Series and Systems
Survey families or dataset series are data collection efforts that occurred over a period of time or in several geographic locations, using the same or very similar data collection methodology and instruments. Series may be multinational -- collected in more than one country -- or in a single country. Usually all the datasets in the series are collected with the support of the same institution or institutions, but individual surveys or datasets may have the support or assistance of additional parties. The advantage of series from a research perspective is that often data from a series are more easily comparable than data from a variety of sources.
The Ministry of Public Health releases this report annually. It contains data on population, live births, deaths, and health care resources.
IDCAP was designed to increase the clinical competence and practice of mid-level practitioners, while providing the global health community with a better understanding of which training methods produce the best and most cost-effective results.
The England National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service is run by Public Health England.
This overarching series represents two categories of BRFSS datasets: (1) BRFSS survey data released by the CDC and (2) BRFSS survey data released by individual states.
This series includes national, publicly available BRFSS survey data released by the CDC.
The Unisted States Renal Data System is largely funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Currently housed by Princeton, these surveys were originally done under the auspices of the International Statistical Institute from the 70s to the early 80s.
The World Health Organization conducted the World Health Surveys from 2002-2004; the series collected demographic, wealth and health information for 70 countries to provide insight into the functioning of health systems.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides technical assistance to countries to design and implement national population-based surveys, as well as analyze and use the resulting data to improve reproductive and child health services.
