NCHS Publications and Products

The table provides a side-by-side comparison of recent estimates of uninsurance from the National Center for Health Statistics' National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the U.S. Census Bureau'...

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Sleep duration and quality are important contributors to health and wellness. Insufficient sleep is associated with an increased risk for chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease and dia...

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The infant mortality rate is often used as a measure of a country's health because similar factors influence population health and infant mortality. Although infant mortality has declined in the ...

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Contraception is used to help prevent unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STI). Higher percentages of pregnancies to unmarried persons are unintended than for those who ar...

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This report provides health insurance estimates from the first quarter of the 2017 National Health Interview Survey.

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For more than a century, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and its predecessors have been charged with promoting and improving...

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The 2014 public use fetal death data file has been updated to include cause of fetal death. No change has been made to other data items. A new 2014 Fetal Death Public Use Record Layout including ...

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This report presents provisional 2016 data on U.S. births. Births are shown by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother. Data on marital status, cesarean delivery, preterm births, and low birth...

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This report provides recent estimates from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for the percentage of privately insured adults aged 18-64 who experienced financial barriers to care in the ...

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The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), is a cross-sectional survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized resi...

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In this release, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the 2016 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and present...

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In this release of Quarterly Provisional Estimates, NCHS presents provisional estimates of death rates for the fourth quarter of 2016. Reliable estimates for the most recent quarters may not be a...

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In this release of Quarterly Provisional Estimates, NCHS presents provisional estimates of selected reproductive indicators from birth data for 2015 through the fourth quarter of 2016. Estimates ...

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The second 6 months of 2016 was the first time that a majority of American homes had only wireless telephones. Preliminary results from the July-December 2016 National Health Interview Survey (NH...

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The landscape of health insurance coverage in the United States has changed from 2010 to the first 9 months of 2016. During this time period, among adults aged 18-64, the percentage who were unin...

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This report examines the characteristics of adults with hypertension who were unaware of their hypertension and complements the findings of an earlier publication using 2007-2012 data. Nearly 16%...

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There are two types of life tables: the cohort (or generation) life table and the period (or current) life table. The cohort life table presents the mortality experience of a particular birth coh...

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This report provides the most recent national estimates of oral HPV prevalence among adults aged 18-69 from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2014, as well as pre...

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This report uses FRAX estimates from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013-2014 to describe the hip and major osteoporotic fracture probability distribution (for adults aged 4...

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This report examines the 2014 linked birth/infant death data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to describe trends in infant mortality in the United States by race and Hispanic orig...

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This report uses data from that survey, in combination with 2014 data from the annual National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), to highlight differences in the prevalence of selected health condit...

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In 2014, NCHS conducted the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander National Health Interview Survey (NHPI NHIS). The NHPI NHIS was a survey in which about 3,000 households containing one or more NH...

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This report presents the proportion of insured adults who received selected services that are recommended for the prevention or early detection of cancer and heart disease. Sex- and age-specific ...

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Regular physical activity can improve cholesterol levels among adults, including increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. HDL cholesterol is known as "good" cholesterol because high...

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In 2014, 25.7% of adults had been diagnosed with multiple chronic conditions (MCC), or 2 or more of 10 selected chronic conditions, including hypertension, cancer, stroke, coronary heart disease,...

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This report presents national estimates of surgical and nonsurgical ambulatory procedures performed in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in the United States during 2010. Patient ch...

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In this release of Quarterly Provisional Estimates, NCHS presents provisional estimates of death rates for the third quarter of 2016. Reliable estimates for the most recent quarters may not be av...

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In this release of Quarterly Provisional Estimates, NCHS presents provisional estimates of selected reproductive indicators from birth data for 2015 through the third quarter of 2016. Estimates f...

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In this release of Quarterly Provisional Estimates, NCHS presents infant mortality rates based on final data for 2014-2015, and provisional data for 2016. The estimates are based on all death rec...

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Deaths from drug overdose have been identified as a significant public health burden in the United States in recent years. This report uses data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) t...

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The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the January-September 2016 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and presen...

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Objective-This report presents trends in reproduction and intrinsic rates from 1990 through 2014. In addition, total fertility and gross reproduction rates by race and Hispanic-origin group are p...

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Data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. The percentage of the U.S. population aged 65 and over has grown, and it is projected to continue rising, from 14% in 2012 to 20% i...

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This report describes the characteristics of primary care physicians in patient-centered medical home (PCMH) practices and compares these characteristics with those of primary care physicians in ...

