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• National Health Survey ( More about this ) - The survey was designed to obtain national benchmarks on a wide range of health issues, and to enable changes in health to be monitored over time. Information was collected about: the health status of the population; health-related aspects of lifestyle and other health risk factors; and the use of health services and other actions people had recently taken for their health." Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics Submitted on: 07/07/2010 Subject: Australia, health, public health Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Database Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples ( More about this ) - Data tables and key summaries for topics of adult health, education, demographics, social and economic characteristics, mother and children health, and disability and career for Australia's indigenous population. Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics Submitted on: 07/07/2010 Subject: Australia, demography, public health, socioeconomic status, minorities Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Database Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• "Linear modelling of the life expectancy of Canadians ( More about this ) - A module, from E-Stats, in which students will calculate the relationship between time and life expectancy in Canada using a linear model. Students should be familiar with y=mx+b linear equations, this module will teach the ways that they can be applied to scatter plots and real data. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: North America, public health, health, mortality Education Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division) Type: Lesson/Lesson Plan, Activity Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Comparing the food choices and body image of 15-year-olds around the world ( More about this ) - Students compare lifestyles, with a focus on nutrition, between Canada and other countries. Students will use E-Stat, a simple tool from Statistics Canada for making tables and graph and performing elementary work with data. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: health, North America, youths Education Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Type: Activity Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Life expectancy at birth by health region, 2001 ( More about this ) - Map showing life expectancy in selected regions of Canada (sparsely populated regions are excluded). Life expectancy is coded as significantly lower, significantly higher or not significantly different from the national average of 79.5. Data are correct as of the 2001 census. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: health, public health, mortality, North America Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Map Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Gapminder for Teachers ( More about this ) - Gapminder uses animated graphs to demonstrate trends in human and economic development and the relation. This is the main page for teachers who want to use Gapminder in their teaching and has links to the main Gapminder interface as well as ways to use Gapminder offline. Creator: Gapminder Submitted on: 06/28/2010 Subject: economics, public health, trend Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Graph Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Human Development Trends, 2005 ( More about this ) - An animated lesson from the UN development program on the progress and failure of efforts to improve standards of living and, above all, reduce child and infant mortality. Student can go through the lesson on his/her own at his/her own pace. Creator: UN Development Program Submitted on: 06/24/2010 Subject: health, public health, infant mortality, economics Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division) Type: Movie/Animation Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• SEER-Medicare ( More about this ) - Data from the National Cancer Institute linking their data on Cancer from the SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results) program to medicare data. It allows for "population-based source of information that can be used for an array of epidemiological and health services research" according to the NCI. The data must be ordered and purchased, and is intended for epidemiological research. Creator: National Cancer Institute Submitted on: 05/25/2010 Subject: mortality, disease, cancer, public health, retirement Education Level: Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Database Access Rights: Available for Purchase Relevance

• SEER ( More about this ) - Database from the National Cancer Institite that provides data on incidence and mortality of cancer across the United States since 1973. SEER stands for "surveillance, epidemiology and end results." The data must be requested from the NCI along with SEER*Stat software provided for analysis of the data, though the requests are very easy. The NCI statistics page (http://www.cancer.gov/statistics/tools) also allows the user to download other programs to analyze the data. Users can also use their own statistical software. The data are primarily intended for use in research. Creator: National Cancer Institute Submitted on: 05/25/2010 Subject: mortality, disease, cancer, public health Education Level: Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Database Access Rights: Free Access with Registration Relevance

• Health ( More about this ) - Provides data related to health, including: accidents and injuries, safety, childbearing, family planning, abortion, drug abuse, alcohol, smoking, health services, medical care, nutrition, diseases and medical conditions, and mental health. All resources are provided by the Australian Social Science Data Archive and therefore pertain to Australia. Submitted on: 05/25/2010 Subject: health, Australia, disease Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Database Access Rights: Free Access Relevance