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

• Asian American Health - Medlineplus
• Asian American Health - National Library of Medicine
• Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders    (Healthfinder®)
• Asian Health Services Online
• Asian or Pacific Islanders Health Facts (Fast STAT)

Asian-American Associations

• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
• Association of Asian/Pacific Community Health Organizations
• Chinese American Medical Society, Inc.
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• The Asian Pacific American Network (APAnet)

UNIQUE HEALTH AND DISEASE PATTERNS

Heart Disease

• Addressing Cardiovascular Health in Asian American and Pacific Islanders Background Report (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Factsheets
• Asian/Pacific Islanders and Cardiovascular Diseases (American Heart Association)
• State Fact Sheets about Heart Disease  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Among Men  // Among Women

Cancer

• Breast Cancer in Asian Women (Harborview Medical Center)
  
• Breast Cancer Rates on the Rise among Asian Americans (American Cancer Society)
• Minority Cancer Awareness
• Recent Trends in Mortality Rates for Four Major Cancers, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity – United States, 1990-1998  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• Diabetes in Asian and Pacific Americans (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse) 
• Factsheets –
  
  • Diabetes Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Agency for Healthcare Reserach and Quality)

• Asian Liver Center in Standford University
• Hepatitis and Liver Diseases in the United States (American Liver Foundation)
• Hepatitis B Foundation Cause for a Cure
• Hepatitis B Information for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
• Viral Hepatitis in Asian American (Hepatology Watch®)

• Asian Pacific Islanders Women's Health (LA District of Food and Drug Administration )
• FAQs about Women's Health (National Women's Health Information Center)
• National Asian Women's Health Organization
• The Health of Minority Women - Asian/Pacific Islander Women
• What Do Asian American Women Suffer From? (Conditions That Affect Women)