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This report from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) presents selected estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population based on data from...

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Persons who were uninsured, had private health insurance coverage, and had public health plan coverage at the time of the interview, by year and quarter: United States.

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Percentages (and standard errors) of persons under 65 years of age with health insurance coverage, by coverage type, and without health insurance.

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Sugar-sweetened beverages contribute calories and added sugars to the diets of U.S. children. This report presents results for consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among U.S. youth aged 2-19 ...

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Sugar-sweetened beverages are a major contributor of calories and added sugars to diets of U.S. adults. This report presents results for consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among U.S. adults...

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All Summary Health Statistics tables are based on the National Health Interview Survey and provide selected point estimates of health outcomes and their variance estimates. Annual Summary Health ...

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed neurobehavioral disorders of childhood. ADHD is characterized clinically by inattention and/or hyperactivity-...

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This report describes a collaboration between the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control to develop proposed surveillance case definitions...

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In 2015, women were less likely than men to have been insured through their own employer and more likely to have been covered as a dependent. This report describes the association of marital stat...

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Healthy People 2020 is the nation's health promotion and disease prevention initiative, with overarching goals and specific objectives for improving the health of all Americans. Healthy People 20...

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This report presents 2015 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for maternal age, live-birth order, race and Hispanic origin, marital status, atte...

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Preliminary results from the January-June 2016 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of American homes with only wireless telephones continues to grow. Nearly one-half ...

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This report evaluates the lag time between the week of death and the week when information on the death certificate became available for production of quarterly provisional estimates and mortalit...

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This report identifies the specific drugs most frequently involved in drug overdose deaths in the United States from 2010 through 2014.

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This report describes the development and use of a method for analyzing the literal text from death certificates to enhance national mortality statistics on drug-involved deaths. Drug-involved de...

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Data from the National Survey of Family Growth shows that about 7% of persons aged 15-25 would not seek sexual or reproductive health care because of concerns that their parents might found.

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This report presents 2015 U.S. final mortality data on deaths and death rates by demographic and medical characteristics. These data provide information on mortality patterns among U.S. residents...

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Persons with diabetes are at an increased risk for complications from vaccine-preventable infections.

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This report provides updated estimates from the NHIS for the percentage of persons under age 65 who were in families having problems paying medical bills, by selected demographic variables and in...

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This report presents complete period life tables for the United States by race, Hispanic origin, and sex, based on age-specific death rates in 2012.

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In this release of Quarterly Provisional Estimates, NCHS presents infant mortality rates based on final data for 2014 and provisional data for 2015. Estimates for 2015 are based on all infant dea...

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In this release of Quarterly Provisional Estimates, NCHS presents provisional estimates of selected reproductive indicators from birth data for 2014 through the second quarter of 2016. Estimates ...

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In this release of Quarterly Provisional Estimates, NCHS presents provisional estimates of death rates for the second quarter of 2016. Reliable estimates for the most recent quarters may not be a...

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Previously published data have shown seasonal variation in the percentage of persons under age 65 enrolled in health insurance plans acquired through a health insurance marketplace (1). In 2014 a...

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In this release, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the January-June 2016 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS...

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Much of the research on sports- and recreation-related injuries focuses on a specific population, activity, or type of injury, and national estimates of the total burden of sports- and recreation...

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Hypertension is a chronic condition that affects 31% of adults in the United States (1). The prevalence of hypertension increases with age, from 7% among those aged 18-39 to 65% among those aged ...

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Teen birth rates have demonstrated an unprecedented decline in the United States since 2007 (1). Declines occurred in all states and among all major racial and Hispanic-origin groups, yet dispari...

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The annual Adult Summary Health Statistics tables summarize data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), a multipurpose health survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

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The annual Child Summary Health Statistics tables summarize data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), a multipurpose health survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

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Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Quarterly Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January 2010–June 2016

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This report from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) presents selected estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population based on data from...

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This report presents, for the first time, data on cause of fetal death by selected characteristics such as maternal age, Hispanic origin and race, fetal sex, period of gestation, and birthweight.

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In 2014, U.S. adults could purchase a private health insurance plan through the Health Insurance Marketplace or state-based exchanges established as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Additio...

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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) provides financial incentives to eligible providers using a certified electronic health record (EHR) system (1,2). ...

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This storyboard depicts injury mortality in the United States from 1999 through 2014. Mortality is characterized using the underlying cause of death which, for injury deaths, refers to the circum...

