Perform a keyword search for your topic using keywords such as ‘statistics’ or ‘survey’

E.g. health$ and Canad$ and statistic$

For more information on search tools in TOPCAT, like the truncator ($), see the TOPCAT Help section or review the TOPCAT Tutorial.

Some of the indexes available at the Trent Library are Medline, CINAHL, and Sociological Abstracts. Look in the Subject Guides on the library homepage for other indexes.

Perform a search using keywords or subject headings for your topic as well as terms representing statistical or epidemiological information such as epidemiology, statistics, survey, morbidity, mortality, life table, incidence, prevalence etc. Consult the HELP section of the database you select to learn about the search tools unique to that database. For more information on finding articles click here.

E.g. breast cancer and epidemiolog*

Google can be a useful tool for finding statistics. For example, if you were looking for statistical information on teen pregnancy in Canada, you could use the following search:

Canada statistics "teen pregnancy"

Remember to use synonyms when searching Google: "teen pregnancy" or "teenage pregnancy" or "adolescent pregnancy" or "pregnancy in adolescence", etc.

Note: placing quotes around words will search for that exact phrase. Try searching without the quotes if the results are too narrow.

Nursing Statistics - Canadian Nurses Association

On this webpage you will find nursing workforce, education, and certification data.

Canadian Institute for Health Information

From the homepage look for:

• Quick Stats > search by topic, source or use A-Z index

• Research & Reports – e.g. Health Indicators – report includes table of Non-Medical Determinants of Health by health regions in Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada

From the homepage look for:

• Publications – alphabetic listing of publications

• Surveillance – e.g. Disease Surveillance Online - a tool providing four applications to visitors to PHAC's Web site which allows them to access data on cancer, cardiovascular disease and notifiable diseases over a range of years, and to customize the data for their specific needs

Stats Canada

From the homepage look for:

• Find Statistics > By Subject > Health > eg. Health Status Indicators > Summary Tables OR Publications

See also the Guide to Health Statistics at Statistics Canada

Health Canada

From the homepage browse the Subjects in the left hand vertical bar or use the A-Z Index.

**For more information on how to find Canadian health statistics, DalHousie University has a very comprehensive guide.**

World Health Organization

From the homepage look for:

• Data and Statistics (left bar)

• Publications (left bar) > Library Database (WHOLIS) - perform a keyword search in this index of WHO publications from 1948 onwards and articles from WHO-produced journals and technical documents from 1985 to the present.

• Health Topics (left bar) > Epidemiology

United Nations Statistics Division

From the homepage look for:

• Statistical Databases (top bar) > eg. Social Indicators

• Demographic and Social Statistics (left bar) > eg. Demographic and Social Concerns> Health

PanAmerican Health Organization

From the homepage look for:

• Health Data (top bar) > eg.Components of the Regional Core Health Data Initiative,  Health Situation in the Americas: Basic Indicators, Country Health Profiles, Basic Health Indicators Atlas

• Topics List (top bar) > eg. Epidemiology, Equity and Human Development, Health Promotion, Health Systems and Services

Centre of Disease Control – National Centre for Health Statistics (US)

From the homepage look for:

• FastStats (right bar)

• Accessing Data (left bar)

• Publications and Reports (left bar)

Health Statistics - Medline Plus - National Library of Medicine (US)

Provides links to various health statistics sites - News, Overviews, Specific Conditions, Directories, Organizations, Newsletters/Print Publications, Law and Policy, and various population groups.

From the MADGic homepage look for:

Data & Image Laboratory

• 2001 Census of Canada

• Data Liberation Initiative – provides access to Statistics Canada data files and databases.

• CANSIM - Statistics Canada's database which contains over 700,000 time-series relating to such topics as the System of National Accounts, Labour, Manufacturing, Construction, Trade, Agriculture and Finance. As well,selected demographic and social data, such as population estimates and vital statistics, are available

If you need assistance with the MADGic resources contact the Data & Image Library by e-mail at dataimage@trentu.ca or in person from Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (appointments recommended).