Life Sciences Library

Data Sources: Listing of Mortality Data Available in Beyond 20/20^®  IN Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1997-1999)

General Health Resources

• African American Health Care and Medical Information (in BlackHealthCare.com)
• African American Health - Medlineplus
• African American Health Network
• Black or African Americans (Healthfinder®)
• Journey to Wellness: African American Health Care

African American Associations

• Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• National Black Nurses’ Association, Inc.
• Sister’s Network Inc: A National African-American Breast Cancer Survivorship Organization 

Unique Health and Disease Patterns

Heart Disease

• Heart Facts: All Americans/ African Americans (American Heart Association)
• Fact Sheets about Heart Disease  Among Men (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Fact Sheets about Heart Disease  Among Women (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• The Office of Minority Health: Heart Disease and African Americans
• Improving Cardiovascular Health in African American (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Cancer

• Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (NCI)
• Colorectal Cancer Rates Higher in African Americans (American Cancer Society)
• Cancer Facts & Figures for African-Americans 2005-2006 (American Cancer Society)
• Recent Trends in Mortality Rates for Four Major Cancers, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity – United States, 1990–1998
• Minority Cancer Awareness (NCI) 
• Tobacco
  • African American Teens at Greater Risk of Tobacco Addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
  • Stop Smoking (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Diabetes

• African Americans and Diabetes (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse)
• American Diabetes Association: African Americans and Diabetes
• Diabetes and African American Women
• Diabetes Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Agency for Healthcare Reserach and Quality)
• Improving Your Health: Tips for African American Men and Women  (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases)
• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
• What Every African-American Man Should Know About Diabetes

HIV / AIDS

• African American HIV / AIDS Program (American Red Cross)
• Black AIDS.org
• HIV Infection in Minority Populations (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• HIV / AIDS Among African Americans (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• HIV / AIDS Among US Women: Minority and Young Women at Continuing Risk 
• National Minority AIDS Council
• National Minority AIDS Education & Training Center (NMAETC)

Women's Health

• Black Women's Health
• FAQs about Women's Health: African American Women's Health (National Women's Health Information Center)
• The National Women's Health Information Center: Health Problems in Afican American Women
• The Office on Women's Health: Multidisciplinary Health Models for Women
• The Office on Women's Health: Quick Health Data Online
• What Do African American Women Suffer From? (Conditions That Affect Women)