Health Statistics & Data: International

Provides access to various databases containing information on the occurrence of cancer worldwide

Includes statistics covering human demographics and behavior, international travel, public health measures, specific diseases or syndromes, and epidemiologic reports with an international scope.

Contains data on about 600 health indicators for Member States of the WHO European Region, including basic demographic and socioeconomic indicators; lifestyle- and environment-related indicators; mortality, morbidity and disability; hospital discharges; and health care resources, utilization and expenditure.

The FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically.

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Use the GHDx to research population census data, surveys, registries, indicators and estimates, administrative health data, and financial data related to health. Download IHME results and public-use datasets from other organizations.

Data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socioeconomic indicators from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). Customizable and downloadable tables, charts and maps.

Contains the "official" vital statistics, morbidity statistics for infectious diseases, and health resources submitted to the World Health Organization from contributing countries.

Includes several databases for demographic and socioeconomic data for 227 countries.

Found on the Researchers library guide.

The Demographic and Health Surveys program collects, analyzes and disseminates accurate and representative data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition through more than 200 surveys in over 75 countries.

The report features information about noncommunicable diseases in 193 countries. This includes details of what proportion of each country's deaths are due to diseases such as cancer, heart and lung diseases, and diabetes.

Health Situation in The Americas: Basic Health Indicators 2011

Offers surveillance data on communicable diseases throughout the world.