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Item	Availability	Notes
Agriculture:
FAOSTAT via FAO	Check site url for date	Over 3 million time series covering land use, pesticide use, population, food production, food aid, international agricultural trade, nutrition, forestry and fisheries.
U.S. Economic Research Service via U.S. Department of Agriculture	Check site url for date	Develops economic and statistical indicators for agriculture, food and consumer economics, natural resources and environment, rural economy, and energy.
Children:
50-State Wizard via National Center for Children in Poverty	Check site url for date	"Use the Demographics Wizard to create custom tables of national- and state-level statistics about low-income or poor children.  Choose areas of interest, such as parental education, parental employment, marital status, and race/ethnicity—among many other variables."     [caajbb]
State of the World's Children 2005 via UNICEF	Check site url for date	Narrative and statistics on the state and condition of a child's life worldwide.
UNICEF statistics via UNICEF	Check site url for date	Core indicators of the well being of the World's children, mortality, HIV/AIDS, education, birth rate, nutrition, health, demographics, women.
We Could Do Better:  Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths in America via Every Child Matters Education Fund	c2008	This is a PDF report on childrens deaths from abuse and neglect in the U.S.A., including statistics and graphs.    [caajbb]
Communications:  Broadcasting, Cable, Telephony:
Federal Communications Commission Statistical Reports via US FCC	Check site url for date	The FCC's page with links to their various statistical reports.  In August, 2007, these reports were:      Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB):  Quarterly Inquiries & Complaints Reports;     International Bureau (IB):  Annual Circuit Status Report; Annual International Telecommunications Data; Satellite Competition Report; Trends in the International Telecommunications Industry;     Media Bureau (MB):  Media Reports on the Cable Industry;     Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB):  Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) Competition Reports;     Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB):  Analyses and Data on the Telecommunications Industry.
Crime & Criminal Justice:
Global illicit drug trends via UNODC	1999 -	Global Illicit Drug Trends constitutes at present the most comprehensive published source of estimates and statistics on the global drug problem." Begun in 1999.
International Crime Victim Survey via Leiden University	Check site for URL date.	Statistics on policing, crime prevention and citizen safety.
Interpol Statistics via Interpol	Check site url for date	Interpol statistics are only available to authorized police users.  Good links to more open agencies.
United Nations Surveys of Crime Trends via United Nations	1970/1980-1998/2000	Crime trends and operations of criminal justice systems 1970/1980-1998/2000.
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics via U.S. Dept. of Justice	Check site url for date	Crime and criminal justice data which includes the "National Archive of Criminal Justice Data."
World Drug Report via United Nations ODC	Check site url for date	United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reports on world market trends and statistics on all drug markets.
Demography and Population:
Demographic, Social and Housing Statistics via United Nations Statistics Division	Check site url for date	Guide to statistical sources. Data is fully accessible in UNCD ( available through the Libraries' A-Z List of Databases)
Population density and urbanization via United Nations Statistics Division	Check site url for date	Cities, by country, with over 100,000 population.
Population/Reproductive Health Archive and Portal via Development Gateway	Check site url for date
State of the World's Population Report 2004 via UNFPA	Check site url for date	Links poverty alleviation to women's rights and universal access to reproductive health.
World Population Prospects: 2004 Revision via United Nations ESA	Check site url for date	Population, migration, fertility, by sex, by age and by country or region.
Development:
World Development Indicators via World Bank	1960 - present	Includes approximately 800 indicators of development for more than 220 countries.  Organized into six sections:  World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links.
Economy & International Trade:
Economy Track via Economic Policy Institute	Check url date	Economy Track provides the tools to track the recession and unemployment crisis, with the option of focusing specifically on trends by state, race/ethnic group, gender, occupation, and education level. Bringing together up-to-date and historic data, this site also provides important context by comparing the current economic downturn to past recessions.    [caajbb]
Handbook of International Economic Statistics 1998 via CIA Directorate of Intelligence	1998	Economic trends, agriculture, energy, foreign trade and aid, comparisons.
IMF Country Reports via IMF	Check site url for date	.
TradeStats Express via U.S. International Trade Administration	Check site url for date	Collects national trade data, state export data, and industry sector data.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis via U.S. Dept. of Commerce	Check site url for date	Portrays the U.S. Economy through data on economic growth, regional development and America's stature in the world economy.
World Trade Statistics via World Trade Organization	Check site url for date	Detailed analysis (leading traders, trade by sector and product, regional trade, LDCs.
