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General Overviews

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For high level epidemiology information, summary pages contain an epidemiology overview (references link out to primary sources).

Epidemiology Data

CDC National Center for Health Statistics
Compilation of health-related datasets for the United States.
FastStats: National Center for Health Statistics
Quick data summaries arranged by topic.
HCUPNet (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project)
HCUPnet is a free, on-line query system that provides access to health statistics and information on hospital inpatient and emergency department utilization.

When high level data is insufficient, try searching the literature. Here are some PubMed suggestions to retrieve population studies.

Try adding the following MeSH terms to your PubMed search for a condition or disease:
- add the "epidemiology" subheading to a MeSH term for a disease (example: Crohn Disease/epidemiology[MeSH])
- Prevalence[MeSH]
- United States/epidemiology[MeSH]
Example search:
- (Crohn Disease/epidemiology[MeSH]) AND (Prevalence[MeSH] OR United States/epidemiology[MeSH])