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Statistics
Statistics is a discipline which is concerned with: designing experiments and other data collection, summarizing information to aid understanding, drawing conclusions from data, and estimating the present or predicting the future.
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Accidents - Agriculture - AIDS - Air Quality - Alcohol & Drug Use - Business & Economics
Capital Punishment - Child Abuse and Welfare - Crime - Education - Elections - General - Health
Immigration - International - Minerals - Public Debt - Science Indicators - Traffic - Youth
Accidents
Statistics National Safety Council - http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statstop.aspx
Here one can find statistics on domestic and international accidents and trends. The information analyzes the number, cost and cause of the injuries.
Agriculture
U.S. Dept of Agriculture - http://www.nass.usda.gov/About_NASS/Advisory_Committee_on_Agriculture_Statistics/index.asp
Here one can find statistics on domestic production of livestock and crops including brief trade data.
USDA Economics & Statistics System - Cornell University - http://jan-tng.mannlib.cornell.edu/
These statistics are especially useful in relation to international trade and outlook.
AIDS
Center for Disease Control - HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports - http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/index.htm
This source will provide extensive statistics on the AIDS situation in the United States including the number of cases reported by state, city, sex, race, and age. Some current reports here require Adobe Acrobat.previous
NIAID Fact Sheet- Nat. Institute of Health - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/aidsstat.htm
Provides summary statistics for international and domestic AIDS trends.
Air Quality
Arizona Dept. of Environmental Quality - Air Quality Data for Arizona - http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/air/index.html
This source details air quality in various portions of the state.
EPA's Air Pollution Monitoring - http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/montring.html
This site contains links to the annual Air Quality Trends Report, Attainment/ Nonattainment areas of the country, as well as other statistics. Sometimes technical, it is one of the best governmental sources for gaging pollution on a national level.
Alcohol & Drug Use
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence - http://www.ncadd.org/facts/index.html
Here is a brief compilation on statistics regarding the use of alcohol and drugs by women and youth, substance-abuse related birth defects, and more.
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information - http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/about/aboutncadi.aspx
Provides excellent statistics relating to drug abuse trends in the United States, especially in the National Household Drug Abuse Survey
Business & Economics
Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://stats.bls.gov/
This site offers the latest unemployment, wage, and cost of living statistics for the United States as well as for individual states.
Economic Statistics Briefing Room - http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
This White House site provides condensed versions of various agencies' economic statistics, including the topics GDP, corporate profits, personal consumption, and consumer.
Federal Reserve Board - http://www.federalreserve.gov/
This site provides links to statistical releases covering topics such as interest rates, savings bonds and T-bill rates, foreign exchange rates, consumer credit statistics.
Small Business Statistics - S.B.A. - http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/
Summarizes basic statistics regarding the number and nature of small businesses in the United States.
Capital Punishment
Death Penalty Information Center - http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/home
Death Penalty Information Center has compiled statistics from selected states around the country in arguing the expense of capital punishment.
Capital Punishment Statistics - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cp.htm
Provides access to the US Department of Justice annual report, Capital Punishment, which describes demographic and criminal justice information regarding the use of the death penalty.
Child Abuse and Welfare
Administration for Children and Families - http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
This site details rates of child abuse and the number of fatalities as well
as other statistics related to children, including adoption and education statistics.
Crime
Bureau of Justice Statistics home page - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
This site provides a myriad of crime statistics detailing handgun crimes, carjacking, school crime, elderly victims , the World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems, firearms and crimes of violence.
Federal Bureau of Investigation - http://www.fbi.gov/homepage.htm
The FBI homepage links to two significant statistical sources: Crime Statistics and Hate Crimes (describing the number and location ).
US Dept. of Justice - Sourcebook - http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
Describes the characteristics of public criminal justice forces, the nature of crimes and offenders, geography of crimes committed, and public opi nion regarding crime.
Education
National Center for Education Statistics - http://nces.ed.gov/annuals/
Here are two comprehensive sources: Digest of Education Statistics and Condition of Education which provide student/teacher ratios, literacy rates, and more.
Elections
Federal Election Statistics - http://www.fec.gov/
This source quantifies voter turnout as a relation of the larger voting age population for various U.S. presidential elections. Also provides a link to a document indicating interational voter turnout rates to compare with the U.S. numbers.
General
United States Census Subjects A-Z - http://www.census.gov/main/www/subjects.html
Covers a vast number of topics such as crops, computer use, population projections and estimates, and poverty.
Census International Database
Census International Database - http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
Provides demographic and socio-economic statistics for countries around the world.
FEDSTATS - http://www.fedstats.gov/
This souce provides a myriad of current statistics from over 70 federal agencies on various topics. This is the place to look when searching for statistics within the United States.
Social Statistics Briefing Room - http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html
The Whitehouse has compiled text and links to frequently requested social and economic statistics including population, crime, literacy, and cost of living.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. - http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
The table of contents links to the most popular statistical subjects in the economic, demographic and social science realms.
University of Michigan's Statistical Resources on the Web - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
These statistical links can answer almost any question in the subject areas of agriculture, demographics, energy, foreign governments, housing, military, science, sociology, and more.
Health
Center for Disease Control - Search Engine - http://www.cdc.gov/search.do
This site at the Center for Disease Control allows keyword searching for statistical reports on a number of subjects from teen birth rates to sexually transmitted diseases.
FAStats A-Z - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/
This A-Z site offers quick, frequently asked tidbits of health information such as number of overweight people in the U.S., life expectancy, teen pregnancy, prevalence of cancer, and more. Useful for ready reference queries.
Immigration
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
For Statistic on Immigration, click on the Education and Resources link at the top.
International
Statistical Agencies International - http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
The US Census bureau has linked to many nations' statistical bureaus. Most of the data provided is in English as well as the language of origin.
Latin American Statistical Sources - http://lib1.library.cornell.edu/colldev/lastatistics.html
Provides links to various Latin American countries' demographic and economic statistical agencies.
Minerals
Minerals Yearbook - U.S. Geological Service - http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/myb/#index
This source details the prevlance, use, economics, and trade of various minerals nationally and abroad.
Public Debt
Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/
This site provides extensive statistics on the cost of public debt currently and historically.
Science Indicators
Science & Engineering Indicators - National Science Foundation - http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/
This site provides statistics regarding dollars spent on research, how young students are performing in the areas of science and math, the number of minorities and women are in science, and more.
Traffic
National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/factshet.html
This government organization is a source of statistics for many traffic issues including safety.
Traffic Safety Facts - 1997 - http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/ncsa/ovrfacts.html
Great statistics here regarding safety restraints, alcohol, lives lost or saved, etc.
Youth
Kids Count - http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives/KIDSCOUNT.aspx
Provides health, demographic, and economic information detailing how children are fairing nationally as well as by state.
Childstats.gov - http://childstats.gov/
Another site which provides statistics that details the wellbeing of children in the U.S.
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance - http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm
A source which surveys young people's use of tobacco, alcohol, poor dietary practice, and behaviors dangerous to them.
Organizations
American Statistical Association - http://www.amstat.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=main
The American Statistical Association (ASA) is a scientific and educational society founded in 1839 with the following mission: To promote excellence in the application of statistical science across the wealth of human endeavor.
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