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American Social Data Resources |
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Broad General Data Sources |
FedStats
A one-stop
website for statistics related to government
agencies and organizations.
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Public Agenda
Online
Focuses on
issues facing the American people and the
world. Includes essays and data to give the
user an overview of both sides of the
situation. The focus is on public opinion
and its background information.
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Science
Resources Statistics and Data Page
A government
Web page that links to a huge number of
reports, books and documents that relate to
science statistics. See the section: Issues.
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Statistical
Resources on the Web
A mega site
with a wide array of statistical information
that is organized and linked.
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Washington
Trends
State
economic, demographic, and social trends are
related to one another and, in turn, affect
government policies on spending and
taxation. A strong economy, for example,
attracts more people to the state, which in
turn boosts state tax collections. Social
developments, such as crime rates and the
incidence of teenage pregnancies, also
contribute to demands on public resources.
The purpose of Washington Trends is to chart
these elements which shape public and
private life in Washington.
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Data On Specific Subjects and Issues:
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Teens and Young People
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America's Children: Key National
Indicators of Well-Being
A wide variety of statistical
data on key indicators that
measure the health, security,
and safety of the environment in
which children play, learn, and
grow.. Scroll down the page to
see all that is available.
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The Condition of Education
This web site is an integrated
collection of the indicators and
analyses published in The
Condition of Education 2000,
2001, 2002, and 2003. Some
indicators may have been updated
since they appeared in print.
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Data
and Surveys: National Center for
Educational Statistics
The
National Center for Education
Statistics fulfills a Congressional
mandate to collect, collate,
analyze, and report complete
statistics on the condition of
American education; conduct and
publish reports; and review and
report on education activities
internationally.
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Digest of
Education Statistics, 2000
Statistics
related to things connected to education.
Data goes back many years.
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Education At A
Glance: Elementary and Secondary Education
Reports of
various research studies done on a wide
variety of topics related to elementary and
secondary education. Topics range from
computer access to cigarette smoking among
teens.
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Firearms and
Crime Statistics
Data on
violent crimes involving firearms, covering
number of victims, background checks for
firearms sales, injuries and deaths, average
sentence length, and more. From the U.S.
Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice
Statistics.
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Trends in
Academic Progress: Three Decades of Student
Performance
In 1999, the
long-term trend assessments in reading,
mathematics, and science were administered
for the final time in the twentieth century.
This report presents the results of those
assessments, and examines the trends in 9-,
13-, and 17-year-olds’ achievement in these
three subjects since the first
administration of each assessment.
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Health and
Safety Issues |
California
Center for Health Statistics
The Office
of Health Information and Research (OHIR)
produces a variety of data tables, either as
part of larger reports or as stand alone
tables. These tables provide data on a
variety of topics, including births, deaths
(including fetal and infant deaths), and
population demographics. Data include:
counts, rates, ratios, percent
distributions), for different geographic
levels and time periods (e.g., annual,
multi-year trends).
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Health
Insurance Coverage: 2007
For additional data on
related topics, see:
Historical Health Insurance Tables.
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OPE Campus
Security Statistics Search Page
Find out
about safety and violence at colleges and
universities of the U.S.
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National
Cancer Institute - Cancer Statistics
Data about
cancer and related issues.
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National
Center for Health Statistics
Provides
broad data for health and well-being.
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Prevalence of
Overweight and Obesity Among Adults
Data from
the newly released 1997 National Health
Interview Survey
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Summary Health
Statistics for U.S. Children
Statistics
related to various health conditions for
children. This is a PDF file, and will open
in Adobe Acrobat.
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Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive
Provides
ready access to substance abuse and mental
health research data.
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Social and
Political Data |
Bankruptcy
Statistics
The
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
compiles statistics on bankruptcy filings
for each quarter ending December, March,
June and September. The fiscal year for the
federal Judiciary ends September 30. The
calendar year ends December 31. Quarterly
and 12-month statistics are available
approximately 2 months after the close of a
quarter.
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Bureau of
Justice Statistics
BJS
collects, analyzes, publishes, and
disseminates information on crime, criminal
offenders, victims of crime, and the
operation of justice systems at all levels
of government.
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Bureau of
Labor Statistics
This
database of information about various
consumer items allows you to select and
compare data on a wide variety of costs and
figures for American workers and consumers.
Major topics include: Employment &
Unemployment; Prices & Living Conditions;
Compensation & Working Conditions; and
Productivity & Technology.
