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WHO Statistical Information System |
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Mortality data -- Online version of the World Health Statistics Annual. Contains the latest data from WHO's mortality database on causes of death, causes of infant death, life expectancy and age-standardized death rates. |
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Statistical data from the
latest World Health Report (Locate the table you need, select a subset of the data, view world maps, terminology.) |
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New Healthy Life Expectancy Rankings (Press release / country rankings) |
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Statistical Information (Basic Health Indicators, Burden of Disease, Health Personnel, International Classifications, HIV/AIDS, Links to National Health-Related Websites, Member States of WHO, Links to other Sources of Health Information, etc.) |
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Health Systems Performance a comprehensive resource from the World Health Organization |
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Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy - Discussion Papers |
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Information about the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in connection with health. |
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World
Directory of Medical Schools (.pdf files) Content and Introduction, Countries A-C, D-I, J-P, R-Z, Updates through March 2001 |
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International Classifications (ICD-10, ICF) |
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Infectious Diseases -- pointers to infectious diseases information available from WHO |
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The Weekly Epidemiological Record |
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International Travel and Health -- vaccination requirements and health advice for travelers |
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Burden of Disease activities |
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AIDS/HIV Statistics |
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Vaccines -- WHO Vaccine Preventable Diseases Monitoring System |
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Health Personnel -- doctors, dentists and nurses |
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Global Oral Data Bank |
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Links to other Sources of Health Information -- CDC, NIH, World Bank,
UN, FAO, health organizations...  |
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Links to National Health-Related Websites -- please
contribute your links! |
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WHO Publications |
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WHO Library and Information Services |
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List of WHO Member States (including Regional Office
contacts and demographic data) |
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United Nations Population Division data (Population data and Infonation--CyberSchoolBus |
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Selected statistical tools (EpiInfo, ICD-10, ICIDH, etc.) |
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About the WHOSIS.... |
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Contact Information and Query Service |
| Copyright notice and disclaimer |
Last update: 24 January 2002
Use your Browser's FIND command (Ctrl-F) to locate a topic
or disease anywhere on this page...
The purpose of this WHOSIS website (WHO Statistical Information System) is to describe - and to the extent possible provide access to - statistical and epidemiological data and information presently available from the World Health Organization and elsewhere in electronic or other forms. Most WHO technical programmes make information available to the public. The WHOSIS allows the user to search by keywords through the entire WHO website, and globally throughout the WWW.
Under Links to other sources of Health Information you will find additional, health-related search possibilities, such as CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), NIH (US National Institutes of Health), NLM (US National Library of Medicine), etc..
Under Links to National Health-Related Websites we have attempted to collect pointers to Ministry of Health and Central Statistics Office websites for each of our member states.
As you explore from here and encounter various web pages you will also find contact information for persons within technical areas which may be of interest to you, and whom you may wish to contact for further or more detailed information.
There is strong demand for health and health-related data and information from WHO. WHO's new programme on Evidence and Information for Health Policy will be expanding and strengthening the WHO website to facilitate dissemination of a wide range of reliable epidemiological information, burden of disease estimates, projections and routinely collected datasets such as vital registration data.
For more information on the re-organization of WHO, please click here.
J.L. Duppenthaler
Statistician
WHO/Geneva
For the most accurate information and efficient service, all requests for information should be addressed directly to the responsible office knowledgeable in the subject area in which you are interested. That contact information is normally found toward the bottom of the web page on that topic. (search for topic)
If you didn't find the information you are looking for based on the guidance and suggestions provided here, or if you would like some additional assistance in locating existing statistical information on the WHO website, click to enter our WHOSIS Query Service.
General comments or suggestions relating to the WHOSIS may be addressed to:
James L. Duppenthaler
Evidence and Information for Health Policy
World Health Organization
20 Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