Education:
National Center for Education Statistics via NCES	Check site url for date	Collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States; conducts studies on international comparisons of education statistics.
World Education Indicators via UNESCO	Check site url for date	.
World Education Report - Regional & Country tables via UNESCO	Check site url for date	.
Elderly:
Population Ageing 2002 via U.N.	Check site url for date	.
World Population Ageing 1950-2050 via U.N.	Check site url for date	.
Elections & Voting:
IPU's Parline Database via IPU	Check site url for date	Latest election data by country.
Voter Turnout in Western Europe Since 1945 via	Check site url for date	.
Voter Turnout Database via	Check site url for date	.
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Databases via IIDEA	Check site url for date	.
Employment & Labor:
Economy Track via Economic Policy Institute	Check url date	Economy Track provides the tools to track the recession and unemployment crisis, with the option of focusing specifically on trends by state, race/ethnic group, gender, occupation, and education level. Bringing together up-to-date and historic data, this site also provides important context by comparing the current economic downturn to past recessions.    [caajbb]
Florida Worker's Comp - Statistics via State of Florida Dept. of Financial Services	Check website's date	Various statistics on workers' compensation, including nnumber of cases by industry and fatalities on the job.
Laborsta via International Labor Organization	Check site url for date	Data and metadata by country on employment, wages, hours.
Local Employment Dynamics via U.S. Bureau of the Census	Check site url for date	"Local Employment Dynamics" provides quarterly workforce indicators, and may be searched by state, year, quarter, gender, age group, geographic grouping, metropolitan area, industry (NAICS), and ownership.  The data include 8 "key indicators":  Total employment; Net job flows; Job creation; New hires; Separations; Turnover; Average monthly earnings; Average new hire earnings.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via U. S. BLS	Check site url for date	The main source of government information on labor-related aspects of the economy, including employment and unemployment, prices, living standards, and wages and benefits.
Energy:
Energy Information Administration via U.S. Dept. of Energy	Check site url for date	Collects and disseminates data on energy reserves, production, consumption, distribution, prices, technology, and related international, economic, and financial matters.
Energy Statistics via International Energy Agency	Check site url for date	.
Survey of Energy Resources 2001 via World Energy	Check site url for date	.
Environment:
Environment Data via World Resources Institute	Check site url for date	List of Data sets for downloading, includes climate, environment, economics.
World Trade Statistics via World Trade Organization	Check site url for date	Detailed analysis (leading traders, trade by sector and product, regional trade, LDCs.
Gender & Family:
Women Watch via U.N.	Check site url for date	Links to databases and statisticss.
World Abortion Policies (and rates) via U.N.	Check site url for date	.
World Marriage Patterns and Tables via U.N.	Check site url for date	.
World Fertility Report 2003 (summary & tables) via U.N.	Check site url for date	.
Statistics and Indicators on Women and Men via U.N.	Check site url for date	.
Health:
Core Health Indicators via U.N.	Check site url for date	.
2004 Report on Global AIDS Epidemic via U.N.	Check site url for date	.
FloridaCHARTS.com via State of Florida Dept. of Health	Check website's date	Various charts and tables of statistics about health in the state of Florida      [caahba].
Florida Worker's Comp - Statistics via State of Florida Dept. of Financial Services	Check website's date	Various statistics on workers' compensation, including nnumber of cases by industry and fatalities on the job in the state of Florida, U.S.A.      [caahba]
HIV/AIDS by country via U.N.	Check site url for date	.
National Center for Health Statistics via U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.	Check site url for date	The Center is responsible for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of statistics on the nature and extent of the health, illness, and disability of the U.S. population .
WHOSIS via World Health Organization	Check site url for date	.
Human Resources:
Human Development Reports via U.N.	Check site url for date	.
Refugees & Migration:
UNHCR Global Report 2003 via U.N.	Check site url for date	.
International Migration Report 2002 via U.N.	Check site url for date	.
Transportation:
U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics via U.S. BTS	Check site url for date	Compiles, analyzes, and makes accessible information on the Nation's transportation systems.

This page created and maintained by Mary Gay Anderson, Sherry Mosley, and Steve Morris, Steven and Dorothea Green Library Florida International University     Miami, Florida 33199		Sources of Statistics for Research by Topic URL:  www.fiu.edu/~morriss/bic/statisticalsites.html     Last Updated :           November 6, 2009

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