Research

Public Health Data

Part of the service component of the mission of the Center is to provide statistical and data management expertise for researchers in the health sciences, as well as access to and advice on using large publicly-available national databases. Such databases include:

American Hospital Association

2005 Hospital Data in Print, on CD-ROM, or Online

 

Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

• 1984-1995 Survey Data, CD-ROM Series 1, No. 1
• 1996-1997 Survey Data, CD-ROM Series 1, No. 2 and 2a
• 1996-1998 Notes for Data Users
• 1997 Questionnaire Content Plan, September, 1997
• 1998 Survey Data, CD-ROM Series 1, No. 4 (2 copies)
• 1998 Iowa Health Risk Behaviors Final Report (2 copies)
• 1998 County Synthetic Estimates (2 copies)
• 1998 Modules by State
• 1999 Questionnaire
• 1999 Questionnaire
• 1999 Survey Data, CD-ROM Series 1, No. 5

• (Also have a 1999 Power Point Presentation on the BRFSS and the "BRFSS Tracking in Action" booklet).
• 2001 Annual Report, Published December, 2002
• Background on the BRFSS Questionnaires
• State-Added Questions
• Calculated Variables in the BRFSS
• Module 4: Health Care Coverage
• Module 5: Health Care Utilization
• Workshop at University of Northern Iowa

Bernan Essential Government Information

 

Births

• Iowa Birth Defects Registry

• 2000 Annual report
• Iowa Termination of Pregnancy Report
• 1998 (Issued March 1999)
• 2001

Birth Cohort Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set

• 1985, CD-ROM Series 20, No. 4
• 1986, CD-ROM Series 20, No. 3
• 1987, CD-ROM Series 20, No. 1
• 1988, CD-ROM Series 20, No. 2
• 1989, CD-ROM Series 20, No. 8

 Cancer in Iowa

• State Health Registry of Iowa
• 1973-1992 Cancer in Iowa (3 copies)
• 1995 Cancer in Iowa
• 1996 Cancer in Iowa
• 1999 Cancer in Iowa
• 2000 Cancer in Iowa
• 2001 Cancer in Iowa
• 2006 Cancer in Iowa Report
• 2007 Cancer in Iowa Report
• Iowa Consortium for comprehensive Cancer Control
• July 2003, Changing the Face of Cancer in Iowa (a State Plan for 2003-2005)
• May 2006, Reducing the Burden on Cancer in Iowa: A Strategic Plan for 2006-2011
• Cancer in Iowa brochure
• www.canceriowa.org
• Iowa Department of Public Health
• Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening in Iowa: needs & strategies for improvement

 Cancer in the United States

• United States Canter Statistics 2000 Incidence (published 2003) (book & folder)
• Cultural Competence in Cancer Care: A Health Care Professional’s Passport
• 2005 Cancer Facts & Figures

 Carnegie Mellon University

September 2, 1999, Lycos Directory

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• 1998 FY Fact Book
• Employment information
• Data Warehouse on Trends in Health & Aging (9/02)
•  NCHS: Programs & Activities, Published June, 2002
• September 17, 1999, MMWR: Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health Volume 48, No. RR-11
• International Classification of Diseases (10th Revision) (ICD-10) (2 copies)
• Advanced Data
• September 6, 2002 Body Weight Status of Adults: United States, 1997-98, No. 330
• June 4, 2002 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2000 Outpatient Department Summary, No. 327
• June 5, 2002 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2000 Summary, No. 328
• June 4, 2003 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2001 Emergency Department Summary, No. 335 (2 copies)
• Health Women State Trends in Health & Mortality
• Year 2000 Population Standard for Age-Adjusting Death Rates in the United States (2/2001)
• 2000/2001 Fact Book (book)
• Vital & Health Statistics
• October 2002, Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Populations: National Health Interview Survey, 1998, Series 10, No. 207
• December 2003, Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2001, Series 10, No. 217
• June 2004, National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2001 Annual Summary With Detailed Diagnosis & Procedure Data, Series 13, No. 156
• January 2004, Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2001, Series 10, No. 218

