Research Guides: Actuarial Science: Statistics

Sources of Statistics

Statista Includes a broad range of statistics from national and international data sources, searchable by industries, markets, topics, and countries.

Actuarial Studies (CMS.gov) "The Office of the Actuary in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from time to time conducts studies on various aspects of the Medicare and Medicaid programs."
Actuarial Life Table (SSA) Social Security Administration
Mortality Data( NVSS) "Mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) are a fundamental source of demographic, geographic, and cause-of-death information. This is one of the few sources of health-related data that are comparable for small geographic areas and are available for a long time period in the United States. The data are also used to present the characteristics of those dying in the United States, to determine life expectancy, and to compare mortality trends with other countries."

Social Explorer
Interactive maps highlighting demographics, election results, health statistics, economic data, education, business trends, and environmental data. Social Explorer utilizes U.S. Census data since 1790 along with multiple other data sources (including US Presidential elections since 1912). Additional maps and data for global areas, especially Ireland, the UK, Canada, and Europe.

WHO Mortality Database World Health Organization. This website provides data on registered deaths by age group, sex, year and cause of death.