Death Data

How many people died in automotive accidents in Kansas in 2004? 500.
How many of them were female? 180.
How many of those were Black women? 8.
Why should you care? I guess unless you knew some of those people, you probably don't care, but I use these numbers to illustrate a website that you might find valuable while writing about a host of different topics. It's called WISQARS Injury Mortality Reports, 1999 - 2004, a product of the Centers for Disease Control. I'm not sure if they keep the data updating as the years go by, but you can certainly find some recent material that will be useful. Want to know how many male dog bite victims were hospitalized in 2006? (1,642) You can find that in the non-fatal side of the site. In both databases, plug in the type of injury, the state (or whole nation), ages, gender, or any of several other parameters, and you'll get a set of results that can take a so-so paper and make it look like you have access to all sorts of great information. Why? Because you do have access to all sorts of great information. So use it!
Check out WISQARS.