Biology

Including data or statistics in a project can often strengthen your research and help place your information and writing in context. Your BIOL 2060 research-based assignments may ask you to incorporate statistical information, like mortality rates. Consider checking the following sources to find:

• International data
• United States data (including Utah)
• Utah-specific data
• Miscellaneous data

More information and links are available below.

If you are unable to find the data you need using the sites below, consider using some Google "tricks" to find the information. 

• Use site: to look for information from a particular web domain or website.
  • Try adding site:.gov at the end of your search terms to look for results coming from US government websites. This will include the CDC, journal articles from PubMed, and state or local health departments.
  • Try adding site:who.int/ to look for results on your topic on World Health Organization associated pages and reports.
• Use similar terms to search for the variety of ways your data may appear, using parentheses with an OR.
  • Try searches like: [your disease name] (mortality OR death) rate
  • Try searches like: [your disease name] (incidence OR prevalence) rate

If you are unable to find global mortality or incidence rates, try looking for these estimates within academic journal articles. PubMed Central can be a good place to do this. Additionally, try Google searches and evaluate your results for credibility. Here is an example Google search for this: "Clostridium difficile" global incidence rate.