Research Guides: Global Health: Statistics

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See also this guide for statistical data by subject, and more:

Finding Data & Statistics
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Health and Health-related Statistics sites:

General/Comprehensive Statistical Sites (International)

UNdata
Selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas.
World Bank Data
7000 indicators for world countries, to view or download.
Gap Minder data
OECD.Stat
StatPlanet
World Population Data

Links to individual country statistics:

FAOSTAT
Data relating to food, agriculture, etc., for 200 countries. Includes data related to health, e.g. food security and nutrition.
Global Cancer Observatory
Provides access to various databases containing information on the occurrence of cancer worldwide held and managed by the Section of Cancer Information (CIN) of International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
Global HIV and AIDS Statistics
Statistics on HIV/AIDS, worldwide and by country, from AVERT, international HIV and AIDS charity based in the UK.
Weekly Epidemiological Record (WHO)
Weekly notifications of diseases subject to regulation (yellow fever, cholera, AIDS, etc.). Status reports on major communicable diseases, and reports of epidemiological activities around the world.