Incidence and Prevalence of Disease

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 

Possibly the most useful dataset in health care, these data are obtained by driving large white vans into randomly selected parking lots. People are then dragged out of their homes and poked and prodded. This dataset is growing in size year by year.

National Health Interview Survey               Reports

A national sample of about 100,000 homes. Asks respondents to report conditions.

Cancer

Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results System  Order CD or Download Data

Contains information obtained from surveillance centers on most cancers.

Mortality

Multiple Cause of Death Datafile 

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