Global Health: Data
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Global Health Data & Statistics Sites
The resources below are meant to broadly cover global health topics. For resources that are more specific, you may access the resources by topic or resources by region pages.
- Global Cancer Observatory (GCO); formerly CANCERMondialPresents global cancer statistics with a focus on the visualization of cancer indicators to illustrate the changing scale, epidemiological profile, and impact of the disease worldwide. Uses data from: IARC’s Section of Cancer Surveillance (CSU), including GLOBOCAN; Cancer Incidence in Five Continents (CI5); International Incidence of Childhood Cancer (IICC); and Cancer Survival in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Central America (SurvCan).
- Cochrane LMIC DatabasesIn a collaborative effort by Cochrane Groups, the WHO Library and volunteers outside Cochrane, a collection of databases, web sites and journals relevant to Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are being put together for systematic review authors. They aim at updating the list regularly.
- Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx)The GHDx is a data catalog listing information about microdata, aggregated data, and research results with a focus on health-related and demographic datasets.
- Google Dataset SearchAround 25 million datasets provided by government, public, and private groups and compiled by Google.
- INDEPTH Data RepositoryThe data collected by the INDEPTH Network members constitute a valuable resource of population and health data for LMIC countries. This repository aims to make well documented anonymized longitudinal microdata from these Centers available to data users.
- International Health Care System ProfilesOverviews of the health care systems of Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.
- KFF U.S. Global Health Budget BreakdownA thorough breakdown of the FY 2021 U.S. global health funding, including emergency assistance.
- KFF U.S. Global Health Legislation TrackerThis tracker provides a listing of global health-related legislation being considered by the 117th Congress (Jan. 3, 2021 – Jan. 3, 2023). Currently, there are more than 60 pieces of legislation related to global health. They address topics ranging from global health security to climate change to reproductive health.
- MEASURE Demographic and Health SurveysNational and sub-national data on family planning, maternal and child health, child survival, HIV/AIDS/STIs, infectious diseases, reproductive health and nutrition. Integrated DHS is a web based tool designed to facilitate analysis of DHS data across time and space.
- Portal of Public Use Datasets on Sub-Saharan AfricaThis data portal was created by the NBER Africa Project, co-directed by Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson, and David N. Weil, as a way to systematize public-use data on Sub-Saharan Africa.
- UNDataA single entry point to United Nations statistical databases.
- UNICEF Customized Statistical TablesThe statistical tool includes economic and social data from 195 countries and territories, with particular reference to children’s well-being. Users can choose their countries and indicators to build tables on the fly, or download the numbers into an Excel spreadsheet. These statistics are derived from UNICEF’s flagship publication, "The State of the World’s Children".
- UN International Human Development IndicatorsData utilized in the preparation of the Human Development Index (HDI).
- UN Sustainable Development Goals DataSDG Global Database provides access to data on more than 210 SDG indicators for countries across the globe by indicator, country, region, or time period.
- WHO Global Health Observatory"The Global Health Observatory (GHO) is WHO's portal providing access to data and analyses for monitoring the global health situation. It provides critical data and analyses for key health themes, as well as direct access to the full database. The GHO presents data from all WHO programmes and provides links to supporting information." [provider description]
- WHO International Clinical Trials Registry PlatformAims to provide a single searchable database of information about ongoing and completed clinical trials registered around the world in clinical trial registries.
- World Bank Open DataDownload access to over 2,000 indicators from World Bank data sources.
Access to UNC Global Research Data
- Carolina Digital RepositoryThe Carolina Digital Repository (CDR) is a digital archive for scholarly materials produced by members of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill community. The main goal of the CDR is to keep UNC digital scholarly output safe, accessible and discoverable for as long as needed.
- Carolina Population Center (CPC)CPC research includes global projects with data downloads.
- Faculty with International Expertise DatabaseThe University Center for Global Initiatives maintains this searchable database of UNC faculty with international research experience. Contact faculty working in your area to find out if they have datasets that can be used by students.
Databases to Search for Health Statistics
When the statistics you seek have not been gathered by government or non-profit agencies you may have better luck locating the information in an article. Here are some databases that are good places to start your search.
Search Tip: Combine search words for your topic of interest with the specific term for the type of statistical information such as : Incidence; Prevalence; Morbidity; Mortality; Utilization.
- PubMedDatabase of biomedical literature from the National Library of Medicine covering journal articles about medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, biology and public health from 1950 to the present; multiple mobile apps available, provides access to MEDLINE, etc. Includes links to full text of UNC-CH's electronic journal subscriptions.
- CINAHL Plus with Full TextCINAHL Plus with Full Text is a collection of more than 770 full text nursing & allied health journals dating as far back as 1937, with bibliographic indexing for more than 5,000 additional nursing and related journals. Also included are select health care books, nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters.
- Google ScholarSearch for peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, meeting abstracts and technical reports across subject areas. This link includes info about UNC-CH journals in search results.
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