National health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish goals to reduce these threats. Now updating to reflect the new 2020 objectives. Note the "Closer Look" box on the right, where you can ID specific populations and compare with others.

the "LHI's," from Healthy People 2020. These high profile indicators: "...communicate high-priority health issues and actions that can be taken to address them."

Stats & report site re health indicators - do searches in the site like "African Americans diabetes..."

Use the "Populations" tab on this guide to access sites with information on various populations.

Contains not only info on diseases, but on healthy living, traveler's health etc. Use the "A-Z" index at the top of the page to search for information on a particular disease or condition, e.g. birth data or norovirus infection.

Eextensive site with many links to health and disease issues.

An informative, reliable resource. Covers diseases, symptoms, drugs etc.

an authoritative government site covering many aspects of medicine, including the history of medicine, a photo archive, reports on environmental health and more. NOTE: to look for articles in medical journals though, use our Medline database, not the PubMed database here - our site gives you easier access to the full text of articles where available.

Online, back to the landmark 1964 report on smoking.

An excellent source of NY health stats.

Statewide health stats and much more on hospitals, nursing homes etc.

Major resource for stats and reports on diseases and health issues across the world.