Guides @ UF: Public Health: Health Statistics

UF Statistic Databases

SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window
SimplyAnalytics is an easy-to-use web-based demographics, business, and marketing database. Users can generate maps, charts, and reports using thousands of data variables including: demographic data from the US Census and the American Community Survey (ACS), consumer spending data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX), and D&B's points-of-interest business file providing detailed information on over 5 million businesses. All reports, data, and maps can be exported into several formats. Users may sign in as a guest or create a personal account to save their work.
Statista This link opens in a new window
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Statista includes over one million statistics on market and consumer data.

Basics on Health Statistics

Health statistics describe the answers to many of the questions that public health practitioners ask about disease risk factors, healthcare, policies, and more. They tend to measure cost, care, conditions, and correlations. Use the below resources to familiarize yourself with health statistics.

Finding and Using Health Statistics
Online tutorial from the National Library of Medicine with definitions, sources of health statistics and exercises.
UF Precision Public Health LibGuide
View data sets, videos on data of potential use in performing precision public health, and other forms of epidemiological research.

Logic Models and Evaluation Questions

CDC Evaluation Question Guide
The CDC Library's guide to writing Evaluation Questions
CDC's Guide to Logic Models
The CDC Library's guide to building and using Logic Models