Alaska Center for Health Data and Statistics

This might not be new to some of you, but the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services recently established the Alaska Center for Health Data and Statistics to centralize information on health topics important to Alaskans.

The new center offers information on a number of topics, including but not limited to:

• Alcohol Use and Substance Abuse
• Arthritis and Osteoporosis
• Asthma and Other Respiratory Diseases
• Cancer
• Communicable/Infectious Diseases
• Diabetes
• Food Safety
• Health Screenings
• Heart Disease and Stroke
• HIV/AIDS
• High Blood Pressure
• High Cholesterol
• Injuries
• Maternal and Child Health
• Nutrition
• Obesity and Overweight
• Occupational Safety
• Physical Activity
• Risk Factors
• Suicide
• Tobacco
• Violence and Abuse Prevention

The topics above should link directly to the statistics and other publications on that topic. But be sure to visit the main page of the center as it has links to more data based on specific populations, etc.