Organizations
- Australasian Epidemiological Association
Aims to develop and promote the discipline of epidemiology in Australasia. - International Epidemiological Association The Association aims to facilitate communication among those engaged in research and teaching in epidemiology throughout the world, and to engage in the development and use of epidemiological methods.
- Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia The BCA is a consortium of biostatistical experts from around Australia with representatives from universities, government and the pharmaceutical industry who have combined to offer a program of postgraduate courses.
- Statistical Society of Australia Represents Australian and overseas statisticians, providing an umbrella organisation for Branches in six States and Territories.
Web Resources
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australia's national statistical service. Wide range of data and statistics on many aspects relating to health research.
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Australian National agency for health and welfare statistics and information.
Includes the National Mortality Database -used for cause of death analysis by population groups. - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) This US Public Health agency has a range of US focused data and statistics resources.
- World Health Organization (WHO) - Data and Statistics Global data and statistics. Includes WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS), Global Health Atlas and regional statistics from WHO regional offices.
- PopLine The world's largest database on reproductive health, containing citations with abstracts in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues.
- WWW Epidemiology Virtual Library Maintained by the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco.
- NationMaster.com "...a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease." Contains stats on many topics including health.
Epidemiology Supercourse
A '..repository of lectures on global health and prevention designed to improve the teaching of prevention. Supercourse has a network of over 64000 scientists in 174 countries who are sharing for free a library of 3623 lectures in 30 languages..'
Epidemiology images
ABS tutorials
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has created a number of online tutorials on how to use their products. Choose from the list below:
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