 Children’s Well-Being

• 1980-1999 Appendix A: Detailed Tables
• 2000-2001, Trends in the Well-Being of Iowa Children (3 copies)
• October 2003, State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network
• October 2005, The Iowa Child Medicaid & Hawk-I Programs & Children’s Developmental Health

 Clinical Classification Software (CCS)

• Fact Sheet
• Summary & Download

Common Core of Data (CCD)

• 1996-1997, 1999-2000, CD-ROM, Issued May, 2002

4 Community Health Needs Assessment & Improvement Plan

 

Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI)

• Reports & Report Database

Comprehensive Health Care to Rural Iowans in the 21st Century

Computer Stuff

• CDC
• Showcases Data Through it’s Web Site  (5/03)
• Electronic Publications Available for Downloading (09/2001)
• Palisade: Introducing Stat Tools
• MathType
• MathType5 The best for writing equations since chalk!
• Using MathType With Blackboard
• December 2001, An Introduction to Analyzing SIPP Data
• Introduction to S-PLUS for Windows (updated for version 6)

The Department of Energy

• 25 Years of Service (Premiere Issue: The Year in Energy)

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study

• 1998-1999, ECLS-K First Grade Public-Use, CD-ROM, Issued January, 2002
• 1998-1999, ECLS-K Base Year Public-Use, CD-ROM, Issued February, 2001

 Federal Interagency Forum on Child & Family Statistics

• 1999 America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
• 2000 America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being (2 copies)
• 2001 America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being

 Floppy Disks

• Blank (2 disks)
• Diskette
• GEE (2 copies)
• GLM
• GLMM
• Nov-Dec 1999, IDPH Course, Module I
• New Century Fopl

Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (H-CUP)

• Presentation and Supporting Documentation
• Central Distributor
• What’s New in HCUPnet?
• Frequently Asked Question About HCUP Databases
• Data Use Agreement for the HCUP-3 Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2 copies)

 Healthy People

• 2000
• December 1997, Statistical Notes, No. 15
• 2010
• November 2000
• The Health People 2010 Database
• Access to Quality Health Services
• Access to Quality Health Services
• July 2004, Healthy People 2010 Criteria for Data Suppression, No. 24
• Summary Measures of Population Health
• Using Public Health Data, April 27, May 11 & 25, 1999 (2 binders)

 Health, United States

• 1999, With Health & Aging Chartbook
• 2000, With Adolescent Health Chartbook (3 copies)
• 2002, Vol. 1, No. 8, June 2003 (3 copies)
• 2003, With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans (2 copies)
• 2004, With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
• 2005, Issued April, 2006

Individuals & Families in Transition

• Understanding Change Through Longitudinal Data (Book)

 Information/Brochures on CPHS Data Sources

• Area Resource File (ARF)
• Health Resources & Services Administration
• General Grant Info (NIH)
• NIH Modular Grand Applications: Modifications & Update (released July 24, 2000)
• Modular Grant Application Update: Peer Review
• Grants Policy Statement- Part III: Terms & Conditions for Specific Types of Grants, Grantees, & Activities –Part 5 of 6 (2 copies)
• 2000-2001 Catalog of University Presentations
• Appendix c: Major Surveys & Databases Used by NCI’s Cancer Surveilllance Research Program
• Health & Medical Industry Lists and Databases
• Health Profession Shortage Areas (HPSAs)
• Federal Register –Part II Department of Health & Human Services (Monday September 20, 1999)
• Explanation of Health Professional Shortage Areas

 Institute of Medicine

• 1996 Healthy Communities: New Partnerships for the Future of Public Health

 International Databases

• Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census (2 copies)
• International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10)
• Health Statistics – Basic Information Resources
• 2000 OECD Health Data
• Health & Human Development – Pan American Health Organization
• Public Policy & Health
• Data Base of Household Surveys in Latin America & the Caribbean

