The http://www.cdc.gov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a series of reports on great public health achievements of the twentieth century; these reports and supporting material can be accessed from the CDC Web site http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056796.htm Celebrating a Century of Success.

Data on the life expectancy and leading causes of death among Americans is available from the http://www.cdc.gov/nchs National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Look especially in the NCHS journal http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/nvsr/nvsr.htm National Vital Statistics Reports and the annual NCHS publication http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm Health, United States.

For information on life expectancy and quality of life around the world, visit the Web site for the http://www.who.int/en World Health Organization (WHO); check the most recent edition of their annual http://www.who.int/whr/en/ World Health Report series.

Data on the leading causes of death among Americans is available from the http://www.cdc.gov/nchs National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Look especially in the NCHS journal http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/nvsr/nvsr.htm National Vital Statistics Reports. To see how the United States compares to other countries, visit the Web site for the http://www.who.int World Health Organization (WHO); check the most recent edition of their annual http://www.who.int/whr/en/ World Health Report series.

For information on key health behaviors among Americans, visit the site for the http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/ CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which gives prevalence data for such behaviors as exercise and tobacco use for states and for the nation as a whole.

Information on counties, including population size, ethnic demographics, leading causes of death, actual and expected number of infectious disease cases, and rate of medical care coverage, is available from the http://www.communityhealth.hrsa.gov Health Resources and Services Administration Community Health Status Indicators Project.

http://www.health.gov/healthypeople Healthy People 2010 is available online in a searchable format.

Information on the life expectancy of Americans is available from the http://www.cdc.gov/nchs National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Look especially in the NCHS journal http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/nvsr/nvsr.htm National Vital Statistics Reports and the annual NCHS publication http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm Health, United States.

For information on life expectancy and quality of life around the world, visit the Web site for the http://www.who.int World Health Organization (WHO).