Aging Research Guide: Aging Facts & Figures
A guide for researchers in the field of aging
Created by Health Science Librarians
Aging Facts & Figures
The following websites provide access to data and statistics about aging in North Carolina, the United States, and the world.
- Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care Program: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services ResearchThe Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care aims to better research and improve the well-being of older persons and the quality of care they receive.
- Center for Aging Research & Educational Services (CARES)CARES is dedicated to serving social work practitioners and decision makers who work with older and disabled adults and their families.
- Center for Aging and Health: UNC Division of Geriatric MedicineThe UNC Center for Aging and Health (CAH), housed within the School of Medicine, advances innovative, high-quality geriatrics interprofessional education, research, and clinical care to improve the health and well-being of the aging population across North Carolina and the nation.
North Carolina
- Demographic Statistics (NC Division of Aging & Adult Services)Reports and statistics about health and aging statistics in North Carolina. Provided by the NC Department of Health and Human Services.
- NC Statistics via LINCLog Into North Carolina (LINC) is an interactive data retrieval service containing historical information for over 900 data items and a variety of geographic areas within the state. Provided by the NC Office of State and Budget Management.
- State DemographerThe State Demographer's Office at OSBM is responsible for producing annual population estimates and projections. Provided by the NC Office of State and Budget Management.
- NC State Center for Health StatisticsThe North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics is responsible for data collection, health-related research, production of reports and maintenance of a comprehensive collection of health statistics. Provided by the NC Department of Health and Human Services.
United States
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Program StatisticsDetailed summary statistics on Medicare populations, utilization, and expenditures, as well as counts for Medicare-certified institutional and non-institutional providers, starting in 2013.
- Data.govUnited States portal for open datasets.
- Data from the Center for Demography of Health and Aging (CDHA) at UWThe Center for Demography of Health and Aging (CDHA) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is one of eleven demography of aging centers funded by the National Institute on Aging.
- Data from the U.S. Census BureauDatasets powered by the U.S. Census. Filter by selecting a topic in the "Browse by Topic" tab.
- Minority Aging (AoA)Statistics about aging in minority populations in the United States.
- National Archive of Computerized Data on AgingNACDA's mission is to advance research on aging by helping researchers to profit from the under-exploited potential of a broad range of datasets. NACDA acquires and preserves data relevant to gerontological research, processing as needed to promote effective research use, disseminates them to researchers, and facilitates their use.
- National Center for Health Statistics on Older Persons' HealthData on the older U.S. population. Provided by the CDC.
- Older Americans: Key Indicators of Well BeingBiannual publication of the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics.
- Profile of Older AmericansAnnual publication of the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA)
- State Health FactsDetailed health information divided by state. Provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
World
- Aging Information from WHOInformation portal on aging from The World Health Organization.
- Demographic and Health Survey DatasetsFor latest in-depth demographic information on specific countries
- ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of AgeingA longitudinal study of an aging English population.
- Human Mortality DatabaseDetailed mortality and population data for researchers.
- International Data BaseInternational demographic information compiled by the US Census Bureau.
- Population Reference BureauPopulation data from around the world.
- UNdataStatistical data collected by the United Nations.
Tutorials & Guides
- Health Data & StatisticsThis guide, by the UNC Health Sciences Library, provides a collection of links to frequently used health data and statistics web sites. It is organized into sections for North Carolina, United States and Global data.
- Evidence Based Nursing (EBN) GuideEvidence based practice resources targeted towards nursing students and professionals at UNC-Chapel Hill.
- EBP (Evidence Based Practice) TutorialThis tutorial is intended for any health care practitioner or student who needs a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence Based Medicine. Developed by Duke University Medical Center Library and the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- PubMed Online Training from NLMLinks to a variety of online training resources from the National Library of Medicine on using PubMed.
- Searching PubMedResearch Guide created by UNC HSL on how to use PubMed effectively.
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