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Journal Articles
Books
Biographical
Information
Images
& Portraits
History
of Medicine around the World
Historical
Statistics
Scholarly
Societies for the History of Medicine
Selected Modern
Manuscript and Archival Collections at the University of Chicago Library
John Crerar Library
Collection of
Rare Books in the History of Science and Medicine
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History of Medicine: Statistics
This guide is meant to be general a starting point to locating statistical
information in the history of medicine, primarily within North America.
Statistics are always
a challenge to find. This guide is meant to point to some key data compilations,
but is not authoritative. For information about locating health/medical
statistics, first read the introduction to the Health
Statistics Research Guide. as well as the General
Statistics resource guide for a list of organizations that collect
health and medical data.
- If you need recent
population statistics, try the Statistical
Yearbook of the League of Nations. (1926-1943/44). This is the pilot
site for Northwestern University Library's League of Nations Digitization
Project. This site contains the full text of more than 250 titles (49,000
pages) of selected documents. For more information about the League
see the Research
Guide to League of Nations Documents and Publications. Important:
To access the collection, choose the "Browse
by year, " option and then see chapters on "Population."
- Historical Statistics
of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970. Access CD-ROM from workstation
in Joseph Regenstein Library first floor reading room OR Crerar Reference,
floor 1HA202.A3 1975 OR Reading Rm, floor 2 Regenstein HA202.A3
1975
- Historical statistics
of the United States, Colonial times to 1957; continuation to 1962 and
revisions. [Washington For sale by the Sup. of Docs. U.S. Govt. Print.
Off., 1965] Regenstein Stacks HA202.A3 1960 supp
- Selected
Historical Census Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
. Includes: Population and Housing Counts: 1790 to 1990 Population and
Geographic Centers: 1790 to 1990 Urban and Rural Definitions and Data:
1790 to 1990 Housing Tables: 1940-1990 Income Tables: 1970, 1980, and
1990 censuses Poverty Tables: 1970, 1980, and 1990 censuses
- United
States Historical Census Data Browser. The data presented here describe
the people and the economy of the US for each state and county from
1790 to 1960. This site is made available with the cooperation and consent
of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
(ICPSR), in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The data displayed here were inititally
created by ICPSR
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