 International Mortality Database (Issued June, 1995) (6 diskettes)

The Iowa Attorney General’s Report

• Second Hand Smoke (Issued May, 2003) (2 copies)

 Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety & Health (I-CASH)

• Spring 2000 Newsletter, Vol. 6, Issue 2/3
• Summer 2000 Newsletter, Vol. 6, Issue 4
• Fall 2000 Newsletter, Vol. 7, Issue 1
• Winter/Spring 2001 Newsletter, Vol. 7, Issue 2/3
• 1999 Annual Report
• 2000 Annual Report (10th Anniversary)

 Iowa Health Fact Book

• 1997, Book
• 1999, Book (9 copies)
• 2001, CD-ROM (5 copies)
• 2003, Book (6 copies)
• 2003, CD-ROM (5 copies)
• 2005, CD-ROM (19 copies)

 Iowa/Nebraska Primary Care Association (IA/NEPCA)

• 2005 Legislative Agenda

Iowa PRC Annual Report

• September 2000, Practice Research Collaboratives: Forging Partnerships

1991 Longitudinal Followup to the 1988 NMIHS

• CD-ROM Series 21, No. 1

The Longitudinal Study of Aging

• 1984-90, CD-ROM LSOA, No. 1

Marriage and Divorce Data, 1989-1995

• CD-ROM Series 21, No. 6

Mayo Clinic

• March 2001, Women’s Health Source, Volume 5, No. 3

Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services in Medicaid

• 1992, Book
• 1993, Book

Midwest Injury Prevention Consortium Newsletters

• 1999 Spring
• 2001 Winter, Volume III, No. 2
• 2001 Summer, Volume IV, No. 1

Multiple Cause-of-Death File

• 1998, CD-ROM Series 20, No. 10H, Issued December, 2000 (2 copies)

Natality Data Set

• 2001, CD-ROM Series 21, No 15, Issued May, 2003 (2 copies)

National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

• 1990, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 2
• 1991, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 3
• 1992, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 4
• 1993, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 6
• 1994, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 8
• 1997, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 21
• 1999, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 29, Issued December, 2001 (2 copies)
• 2001, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 34, Issued February, 2004
• 2003, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 38, Issued November, 2005

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

• Mailing Request Form
• May 10, 2000 – National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 1998 Emergency Department Summary, No. 313 (2 copies)
• National Death Index
• Vital & Health Statistics
• 1999 Quality of Death Rates By Race & Hispanic Origin, Series 2, No. 128, Issued September 1999
• 1995-2004 Design & Estimation for the National Health Interview Survey, Series 2, No. 130, Issued June 2000
• International Classification of Diseases (10th Revision)(ICD-10)
• Business Card
• Geraldine McQuillan
• NCHS Visit in February, 2000
• Catalog of Electronic Products
• Catalog of Publications
• June 2002 Programs & Activities
• Research Data Center (Folder)

National Education Longitudinal Study

• 1988-2000, Data Files & Electronic Codebook System, CD-ROM, Issued August, 2002

National Health Interview Survey

• 1987, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 1, Reissued July, 1993
• 1988, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 2, Issued December, 1994
• 1989, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 3, Issued September, 1993
• 1990, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 4, Issued September, 1993
• 1991, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 5, Issued September, 1995
• 1991, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 5a  (State Data Files, 1991)
• 1992, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 6
• 1993, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 7, Issued March 1996
• 1994, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 8, (On Disability, Phase I and II) Issued July, 1999
• 1994, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 9, Issued February, 1997
• 1990-96, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 9A (Imputed Annual Family Income, 1990-1996), Issued July, 1999
• 1995, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 10, Issued July, 1999
• 1996, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 11, Issued July, 1999
• 1997, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 12A
• 2001, CD-ROM Series 10, No. 16A, Issued December, 2002
• 1997, Person Health Care Access & Utilization – Public Use 103,477 Records
• 1997, Household – Public Use 43,370
• 1997, Family – Public Use Survey 40,623