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Birth expectations have been shown to be related to sexual activity, contraceptive use, and fertility (1-3). While most U.S. women believe that having two children is ideal (4), this varies by so...

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This report examines the use of complementary health approaches among U.S. adults aged 18 and over who had a musculoskeletal pain disorder. Prevalence of use among this population subgroup is com...

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The birth rate for teenagers aged 15-19 has fallen almost continuously since 1991, reaching historic lows for the nation every year since 2009 (1-4). Despite declines in all racial and ethnic gro...

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In this release, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the January-March 2016 National Health Interview Survey (NHI...

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This report presents several key demographic and maternal and infant health indicators using 2015 final birth data. Trends in general fertility rates, age-specific birth rates, cesarean and low-r...

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Since the mid-1970s, cancer death rates among children and adolescents in the United States showed marked declines despite a slow increase in incidence for some of the major types (1-3). These tr...

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD (chronic bronchitis and emphysema) is a major component of chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD). CLRD has been the third leading cause of death s...

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For the total U.S. population, heart disease has been the leading cause of death for decades, with cancer the second leading cause (1). However, the ranking of these causes has varied across demo...

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This report presents the findings of an updated study of the validity of race and Hispanic-origin reporting on death certificates in the United States, and its impact on race- and Hispanic origin...

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This report describes prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) among women giving birth in 2014 for the 47-state and District of Columbia reporting areas that implemented the 2003 U.S. Standard Certifi...

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This report presents anthropometric reference data for the U.S. population in 2011-2014.

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This report presents selected findings on the provision of health care services in U.S. state prisons. Findings on admissions testing for infectious disease, cardiovascular risk factors, and ment...

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This report demonstrates the analytical potential of the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) through a case study of inpatient discharges and ambulatory visits for traumatic brain injury (TBI) b...

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Undernutrition in children is defined using weight-for-recumbent length, recumbent length-for-age, and weight-for-age. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends using the Wo...

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Excess weight in infants is often defined using weight-for-recumbent length. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends using the World Health Organization (WHO) growth stand...

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Underlying health conditions can result in children and adolescents being underweight. In addition, underweight can indicate malnutrition. Results from the 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition...

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Poor nutrition or underlying health conditions can result in adults being underweight. Results from the 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), using measured heights...

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Results from the 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), using measured heights and weights, indicate that an estimated 17.2% of U.S. children and adolescents aged 2-...

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Results from the 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), using measured heights and weights, indicate that an estimated 32.7% of U.S. adults aged 20 and over are over...

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Analysis of mortality and emergency department (ED) data have historically shown higher injury rates among males than females. In 2014, the injury-related death rate was 85.5 per 100,000 populati...

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This report presents final 2014 data on U.S. deaths, death rates, life expectancy, infant mortality, and trends, by selected characteristics such as age, sex, Hispanic origin, race, state of resi...

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This report presents final 2014 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death are ...

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Visits to the emergency department (ED) by U.S. adults aged 18-64 have remained stable at about 20% (1,2), but ED use may vary by the expected source of payment. This report includes estimates fo...

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In 2012, about 20% of children and adults had one or more emergency department (ED) visits during the year (1,2). This report presents ED visits for the country as well as for the five most popul...

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This report presents estimates of expenditures on complementary health approach use among the U.S. population. Estimates are presented for adults and children separately and combined, as well as ...

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There are 54 million Hispanic persons living in the United States, making them the largest minority group in the country (1). Disaggregated data on Hispanic subgroups are needed to understand the...

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This report presents national estimates of occupational differences among employed adults meeting the 2008 federal guidelines for both aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities performed during...

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Between 2000 and 2014, life expectancy at birth in the United States increased by 2.0 years (1,2). The non-Hispanic black population experienced the greatest gain, followed by the Hispanic popula...

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This report presents preliminary 2015 data on U.S. births. Births are shown by age and race and Hispanic origin of mother. Data on marital status, cesarean delivery, preterm births, and low birth...

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Between 2013 and 2014, almost 8 million adults aged 18-64 gained health care coverage, although 44 million adults were uninsured for at least part of the past year in 2014 (1). Having health insu...

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Office visits by children can be for well or problem-focused care. Well-care visits for children routinely include assessment of emotional and social development, in addition to physical health a...

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About 5% of the U.S. population, or 15 million persons, are Asian (1). The Asian population is heterogeneous, characterized by a variety of languages, cultures, socioeconomic statuses, and health...

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Adolescence is a critical period for health promotion, disease prevention, and the development of healthy habits (1). Regular preventive health care visits during this period are recommended to p...