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The Child
Trends DataBank
This is a
"one-stop-shop for the latest national
trends and research on over 100 key
indicators of child and youth well-being,
with new indicators added each month!"
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Cities Data
Systems: Current Labor Force
(Employment/Unemployment)
This site will
display data on the number of employed
residents, the size of the labor force, and
the unemployment rate during a selected
month in two selected years between 1990 and
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Consumer Price
Index
Find Average
Price Data for many commonly used household
items.
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Crime and
Victims Statistics
National
Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is the
Nation's primary source of information on
criminal victimization.
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Drugs & Crime
Facts
This site
summarizes U.S. statistics about
drug-related crimes, law enforcement,
courts, and corrections.
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Drug
Enforcement Agency "National Profile &
Trends Over Time" Data
"Presents a
bird's eye view of current national DEA
enforcement activities, and how these differ
from the past practices." A good place to
strat is in the section "Overall Trends
Federal Drug Enforcement." To see the
extensice data, click "See Data" under the
graphs that are displayed for each topic.
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Economic
Statistics Briefing Room
The purpose
of this service is to provide easy access to
current Federal economic indicators,
produced, maintained and updated by the
statistical units of those agencies.
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Election
Statistics
"Since 1920,
the Clerk of the House has collected and
published the official vote counts for
federal elections from the official sources
among the various states and territories.
These documents, out of print for many
years, have been collected and scanned in a
format to make them once again available to
researchers and students."
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Employment &
Unemployment
Use this
site to request historical data on
employment and unemployment figures. The
Most Requested Statistics" option allows you
to select very particular data to be
charted.
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Fifty Years of
Supporting Children’s Learning...
"Drawn from
more than 50 sources, this report presents
descriptive data about public school
libraries since 1953. Along with key
characteristics of school libraries, the
report also presents national and regional
standards, and federal legislation affecting
school library media centers. Data from
sample surveys are presented at the
national, regional, and school levels, and
by state."
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Food
Consumption, Prices, and Expenditures,
1970-97
This report
presents historical data on food
consumption, prices, expenditures, and U.S.
income and population.
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The Gallup
Social Research Organization
One of the
most famous companies that survey the
American people for opinions and other
information.
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Government
Transportation Financial Statistics
Data
available here "consists of transportation
revenues and expenditures for Federal, state
and local governments."
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High School
Dropout Rates
"Who won't
be attending high school graduation this
year? New data from the Child Trends
DataBank indicate that non-Hispanic black
high school dropout rates have hit a
historic low in 2001 of 11 percent, further
narrowing the black-white education gap.
Hispanics, on the other hand, continue to
lag far behind blacks and whites with a
dropout rate of 27 percent."
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Historical
Census Browser
The data
presented here describe the population and
economy of U.S. states and counties from
1790 to 1960.
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Internet
Access in U.S. Public Schools and
Classrooms: 1994-2003
"This report
presents data on Internet access in U.S.
public schools from 1994 to 2002 by school
characteristics. It provides trend analysis
on the progress of public schools and
classrooms in connecting to the Internet and
on the ratio of students to instructional
computers with Internet access."
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Iraq War
Coalition Casualties
Charts the
number of casualties in the Iraq War, based
on figures provided by the United States
Central Command in Tampa, Florida. Data is
provided on a monthly reporting basis. Find
statistics about fatalities and injuries for
United States and United Kingdom military
personnel, contractors, and Iraqis. Includes
a discussion of methodology, links to
sources of information, and an RSS feed for
announcements of new fatalities.
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Monthly Retail
Trade and Food Services
"This site
provides "current estimates of sales at
retail and food services stores and
inventories held by retail stores" in the
United States. Reports "are released
approximately 6 weeks after the close of the
reference month. They contain preliminary
figures for the current month and final
figures for the prior 12 months." Includes
data back to 1992. Also includes a FAQ and
related information. From the Retail
Indicators Branch, U.S. Census Bureau."
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National
Vital/Health Statistics Reports
Obtain data
here about the births, deaths, marriages and
related data of the American people.
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POPClock
Projection
Current
population estimate for the U.S. Changes on
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Political
Science Statistical Resources on the Web
Links to
various sites that have statistics in the
interest areas of political science. Some of
the major sections are: Campaign Finances,
Comprehensive Sources, Cyber citizenry,
Elections, Human Rights, Military, Public
Opinion, Voting Machines.
