help:

• National Center for Health Statistics FastStats, America's Health Rankings, or Global Health Observatory gives you information about many different diseases. 

• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality provides data on healthcare costs, medical expenditures, etc.

• World Health Organization - Medical Devices provides data on medical device availability for different countries.

Try the UF HSC Libraries' Public Health Guide.

Looking for details about your market or industry? 

Here are just a few of the resources that can help:

• Hoover's Online provides a quick way to find profiles for different industries (like Snack Food Manufacturing). Information includes the latest news and market research reports. Tip: Use the option to browse industries by name or code.

• BCC Research produces reports on all types of industries. Another added bonus is the research concierge in the online library that can answer questions and direct you to the appropriate resources within the database.

• IBISWorld US & Global Industry Reports feature reports for the US, UK, Germany, Europe and China. They also offer Global industry reports  

• MarketLine has information on companies, industries, markets, and also provides statistics.

• Statista provides insights and facts of many industries across 150+ countries. Statista reproduces key statistics as charts. The charts can be downloaded as PDF's, Excel Files, Images, and PowerPoint slides.

• MarketResearch.com Academic provides insights on global industries, companies, products, and trends.

• Mintel contains US market research reports.

Want more? Check out the UF Business Library's Industry & Market Research Guide

Want to know more about who is using the product?

Get to know your consumers with these resources:

• US Census Bureau provides statistics on people and the economy.

• Demographics Now access to demographic information including income, housing, race, age, education, retail spending, consumer expenditures, businesses and more.

• Passport offers data on sales and expenditures among other important statistics and market analyses.

• Simmons Insights allows you to create tables of data related to consumer goods. A helpful video on how to search Simmons can be found here: https://learn.mrisimmons.com/mri-simmons-usa-insights-essentials-training 

Want more? Access the UF Business Library's Consumer Research Guide