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Institute for Women's Policy Research. 1996. The status of women in the states: Politics, economics, health, demographics. Washington, DC: Institute for Women's Policy Research, 64 pp.

Annotation: This statistical compilation assesses the status of women at the state level with regard to these topics: political involvement, employment and earnings, economic autonomy, reproductive rights, health and vital statistics, and demographics. It gives baseline data women's advocates can use to improve the condition of women at the state level. The data are presented in various forms: textual summaries, maps, graphs, and tables. Appendices include information on the methodology used, terms and sources, and national resources, among other information.

Keywords: Demographics, Employment, Health, Participation, Political systems, Reproductive rights, Salaries, Socioeconomic status, State data, Statistical reference sources, Vital statistics, Women

U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. 1995. Proceedings of the international collaborative effort on injury statistics, Vol. I. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, 305 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings stem from a meeting held May 18-20, 1994 which was designed to allow members of the International Collaborative Effort to improve comparability and quality of injury data. Sections address levels and trends in injury mortality and morbidity in selected participating countries, sources of injury related data and special methodological problems, current problems in producing comparable international mortality and morbidity statistics, data needs, linkage issues and coding issues.

Keywords: Australia, Canada, Clinical coding, Denmark, England, France, Injury surveillance systems, International classification of diseases, International data, Israel, Morbidity, Mortality, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Statistical reference sources, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad, United States

U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1975. Historical statistics of the United States: Colonial times to 1970—Bicentennial edition. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2 v.

Annotation: This publication includes vital, economic, demographic, and social statistics from colonial times to 1970. The introduction discusses the origins of statistical data and how that information was provided in previous editions of this series. Chapters focus on specific topics and an index is provided in each volume. The appendix defines the contributors to the edition and there is a time period index.

Keywords: Statistical reference sources, Statistics, Vital statistics
   

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