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Health Information Management & Technology Library Guide

Statistics & Government Information

Statistics on the Web

When searching for statistics, be aware that sometimes the most current statistics will be a year or two behind, depending on if the information is made available to the public at this time. Also, look out for bias: statistics can be presented in a way that purposely steers the audience to one side or another.

In addition to the following websites, try doing a Google search for the statistics you need. To only search government sites, use the following technique:

  • [search term] site:.gov
  • heart attack statistics site:.gov

This will tell Google you only want to see information from sites that end in .gov.

Statistics Websites