Published by the World Health Organization, this book provides world health data including life expectancy, immunization coverage, reported selected diseases, literacy rates, and others. Information from the 2001 report and from earlier reports may be found on the WHO Report web page.

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World Health Statistics Annual

This yearbook is compiled by the World Health Organization. This book has 3 sections. Section A is an overview covering such topics as immunization, water supply and infant death. Section B is a special topic each year: disability in 1990, health and human development in 1991. The bulk of the book is vital statistics including death by various causes. These tables are easier to read than those found in the Demographic Yearbook.

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W89

World Health Statistics Quarterly

Each issue has several articles on a topic: lifestyles, leprosy , etc. There are many tables with statistics and references. We have vol. 31(1978) to the present. Indexed in MEDLINE and POPLINE. Ceased publication in 1999.

U.S. Census Bureau - Statistical Agencies (International)

The U.S. Census Bureau - Statistical Agencies (International) has links to sites with information on specific countries. The information is often presented in the official language of each country.

UNICEF Country Statistics

Economic and social statistics on the countries and territories of the world, with particular reference to children's well-being, are published annually in the organization's flagship publication, The State of the World's Children.

Global Health Statistics: A Compendium of Incidence, Prevalence and Mortality Estimates for Over 200 Conditions

Christopher J. L. Murray and Alan D. Lopez

Presented in table format, this book contains statistics for over 200 conditions occurring throughout the world. The introduction contains information about sources of data, methods, geographical regions, and more.

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