Library Guides: Grey Literature for Health Sciences and Medicine: Statistics and Data

Statistics and Data

re3data
Registry of Research Data Repositories: a global registry of research data repositories that covers those from different academic disciplines - presenting them for permanent storage and access of data sets to researchers, funding bodies, publishers and scholarly institutions.
WHO Global Health Observatory Data Repository
Data repository on global health
Research Data Australia
Data collections produced by or relevant to Australian researchers. It is designed to promote visibility of research data collections. It is the face of the ANDS Register My Data service.
Global Health Data Exchange - Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Surveys, censuses, vital statistics, and other global health-related data.
UNdata
Statistical tables & profiles of countries & regions compiled by the United Nations statistical system and other international agencies. Relevant themes covered: agriculture, development assistance, energy, environment, health, science and technology.

Cortellis Competitive Intelligence
Drug pipeline intelligence. Access to the "Competitive Intelligence" and "Drug Research Intelligence".

Before searching think about:

Which organisation(s) might produce relevant statistics in your area of interest? E.g. UN for worldwide data
Where might these statistics be published? Websites, reports, yearbooks, newspapers, journals?
What time frame is covered and when was it published? Do you want historical or current information?
What geographical region is covered the statistics? Think of geographical boundaries whether physical or political (think countries, states, local government, cities., electoral divisions)

Using this information, consider a Google site search e.g. health statistics site:.gov.au