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State-level differences in the percentage of uninsured Americans, along with other factors, may affect health care access and utilization (1-4). This report examines the prevalence of two health ...

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The incidence of triplet and higher-order multiple births rose fourfold during the 1980s and 1990s (1-3). This rise was associated with older maternal age and the increased use of fertility-enhan...

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Health, United States presents national trends in health statistics on such topics as birth and death rates, infant mortality, life expectancy, morbidity and health status, risk factors, use of a...

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Water is an essential nutrient for life (1). Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations from 2004 set adequate levels for total water intake from all foods and liquids at 3.7 liters (125 ounces)...

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Serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) were measured for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) over the 1988-2006 period using a radioimmunoassay (RIA). In 20...

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The age-adjusted suicide rate in the United States was 24% higher in 2014 than in 1999, and increases were observed for both females and males in all age groups under 75 (1). This NCHS Health E-S...

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Suicide is an important public health issue involving psychological, biological, and societal factors (1, 2). After a period of nearly consistent decline in suicide rates in the United States fro...

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Short interpregnancy intervals are associated with adverse birth outcomes, such as preterm birth (1,2). The risk of adverse birth outcomes has been shown to increase as the duration of short inte...

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This report presents changes in life expectancy by race, Hispanic origin, and sex in the United States between 2013 and 2014. Life expectancy was estimated using complete period life tables that ...

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This report describes attitudes about marriage, childbearing, and sexual behavior among men and women aged 15-44 in the United States based on the 2002, 2006-2010, and 2011-2013 National Survey o...

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Asthma is a common chronic airway disorder characterized by periods of airflow obstruction known as asthma attacks (1). Symptom frequency can range from intermittent to constant, and attack sever...

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Nut consumption has been associated with improved weight status (1,2), nutrient intake (3), and diet quality (4,5) among youth. However, allergies to nuts among children may be increasing (6,7), ...

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Obesity, a complex and costly condition, affects more than one-third of adults in the United States (1). It raises the risk of morbidity from chronic diseases and is a major cause of preventable ...

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Quarterly Provisional Estimates for Selected Causes of Death: 2014-Quarter 3, 2015

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In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the Janua...

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This report presents national and state estimates of staffing levels in residential care communities for registered nurses, licensed practical or vocational nurses, and aides in the United States...

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This report provides information on the supply, organizational characteristics, staffing, and services offered by paid, regulated providers of long-term care services; and the demographic, health...

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Healthy People is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. As in the p...

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This report examines the percentage of adults aged 18-64 who had an emergency room (ER) visit and their reasons for the most recent visit.

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This report presents final 2013 data on U.S. deaths, death rates, life expectancy, infant mortality, and trends, by selected characteristics such as age, sex, Hispanic origin, race, state of resi...

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This report presents final 2013 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death are ...

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This report presents findings for 2014 on maternal smoking prevalence and cessation before and during pregnancy as collected on the 2003 U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth, for a 46-state an...

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This report presents an analysis of potential nonresponse bias in 2012 NAMCS estimates of physicians and visits to physicians.

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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) of 2009 provides incentive payments to eligible hospitals and providers that demonstrate the meaningful use of a ce...

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Preventive care visits such as general medical examinations, prenatal visits, and well-baby visits give physicians and other health professionals the opportunity to screen for diseases or conditi...

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Between 30% and 40% of U.S. adults have used complementary health approaches in a given year (1-4). According to national surveys, the type of health insurance an individual holds affects whether...

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This report provides a brief description of the differences between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM injury diagnosis codes, introduces the proposed framework and the methods used to create it, and provide...

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The population of the United States is aging. Although centenarians are still uncommon, the numbers of Americans aged 100 and over increased 43.6%, from 50,281 in 2000 to 72,197 in 2014 (1,2). As...

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Drug Poisoning Mortality: United States, 2002-2014

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A mother's age at birth, and particularly the mean or "average" age when a mother has her first child, is of interest to researchers and the public. Mean age can affect the total number of births...

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This report provides national estimates of sexual behavior, sexual attraction, and sexual orientation among women and men aged 18-44 in the United States, based on the 2011-2013 National Survey o...

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Sleep affects many aspects of well-being and quality of life for people of all ages. Risks associated with deficient or poor-quality sleep include physical health conditions such as diabetes and ...

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Heart failure is a major public health problem associated with significant hospital admission rates, mortality, and costly health care expenditures, despite advances in the treatment and manageme...

