Statistics

Census data 2011 now available

Published: Fri, 2012-07-13 12:18 by Phil Yorke-Barber

Statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics provides access to Census 2011 data. The Census of Population and Housing is a descriptive count of everyone who is in Australia on one night, and of their dwellings.

Statistics - International

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias:

Statistics sources 2005 : a subject guide to data on industrial, business, social, educational, financial, and other topics for the United States and internationally

Instat : international statistics sources : subject guide to sources of international comparative statistics

Handbooks:

Statistical yearbook of the United Nations

Statesman's yearbook

A guide to countries of the world resource

International historical statistics

Statistics

Statistics:

OECD iLibrary statistics Online statistics portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Provides access to OECD statistics via databases, key tables and books. The OECD.Stat service enables users to search for and extract data from across OECD's many databases

UNdata Online statistics portal of the United Nations. Includes selected statistics for over 200 countries and areas of the world. Subjects covered include demographic and social statistics, national accounts,finance, labour force, wages and prices, agriculture, industry, transport and communications, energy, environment, science and technology, international merchandise trade and tourism.

World Bank data Provides access to the World Development Indicators dataset plus additional datasets containing more than 7,000 additional indicators. Subjects covered include social, economic, financial, natural resources and environment.

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, includes a listing of National Statistical Agencies of Other Countries and International Organizations

Eurostat From the European Commission, European statistics

Statistical abstract of the United States

OFFSTATS From the University of Auckland Library, provides links to free statistics from official sources on the web.

Nursing and Midwifery

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

Finding Information

Search the Library Catalogue (includes E-Books)

Midwifery course resources

Nursing course resources

Professional Bodies and Websites
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia | The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) | Australian Nursing Federation | International Council of Nurses | International Confederation of Midwives |

Help

Library subject guides
Midwifery | Mental Health | Evidence-based nursing and midwifery practice (EBP): finding appraising and using research |

Further Assistance
UQ Student Services | Contact your Librarian | Suggestions and Feedback | Training sessions | UQ School of Nursing and Midwifery

Statistics

Statistics:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Australia's national agency for health
and welfare statistics and information.

Australian Bureau of Statistics - Good source of Australian demographic information.

World Health Organization - International health statistics and comparisons.

It's a killer

Published: Thu, 2011-05-26 09:47 by Belinda Weaver

Heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer may not be catching, but they cause two-thirds of all deaths worldwide. Risk factors like tobacco use, an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diets and excessive use of alcohol need to be controlled, yet the latest World Health Organization figures show that 4 out of 10 men still smoke and 1 in 11 women do as well. Around 1 in every 8 adults is not just overweight but obese.