Toolkit for Dental Health Professionals
Evidence‐Based Dental Public Health
Oral Health Information Tutorial for Dental Public Health Professionals
Data Tools and Statistics
Patient Information
Purpose: Provides instruction for public health dental practitioners that focuses on finding and evaluating information relevant to public health dental practice.
This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01‐LM‐6‐3505 under the Houston Academy of Medicine‐Texas Medical Center Library.
Oral Health Data Tools and Statistics
Objectives Develop a basic understanding of the types of statistics and data sets that are available related to oral health Identify oral health related web resources with data sources and statistics for use at the local, state, national and international levels
What are health statistics? The most common statistics reported are: ‐vital (birth, death, marriage, divorce rates) ‐morbidity (incidence of oral cancer in a population) ‐mortality (the number of people who die of oral cancer compared with the total number of people) Other common statistical data are health care costs and demographic distribution of disease based on geographic, ethnic, and gender variables For more information about health statistics, see MedlinePlus: Health Statistics
Oral Health Statistics and Data: National Level
CDC Division of Oral Health U.S. Department of health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics‐ fast stats A to Z, Oral and Dental Health
Oral Health Statistics and Data: State/Local Level Bexar County Health Collaborative 2006 Oral Health Assessment Data National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System‐ Trends and Data
General Health Statistics and Data: International Level World Health Organization (WHO) Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)‐Epidemiological Portal
General Health Statistics and Data: National Level
CDC‐ Data and Statistics CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
General Health Statistics and Data: National Level
Division of Health Promotion Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistic’s DATA2010
An interactive database system that contains the most recent monitoring data for tracking Healthy People 2010.
US Census Bureau‐ American Fact Finder United States Department of Health and Human Services
General Statistics and Data: State Level
Cancer Registry CHARTing Health Information for Texas Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) Border County Health Workforce Profiles: Texas FedStats.gov Kaiser State Health Facts Texas Department of State Health Services Texas Research Links Texas Vital Statistics U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics‐ fast stats A to Z, Texas
To Learn More… Data Detective: Finding the Gems of Health Data Slide presentation from a course on public health data developed by the University of Connecticut Health Center.
Finding and Using Health Stats A self‐study course developed by the National Library of Medicine.