A resource list for leading womens medical issues & agencies:

Substance Abuse:
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) http://www.nida.nih.gov/DrugPages/Stats.html
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/highlights.htm#2k3Pubs
American Council for Drug Education http://www.acde.org/educate/Research.htm

Smoking:
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Tobacco Information and Prevention Tips
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/issue.htm
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/smoking.htm
Making the Grade on Women's Health http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/Women&SmokingReportCard2003.pdf
American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_
2X_Cigarette_Smoking.asp?sitearea=PED
American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/data

Chronic Disabling Conditions:
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion  http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/didop/disability.htm
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/disable.htm

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) -- includes chronic bronchitis, asthmatic bronchitis, and emphysema
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/copd.htm
American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/data

Diabetes
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/populations/index.htm
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Diabetes Public Health Resource
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/index.htm
National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/diabetes.htm
American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics.jsp

Heart Disease
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/heart.htm
American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200026

HIV/AIDS
National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats.htm
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/aids-hiv.htm
National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases (NIAID) http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/aidsstat.htm
Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/hivaids/us.cfm

Mental Illness
Center for Disease Control and Prevention Office on Minority Health http://www.cdc.gov/omh/AMH/factsheets/mental.htm
National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/mental.htm
National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/stats.cfm

Minority Women
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Minority Health
http://www.cdc.gov/omh/AMH/dbrf.htm
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/minority.htm
Health of Minority Women http://www.4woman.gov/owh/pub/minority/index.htm

Older Women’s Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPH)
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_aging/index.htm
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/elderly.htm

Reproductive Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPH) http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/surveil.htm
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/reproduc.htm

Stroke
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPH) http://www.cdc.gov/cvh/library/statisticalinfo.htm
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/stroke.htm
American Stroke Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1928

Thyroid Disorders
Thyroid Foundation of America http://www.allthyroid.org/about/media/stats02/1

Urologic Problems
National Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases  http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/kustats/index.htm

Violence and Abuse
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/osp/data.htm
U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs

Women’s Health
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthywomen.htm