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Polling Report
How
Americans rated the job that various elected
and public officials do (with data covering
a lengthy time period). Offers a large
amount of different data.
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Rise, Peak and
Decline: Trends in U.S. Immigration 1992 –
2004
"The number
of migrants coming to the United States each
year, legally and illegally, grew very
rapidly starting in the mid-1990s, hit a
peak at the end of the decade, and then
declined substantially after 2001. By 2004,
the annual inflow of foreign-born persons
was down 24% from its all-time high in
2000."
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Science and
Engineering Degrees: 1966-2001 (Detailed
Statistical Tables)
This
publication provides detailed statistical
data on the different types of college
degrees in Science and Engineering fields
that were awarded over a 25 year period. It
shows how members of gender groups fared for
the various degree programs. See: Section B.
Detailed Statistical Tables.
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Science and
Engineering Degrees by Race/Ethnicity of
Recipients: 1992-2001
This
publication provides detailed statistical
data on the different types of college
degrees in Science and Engineering fields
that were awarded over a nine year period.
It shows how members of various racial and
ethnic groups fared for the various degree
programs. See: Section B. Detailed
Statistical Tables.
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Statistical
Abstracts of the United States
The official
U.S. Government source for data or
statistics on the American people and their
government. |
Social
Statistics Briefing Room
The purpose
of this service is to provide easy access to
current Federal social statistics. It
provides links to information produced,
maintained and updated by the statistical
units of those agencies.
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The U.S.
Census Bureau
The federal
agency that surveys and keeps track of a lot
of information on America and its people.
There is an incredible amount of statistical
information available here!
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Voting And
Registration
"Information
on reported voting and registration by
various demographic and socioeconomic
characteristics is collected for the nation
in November of congressional and
presidential election years in the Current
Population Survey (CPS). Detailed
information from historical trends in
selected areas is listed" near the bottom of
the page.
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Weather
Fatalities
"The U.S.
Natural Hazard Statistics provide
statistical information on fatalities,
injuries and damages caused by weather
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Z-score Data
Files
Presents
values representing the 8 different growth
curves for infants (weight-for-age;
length-for-age, weight-for-recumbent length;
head circumference-for-age) and older
children (weight-for-stature;
weight-for-age; stature-for-age; and
BMI-for-age). Birth to 36 months, and also
to age 20.
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Sports Performance Data and Records |
Major League
Baseball Statistics
Check here
for a very wide variety of statistical data
for teams and players, both for current
teams and players and for historical
statistics going back over a hundred years.
Data can be customized according to the
interests or research needs of the user.
Users can search for hitting, pitching and
fielding statistics, as well as by the
American or National Leagues, or for the
entire Major League. They can search by
player name or time period, and many other
characteristics of interest.
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National
Basketball Assiciation Statistics
Check for
statistics on active teams for the current
and prior seasons. Individual players have
data for their entire professional careers.
Users can narrow results down to preseason,
regular season or postseason games and
players.
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National
Football League Statistics
Check here
for a very wide variety of statistical data
for the teams and players of the National
Football League. Users may search by team,
player, season and individual statistic.
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National
Football League Record and Fact Book
Check here
for a very wide variety of historic
statistical data for the teams and players
of the National Football League. Users may
browse statistics organized into the
following data sets: Individual Records,
Team Records, Defensive Records and
Historical Eras. There is a data-rich
special section for Yearly statistical
leaders, showing annual scoring leader data
for touchdowns, field goals, point after
attempts and total points.
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PGA TOUR
PGA TOUR Official World Golf Ranking
(Statistics)
A wide
variety of statistical data, including
archived scorecards, is available here for
golfers involved in the Professional Golf
Association (PGA) Tour. Users can find data
on various aspects of the game, such as the
players' driving distances, putting, eagles,
birdies, and many other points of interest.
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Baseball-Reference.com
Leader and Record Board Index
Shows the
records for professional baseball. Be sure
to click on the "Progressive" column to see
the growth of the records over time.
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X Games
Records
Look up the
records of results for recent and past X
Games.
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Unicycling
Society of America: Racing Records
See how
athletes in this unusual sport perform at
their peak.
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Investment
and The Stock Market |
Yahoo Finance
A central
gateway to locate information about stocks,
stock markets, investing, taxes, insurance,
and many other topics related to finance.
Nicely organized into practical sections for
easy browsing. Search for stock price quotes
too!
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The New York
Stock Exchange
A major
place where stock is traded, in New York
City.
