michigan informatics

Formulate Your Question

Being able to clearly define your information need is vital to your successful search for health statistics. Use the following points to help you formulate your question by specifying exactly what you need.

Type of data

• Individual Counts
• Survey Data

Format of data

• Downloadable data sets
• Web searchable data sets
• Compiled statistics
• Research summaries

Geographic coverage

• Country
• State
• County
• City
• Zip Code

Issue

For example:

• Diabetes
• Pregnancy among hispanic teens
• Insurance coverage of mental health care