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Dictionaries

Health care terms by Vergil N. Slee, Debora A. Slee, H. Joachim Schmidt
Ref RA423 .S55 1996

The American heritage Stedman's medical dictionary.
Ready Reference R121 .A53 1995

Spanish-English, English-Spanish medical dictionary by Onyria Herrera McElroy, Lola L. Grabb
Ref R121 .M488 1996

Medical Texts

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy.
Ready Reference
Etiology, pathology, symptoms, laboratory finding, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment for most diseases.

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.
Ready Reference
Definition, etiology, epidemiology, pathology, clinical manifestations, laboratory features, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.

Magill's Medical Guide - Health and Illness. 3 volumes
Sci Tech Ref RC 41 .M34 1995

History of Medicine

The Cambridge World History of Human Disease. Edited by Kenneth F. Kiple.
Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Ready Ref R 131 .C233

Demographics of Health

Annual Report on Social Indicators 1998. Dept. of City Planning
Ready Ref HN 80 .N5 N48
Has a chapter on health in the city.

Community District Needs - The Bronx, Manhattan, etc.
Dept. of City Planning - Published annually
Ready Ref HT 168 .N5 C73
Population, vital statistics, income, housing units and land use for each community district.

New York City Community Health Atlas, 1994. United Hospital Fund.
Ready Ref G 1254. N4E5 K7 (see also online update at www.uhf.org)
Shows key population and health indicators for the 165 zip code areas across the five boroughs. Includes figures on population, income, Medicaid enrollment, births, diseases, and deaths - with age, race, and other subgroup detail as appropriate.
New York (N.Y.). Bureau of Health Statistics and Analysis.

Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics.
Atlas of United States Mortality. U.S. Centers for disease control and prevention
Ready Ref G 1201 .E24 A8 1996

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics.
Health, United States. annual.
Ready Ref RA 407.3 .U57a
Annual report on the nation's health submitted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Divided into a group of tables with a Guide to Tables giving direction to the information in the tables. You can also look up your topic in the index in the back. A Chartbook which illustrates the tables in charts is now published separately.

Vital statistics of New York State.
Ready Ref HA544. D46a (1994 is latest at Lehman
<Albany, N.Y.>: New York State Dept. of Health,

Vital Statistics of the United States. Volume 2, Section 6, Life tables
Ref HB1335 .V58 (1992 is latest at Lehman)
Hyattsville, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services,

Advance Data. These reports provide early release of data from the
National Center for Health Statistics' health and demographic surveys.
Online at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Indexed in Health Reference Center. Reports on disease occurrence and special reports on disease. Online at:http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/

U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Bureau of the Census.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington, D.C.:Government Printing Office. Annual. Kept at Ready Ref Desk, 1st Floor. Summary of social, political and economic statistics for the United States, collected from over 220 different government and private agencies.

Vital and health statistics Series.
Current listing and topical index.
Doc Ref RA 407.3 .U5 (First Floor South)
Index to this very valuable source of statistics on health care use and resources in the US. Individual volumes are cataloged and shelved on the Third Floor South with other health books.
Examples to two reports from this series:
Health characteristics of large metropolitan statistical areas, 1988-89. (V & HS) 1993
RA 407.3 .A346 No. 187
Prevalence of selected chronic conditions, 1986-88. (V&HS) 1993
RA 407.3 .A346 No. 182

International

GlobalHealthFacts
http://globalhealthfacts.org
Data, by country or topic, for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators. Features tables, charts, and color-coded maps which can be downloaded for custom analyses. A companion site to GlobalHealthReporting.org. From the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Web Resources

New York

New York States Department of Health - Home Page
Click on "Info for Researchers"
County Health Indicators (morbidity and mortality), Hospital Occupancy Reports

New York State Department of Health
Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS)
List of current annual reports of hospital utilization

Hospital Association of New York State (HANYS)
Click on "Resource Locator"

United States

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Infectious disease Surveillance reports, Health topics A-Z

FedStats
FedStats Access to the full range of statistics and information produced
by more than 70 Federal agencies

Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
The federal agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Look at "Students" section or "Stats and Data" section