- The National Center for Health Statistics
This site, based at the Centers for Disease Control, has a wealth of often technical information on health-related statistics.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
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- Unicef
If you are looking for population statistics relating to children and childhood, Unicef may be your source. Data can be accessed by country if needed, which is particularly useful for country studies.
http://www.unicef.org/statis/index.html
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- UNIFEM
UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, funds programs around the world that promote women’s rights, economic advancement, and political participation. Several publications are available under “Resources” and the “Newsroom” section seems to be updated regularly.
http://www.undp.org/unifem/
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- US Census Bureau’s International Programs Center (IPC)
Although we generally think of the Census Bureau as a domestic agency, they keep a lot of useful international data as well, some of which can be found at this site.
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/
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- WHO Statistical Information System
Marketed as “Evidence and Information for Health Policy”, this site has dozens of statistical tables as well as links to data sources on other sites.
http://www.who.int/whosis/
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- WomenWatch
This United Nations site is dedicated to promoting gender equality around the world. The “Documents and Databases” link takes you to statistical indicators, U.N. publications, and some training materials. The site also offers information on U.N. conferences, links to regional offices, and U.N. news relating to gender issues.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
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- World Health Organization
This UN organization monitors health and disease emergencies around the world. In addition they study and recommend how to improve the state of health worldwide. A variety of statistical information is available under Research Tools.
http://www.who.int/
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