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

• NHANES III Reference Manuals and Reports (Oct. 1996)
• Binder

• Let’s Improve Our Health Fact Sheet
• 1988-1994 Plan & Operation of the Third National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey
• January 31, 2000 Supplemental Information (2 copies)

National Home and Hospice Care Survey

• 1994, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 13
• 1996, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 17
• 2000, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 31, issued July 2002
• 2000, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 31, Revised January 2003

National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

• 1999, CD-ROM Series 13, No 30, Issued December, 2001 (3 copies)

National Hospital Discharge Survey

• 1990, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 1
• 1994, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 12
• 1996, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 19
• 1997, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 20
• 1979-2000, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 20A, Issued June, 2002
• 1979-2002, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 36A, Issued June, 2004
• 1979-2004, CD-ROM Series 13, No. 38A, Issued June, 2006

National Household Education Surveys Program

• 2001, Early Childhood Program Participation, CD-ROM, Issued April, 2003

National Immunization Survey

• 2001, No. 7, October, 2002 (2 copies)

National Institutes of Health

• Division of AIDS National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
•  November 1996, Procedures for Establishing Collaborations to Access Specimens from DAIDS-Sponsored Repositories

National Survey of American Families (NSAF)

• 1997, Child Data

National Survey of Family Growth

• Cycle IV:  1988 & 1990 Telephone Reinterview, CD-ROM Series 23, No. 2, Issued June, 1997
• Cycle V, 1995, CD-ROM Series 23, No. 3, Issued November, 1997

National Vital Statistics Reports (NVSS)

• December 18, 2002 - Births: Final Data for 2001, Volume 51, No. 2
• April 29, 2003 - Births, Marriages, Divorces, & Deaths: Provisional Data for January-March 2002, Volume 51, No. 6
• December 19, 2002 - United States Life Tables, 2000, Volume 51, No. 3

New England Research Institutes (NERI)

• Winter 2000, Newsletter

New York Academy of Medicine

• Medicine & Public Health: The Power of Collaboration

Official Version:  ICD – 9 - CM

 

Oxford University

• 2000 Public Health

Palisade

• 2003, Stat Tools Professional CD-ROM, Issued August, 2003
• Interactive Demo CD-ROM

Perinatal Mortality Data File

• 1995, CD-ROM Series 20, No. 12
• 1995, CD-ROM Series 20, No. 14
• 1997, CD-ROM Series 20, No. 15, Issued September, 1999

Public Health Data Standards Consortium

• June 12, 2000 Fact Sheet

Public Health Management & Practice

              September 1997, Vol. 3, No. 5

SAS System for Mixed Methods

 

SEER Stat

• (1/31/00) The State’s Prevention Agenda Returns on Investment Project Draft
• 1973-1997 Surveillance, Epidemiology, & End Results Program
• SEER*Stat 3.0
• Using SEER*Stat for Versions up to 3.0 (2 copies)
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• 1973-1997 Public-Use CD-ROM
• Registries
• SEER*Stat 2.1.5

The Second Longitudinal Study of Aging

• 1994-2000, Wave 3 Survivor File, Version SF2.2, Issued Nov. 2002 (2 copies)

Second Supplement on Aging, 1994, Version 2

• CD-ROM SOA II, No. 1

November 2002, Shaping a Health Statistics Vision of the 21st Century 

Small Area Estimation

• Propensity Score Matching Methods for Non-experimental Casual Studies
• Methodology to Address Analysis of Rates Based on Small Numbers, Issued May 16, 2000
• Small Area Estimation: An appraisal
• Bayesian Prediction in Linear Models: Applications to Small Area Estimation
• Overview of California’s County Population estimation Methods
• June 1999, Spatially Arrayed Growth Forces & Small Area Population Estimates Methodology
• June 8, 1999 - Population Estimates Methods Conference
• Papers & Presentations
• Proceedings
• Abstracts
• Fifty Years of Applied Population-Based Prevention Research at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

State & Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey

• 1997, Health Module Pilot Test CD-ROM, Issued January, 2000

Statistical Abstract of the United States

• 2000, National Data Book CD-ROM, Issued May, 2001
• 2006, National Data Book CD-ROM, Issued February, 2006

Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Cancer Incidence Public-Use Database

• 1973-1997, August 1999 Submission  (SEER*Stat 3.0)

Survey of Income and Program Participation

• 1987, Full Panel Longitudinal Files CD-ROM, Issued October, 1993
• 1988, Full Panel Longitudinal Files CD-ROM, Issued October, 1993

United States Department of Agriculture

• March 1986, Food Stamp Research
• July 2002, Does a Familiar Face Increase Response?
• Spring 2002, Rural America, Volume 17, No. 1
• Economic Research Service (ERS)
• Data & County Codes

2000 United States Renal Data System Report

University of Iowa

• 1999-2000 Annual Report, A Year of Growth (2 copies)
• Fall 1999, Saturday & Evening Classes
• A Public Health Initiative For Healthy Iowans & Safe, Healthy Communities
• Spring 2001, Wellspring, Vol. 1, No. 1
• October 1999, Health & Safety Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 2
• Fall 1999, Linking Faculty, Staff & Students News, Vol. 2, No. 1

University of Northern Iowa

• Your Partner in Reducing Health Disparities
• A Health Provider’s Pocket Guide to Working with Immigrant, Refugee & Minority Populations in Iowa, First Edition 2003

University of Southern California

• Health Atlas of Southern California, Volume 3

Urban Institute

• Snapshots of America’s Families II

U.S. Census

• Board
• May 23, 2001 A Guide to Statistical Adjustment, Report to Congress
• Bureau
• 2000, Testing, Experimentation, & Evaluation Program
• Questions & Answers: American Community Survey, Issued March 2004
• 2002, USA Statistics in Brief: A Statistical Abstract Supplement
•       2000 Census Dress Rehearsal Evaluation Summary

U.S. Department of Education

• Learning About Education Through Statistics
• Crime & Safety in America’s Public Schools

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

• National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
• 50th Anniversary Symposium Reports
• 2000-2002
• 2000 Worker Health Chartbook (NIOSH)
• 2003, Natality Detail File CD-ROM, Series21, No. 16H

Using Public Health Data

• 11:30:99, Video
• 12:14:99, Video
• 2:10:24, Video

Vital & Health Statistics

 

Vital Statistics in Iowa

• 1997, Book (2 copies)
• 1998, Book (2 copies)
• 1999, Book (2 copies)
• 2000, Book
• 2001, Book (3 copies)

Vital Statistics of the United States

• 1999, Volume I – Natality, CD-ROM
• 2003, Natality Data Set CD-ROM Series 21, No.17, Issued May, 2006

The Wellmark Foundation

• 1999 Wellmark report Health in Iowa Health in South Dakota
• 2001 Calendar, Blue Prints for Healthy Communities
• 2001 Guidelines for Proposals (RFP)
• 2002 Annual Report, Supporting Health Improvement in our Communities (2 folders)
• Allergies & Antihistamines (2 copies)
• Antihistamine Report (2 copies)
• Gastrointestinal Drugs (2 copies)
• Beta-blockers (2copies)
• 2003 Annual Report, A Journey to Change
• 2004 Annual Report, The Leading the Way to Healthier Communities Difference is Blue (2 copies)
• 2005 Annual Report, Working Together for Healthier Communities

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Leadership Reconsidered: Engaging Higher Education in Social Change

 

Women’s Health Data by State and U. S. Territory:  Mortality 1994-1997

• Prepared for the Office on Women’s Health, DHHS, Sept. 1999
• Beyond 20/20 Version 5.1

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

• 1997 Survey Data
• 1995 Survey Data
• 1993 Survey Data
• 1991 Survey Data
• 1990 Survey Data

 

list updated: July 2007