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Census: Health Insurance Data
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins.html

FedStats: The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies
http://www.fedstats.gov/

Healthfinder:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/organizations
Healthfinder is an award-winning Federal Website for consumers, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The site links to the best government and nonprofit health resources on the net.

HealthGrades:
http://www.healthgrades.com
A Commercial website that sells reports on physicians, hospitals, and nursing homes. Offers hospital ratings free to the public.

Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts:
http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?
Database contains data on demographics, health, and health policies; including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.

Missouri Aging Information Network
http://www.moaging.com/Index.asp
Search for services available in Missouri for seniors and family caregivers.

Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services:
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/DataAndStatisticalReports/index.html (Main)
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/CommunityDataProfiles/
The community data profiles can give statistics on hospitalizations, cause of death, births, injuries, and other health statistics.

Missouri Department of Mental Health:
http://www.dmh.missouri.gov/
The Department of Mental Health releases a yearly status report on "Missouri's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Problems." The report also covers topics such as school dropout rate, use and cost of alcohol and drugs, pregnancy and drug use, drug offenses, drug related traffic accidents, and more.

Missouri Department of Social Services
http://www.dss.mo.gov/rr_stats.htm

Missouri Information for Community Assessment (MICA)
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/MICA/index.html
The Missouri Information for Community Assessment (MICA) system is an interactive system that allows anyone to create a table of specific data from various data files including births, deaths, hospital discharges and others.

MOKIDS
http://www.mokids.org/pdfs/HEALTH_CARE_1.pdf
Citizens for Missouri's Children report on Health Care.

National Center for Health Statistics:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
The Nation’s principal health statistics agency, which compiles statistical information to guide actions and policies.

National Institute of Health:
http://www.nih.gov/icd/
Some agencies of the NIH publish studies and statistics.

National Survey of Children's Health: Data Resource Center
http://nschdata.org/dataquery/SurveyAreas.aspx
Contains data on over 60 indicators of child health and well-being.

Nursing Homes (Comparing) http://www.medicare.gov/NHcompare/home.asp
Nursing home information is provided by the federal government through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services 'Nursing Home Compare' website.

Nursing Home Inspection Reports (Missouri)
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/showmelongtermcare/
You can find out how any licensed Missouri long-term care facility did on its last inspection.

Nutrition.gov:
http://www.nutrition.gov

St. Charles County Division of Public Health:
http://www.scchealth.org/docs/ph/index.html
This website gives information on Public health services such as how to apply for vital records, WIC program, vaccinations, and others.

US Department of Health & Human Services:
http://www.hhs.gov/reference/index.shtml#statistics
Health related Statistics and Reports.
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