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This report presents 2014 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for maternal age, live-birth order, race and Hispanic origin, marital status, atte...

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The drop in birth rates from 2007 through 2013 has been well documented (1). However, it is also important to examine total rates of pregnancy and other pregnancy outcomes (abortion and fetal los...

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Summary Health Statistics Tables for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2014

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Summary Health Statistics Tables for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2014

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death among adults in the United States. To improve the cardiovascular health of the U.S. population, clinical practice guidelines (1,2) recomme...

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This report presents 2014 U.S. final mortality data on deaths and death rates by demographic and medical characteristics. These data provide information on mortality patterns among U.S. residents...

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More than one-quarter of a million participants were enrolled in 4,800 adult day services centers in the United States in 2014 (1,2). Unlike other long-term care providers, such as nursing homes,...

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More than one-quarter million participants were enrolled in adult day services centers in the United States on the day of data collection in 2014 (1). The number of for-profit adult day services ...

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Quarterly provisional estimates for selected causes of death: United States, 2014-Quarter 2, 2015

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Problems Paying Medical Bills Among Persons Under Age 65: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2011-June 2015

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Preliminary results from the January-June 2015 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of American homes with only wireless telephones continues to grow. Nearly one-half ...

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The Hispanic population in the United States has lower overall mortality and higher life expectancy at birth than the non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black populations. The expectation has be...

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Hepatitis A (HAV), B (HBV), and C (HCV) viruses are common types of viral hepatitis. HBV and HCV infection can lead to liver disease, cancer, and serious health consequences. HAV and HBV infectio...

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Assisted living and similar residential care communities provide services to individuals who cannot live independently but generally do not require the skilled level of care provided by nursing h...

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Residents of residential care communities are persons who cannot live independently but generally do not require the skilled care provided by nursing homes. There were 835,200 current residents i...

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In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the Janua...

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The developmental disabilities questions in the 2014 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) were changed from previous years, including question reordering and a new approach to asking about aut...

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Hypertension is a public health challenge in the United States because it directly increases the risk for cardiovascular disease (1). National and regional health initiatives, including Healthy P...

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Obesity is associated with health risks (1,2). Monitoring the prevalence of obesity is relevant for public health programs that focus on reducing or preventing obesity. No significant changes wer...

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This report describes current contraceptive use among women of childbearing age (ages 15-44) during 2011-2013. Current contraceptive use is defined as use during the month of interview, not for a...

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The trend in U.S. life expectancy since 1900 has been one of gradual improvement (1). Nevertheless, differences in life expectancy by race have persisted at least since official estimates were re...

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Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Quarterly Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January 2010-June 2015

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This report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) presents selected estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noni...

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This report presents national estimates of selected wellness-related reasons for the use of natural product supplements, yoga, and spinal manipulation among U.S. adults in 2012. Self-reported per...

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Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are battery-powered products that typically deliver nicotine in the form of an aerosol (1). E-cigarettes have been marketed as both a smoking cessation tool a...

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Summary Health Statistics Tables for the U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2014

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Summary Health Statistics Tables for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2013

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Suicide is an act of violence against oneself, resulting in death. Among teenagers and young adults aged 15-24, suicide was the second leading cause of death in 2013 (1). Because patterns of suic...

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Public use file

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This report presents several key demographic and maternal and infant health indicators by race and Hispanic origin, using 2014 final birth data. Trends in general fertility rates (GFRs), teen bir...

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This report provides descriptive measures of hospitalization, readmission, and death among the noninstitutionalized population aged 65 and over using data from a national survey of the noninstitu...

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This report presents estimates of HIV prevalence, the association of HIV status with key risk factors, and the prevalence of antiretroviral drug use among HIV-infected adults, based on the 2007-2...

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Schizophrenia is a severe brain disorder with clinical manifestations that may include hallucinations, delusions, and thought and movement disorders (1,2). This report describes the rate and char...

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This report presents complete period life tables for the United States by race, Hispanic origin, and sex, based on age specific death rates in 2011.

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Untreated hearing loss is associated with decreasing social, psychological, and cognitive functioning (1-4). Using data from the 2014 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), this data brief repo...

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The table below provides a side-by-side comparison of recent estimates of uninsurance from the National Center for Health Statistics' National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the U.S. Census B...

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Consumption of fast food has been linked to weight gain in adults (1). Fast food has also been associated with higher caloric intake and poorer diet quality in children and adolescents (2). From ...

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As the nation's principal health statistics agency, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) provides statistical information that can be used to guide actions and policy to improve the h...

