NURS: Resources for DNP Students

All Americans—including people with disabilities and older adults—should be able to live at home with the supports they need, participating in communities that value their contributions. To help meet these needs, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) created the Administration for Community Living (ACL) in 2012.

Reports on 41 key indicators of childrens' well-being: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health.

The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program is a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The annual County Health Rankings measure vital health factors, including high school graduation rates, obesity, smoking, unemployment, access to healthy foods, the quality of air and water, income inequality, and teen births in nearly every county in America.

The Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics (Forum) was initially established in 1986, with the goal of bringing together Federal agencies that share a common interest in improving aging-related data. The Forum has played a key role by critically evaluating existing data resources and limitations, stimulating new database development, encouraging cooperation and data sharing among Federal agencies, and preparing collaborative statistical reports.

Access to hundreds of statistical data files and links to statistics on diseases, health care, populations, and a variety of national health surveys.

State by state data and comparisons

This report provides the latest data on the 41 key indicators selected by the Forum to portray aspects of the lives of older Americans and their families. It is divided into six subject areas: population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, health care, and environment.
Download a PDF version at this link

Reports, general information, and data related to caring for pets and the benefits of having pets

Data on public health, including Aids, cancer, birth and cause of death statistics, etc.

WISQARSTM (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data.

This page provides current resources and data on health care spending, number of uninsured individuals, patient out-of-pocket costs and insurance enrollment.

HCUPnet is a free, on-line query system based on data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
The system provides health care statistics and information for hospital inpatient, emergency department, and ambulatory settings, as well as population-based health care data on counties

Extensive data and links to others tables including: Discharge statistics; Trends in Hospital Deaths; Hospitalization for over 85

State Health Facts

The Rhode Island Longitudinal Data System (RILDS, a.k.a. RI DataHUB) integrates and links data across sectors and over time to support research aligned with the state’s priorities, inform policymaking and program evaluation, and improve the well-being of all Rhode Islanders. In short, RILDS is the state repository for linked, inter-agency, longitudinal data.

It centralizes three-plus decades of previously siloed Rhode Island state education, employment, and health data using a custom-built machine learning algorithm.

A variety of resources related to health, disease, environment, within the state.