Statistics on Women and Gender : Health

Institute for Research on Poverty at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Research

Women's Health USA is an easy-to-use collection of current and historical data on some of the most pressing health challenges facing women, their families, and their communities.

FastStats A-Z by the National Center for Health Statistics and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

• Also try the CDCP's Women's Health page
• Reproductive Health: Data and Statistics is another useful aspect of the CDCP's website.

Women's Health Facts by the Kaiser Family Foundation has statistics on numerous topics and is organized by state. Some topics include rates for mammograms, births by teenagers, sexually transmitted diseases, and information on mandated health benefits.

• Also try the Women's Health Policy page, covering access and coverage issues as well as reproductive health. 
• There is also the Women's Health Care Chartbook: Key Findings From the Kaiser Women's Health Survey (2011).

Center for Demography and Ecology of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in collaboration with the Center's National Survey of Families and Households.

​Demographic and Health Surveys Program, funded by the USAID, conducts national surveys on fertility, family planning, maternal and child health and household living conditions.

Global Health Observatory Data Repository provides estimates on the prevalence of contraceptive use, along with many other topics.

*For further health statistics, consult UW-Madison's Ebling Library for the Health Sciences.