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NASDAQ: The
Stock Market
One of the
major trading centers for stocks. Find out
infortmation about the stocks that are
traded here. Includes prices, graphs and
charts of stock activity, plus other vital
stock market data.
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Hoover's
Online
A place to
find out information about companies
(stocks, reports, industry snapshots, and
much, much more.)
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Research
Central (Television Bureau of Advertising)
You can
access the latest broadcast, cable and
syndication ratings comparisons, and learn
more about noteworthy consumer and viewer
trends. TVB’s ever-popular “Trends”
documents, our on-line versions of “TV
Basics” and the “Media Comparisons Study,”
as well as Advertising Revenue and Forecast
data can also be accessed in Research
Central.
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Stock Quotes
From CNN/SI
Obtain the
latest stock quotes just 20 minutes after
the latest transaction on the stock market.
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State
Education Data Profiles
"Search for
statewide information in
elementary/secondary education
characteristics and finance, postsecondary
education, public libraries, assessments,
and selected demographics for all states.
Use the dropdown box or the map of the
United States to select up to 4 states to
compare. You will also get data on U.S.
averages and the ability to graph the
results."
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EDGAR Database
"All
companies, foreign and domestic, are
required to file registration statements,
periodic reports, and other forms
electronically through EDGAR. Anyone can
access and download this information for
free. Here you'll find links to a complete
list of filings available through EDGAR and
instructions for searching the EDGAR
database."
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The Annual
Reports Library
"Since it's
founding in 1983, The Annual Reports Library
has built a collection of over 1.45 million
original reports (and proxies) from
corporations, foundations, banks, mutual
funds and public institutions."
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Miscellaneous Data (Including Automotive and
Transportation) |
Bureau of
Transportation Statistics: U.S. Department
of Transportation
Government
data collection, analysis, and reporting and
to ensure the most cost-effective use of
transportation-monitoring resources are
available here. This is a large site, with a
hugs amount of data available.
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The Annual
National Transportation Statistics (NTS)
Reports
The NTS 2003
provides over 250 tables of data on: The
extent, condition, use and performance of
the physical transportation network
Accidents, crashes, fatalities and injuries
for each mode and for hazardous materials;
The relationship between transportation and
the economy, including share of Gross
Domestic Product, employment, and
transportation expenditures;
Transportation energy use and environmental
impacts.
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Japan's Motor
Vehicle Statistics
Many data
sets are available here regarding
automobiles and motorcycles produced and
exported by Japan. Be sure to explore the
links near the top of the page for
additional data.
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California
Dairy Programs
This site
offers a wide variety of data related to the
dairy industry in California.
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Digest of
Education Statistics: Tables and Figures
The primary
purpose of the site is to provide a
compilation of statistical information
covering the broad field of American
education from pre-kindergarten through
graduate school. The Digest includes a
selection of data from many sources, both
government and private, and draws especially
on the results of surveys and activities
carried out by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES).
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Energy:
Petroleum, Oil, Gasoline, Crude, Natural
Gas, Electric, Coal, Nuclear, Renewable,
Solar Information Statistics
The title of
this site tells it all. Lots of data
available here. Monthly and yearly
statistics across all fuels, state data...
are available in the
Historical Data Overview section.
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Historical
Statistics for Mineral and Material
Commodities in the United States
"This USGS
digital database is an online compilation of
historical U.S. statistics on mineral and
material commodities. The database contains
information on approximately 90 mineral
commodities, including production, imports,
exports, and stocks; reported and apparent
consumption; and unit value (the real and
nominal price in U.S. dollars of a metric
ton of apparent consumption). For many of
the commodities, data are reported as far
back as 1900."
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Income
Statistics: Internal Revenue Service
Tax data are
a rich, and sometimes the only, source of
information on the financial activities of
the study populations. This government site
provides an enormous amount of data of this
type.
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U.S.
Agriculture Statistical Information and
Graphics
This site
provides timely, accurate, and useful
statistics in service to U. S. agriculture.
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National Trade
Data
and
State Export Data
Provide a
wide variety of data on products and goods
imported and exported to and from the U.S.
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OnlineWomen:
Statistics
This section
contains facts and figures on women's
participation in politics, governance, and
decision-making and other relevant
statistics on women.
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PeriStats
The
PeriStats Web site provides free access to
US, state, county, and city maternal &
infant health data. The Easy Start section
leads to Over 60,000 graphs, maps and
tables. Select a region to get a complete
list for the US or your state.
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