“The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world’s largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984. Conducted by the 50 state health departments as well as those in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands with support from the CDC, BRFSS provides state-specific information about issues such as asthma, diabetes, health care access, alcohol use, hypertension, obesity, cancer screening, nutrition and physical activity, tobacco use, and more.” (Source: CDC) Data from the BRFSS annual survey is available from 1984. GIS data (shapefiles) are available from 2002.
This joint effort of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) enables users to build water supply and sanitation data representations as either a map, graph or table that you can then export. (Source: World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF))
UN-Water is the United Nations inter-agency coordination mechanism for all freshwater related issues. Established in 2003, it monitors and reports on the state, utilization and management of the world’s freshwater resources and on the
situation of sanitation. It's report, "Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water" (GLAAS), is produced every two years by the World Health Organization (WHO) on behalf of UN-Water. This report provides a global update on the policy frameworks, institutional arrangements, human resource base, and international and national finance streams in support of sanitation and drinking-water. It is a substantive input into the activities of Sanitation and Water for All (SWA). The 2011 data used for the 2012 report is linked under the heading "Archive and previous GLAAS reports." (Source: World Health Organization)
Provides access to the UN-Water division's statistics including the Key Water Indicator Portal and stats broken down by subject: Water and Urbanization; Water and Climate Change; Water Resources; Water Use; Drinking Water and Sanitation; Water, Agriculture and Food Security; and Water Pollution, Environmental Degradation and Disasters. (Source: UN-Water)
A joint project of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), this group works on initiatives linked to water law, health and development. This web site offers, not data or statistics strictly, but a database of national water legislation and will offer a database of national water quality standards. (Source: Water Law and Standards)
Topics covered here include items like injuries and violence, tobacco use, alcohol & drugs, sexual behaviors, dietary behaviors, physical activity, general health, asthma, and more. Trends in these categories, obesity, and results by sex & race are also covered. Data available at both the national and state levels and some historic data going back to 1991 is provided
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