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This report has three objectives: a) to describe the reported health status of four subgroups of school-age children: Hispanic children with a Spanish interview (Hispanic-Spanish interview), Hisp...

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In 2012, 74% of children and adults with a usual place to visit listed a doctor's office as their usual place for care (1,2). This report examines the rate of physician office visits by patient a...

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his report describes the diagnostic experiences of a sample of children in the United States diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as of 2011-2012.

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In 2010, total knee replacement was the most frequently performed inpatient procedure on adults aged 45 and over. In the 11-year period from 2000 through 2010, an estimated 5.2 million total knee...

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In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the Janua...

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This report presents final 2012 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death are ...

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This report presents final 2012 data on U.S. deaths, death rates, life expectancy, infant mortality, and trends by selected characteristics such as age, sex, Hispanic origin, race, state of resid...

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The Ambulatory and Hospital Care Statistics Branch is pleased to release the most current nationally representative data on ambulatory care visits to physician offices in the United States. Stati...

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About one-quarter of Canadian adults and more than one-third of adults in the United States are obese (1). Obese children are at risk of becoming obese adults (2) and can experience immediate hea...

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In this first pilot release of Quarterly Provisional Estimates, NCHS presents estimates of death rates for seven selected causes of death for 2013 and 2014 and the first quarter of 2015. This is ...

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NCHS Data Visualization Gallery: This dashboard assembles all final birth data for women aged 15-19, 15-17, and 18-19 to produce interactive maps and trend lines for the United States and each of...

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This Health E-Stat provides information on the percentage of U.S. adults aged 65 and over with osteoporosis and low bone mass at the femur neck or lumbar spine, using data from the 2005-2010 Nati...

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Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Quarterly Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January 2010-March 2015

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The preliminary January-March 2015 file is based on 26,193persons in the Family Core, 3,174 children in the Sample Child Core, and 8,554 adults in the Sample Adult Core. Visit the NHIS website fo...

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This report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) presents selected estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noni...

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This report presents 2013 period infant mortality The number of infant deaths was 23,446 in 2013, a decline of 208 statistics from the linked birth/infant death data set (linked file) by infant d...

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This Health E-Stat provides information on the percentage of U.S. adults with diagnosed diabetes who visited an eye doctor in the past year, by years since diabetes diagnosis and by age group, us...

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This report presents final 2011 data on U.S. deaths, death rates, life expectancy, infant mortality, and trends by selected characteristics such as age, sex, Hispanic origin, race, state of resid...

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This report presents final 2011 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death are ...

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This report describes the origins and characteristics of the NHANES biorepositories, which store biospecimens obtained during NHANES III (1988- 1994) and NHANES 1999-2014, as well as the process ...

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This report presents 2013 fetal and perinatal mortality data by maternal age, marital status, race, Hispanic origin, and state of residence, as well as by fetal birthweight, gestational age, plur...

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Using data from the 1988 to 2011-2013 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), this report provides trends and recent national estimates of sexual activity, contraceptive use, and childbearing am...

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This report presents data on Health Care Access and Utilization Among Adults Aged 18-64, by Race and Hispanic Origin: U.S., 2013-2014

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This report provides data on Differences in Stroke mortality among adults aged 45 and over in the United States, 2010-2013

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This report presents complete period life tables for the United States by race, Hispanic origin, and sex, based on age-specific death rates in 2010.

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In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the 2014 ...

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This report provides data on Long-Term Care Services in the U.S.: 2013 Overview

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This report presents data on Births: Preliminary Data for 2014

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This report provides data on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Men's Use of Mental Health Treatments

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This report presents data on Communication Disorders and Use of Intervention Services Among Children Aged 3-17 Years: United States, 2012

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This report describes Characteristics of Children in Medicaid Managed Care and Medicaid Fee for Service, 2003-2005

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This report presents data on Three Decades of Nonmarital First Births among Fathers Aged 15-44 in the U.S.

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The report describes HIV Testing in the Past Year Among the U.S Household Population Aged 15-44, 2011-2013

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Measuring Gestational Age in Vital Statistics Data: Transitioning to the Obstetric Estimate

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NCHS Data Visualization Gallery: This storyboard describes natality trends in the United States over the past 104 years. Highlighted here are number of births, birth rates, and general fertility ...

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NCHS Data Visualization Gallery: This storyboard illustrates the percent distribution of births to unmarried women, for 1970-2013; trends in nonmarital births and birth rates, by maternal age for...

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NCHS Data Visualization Gallery: This dashboard presents the age-adjusted death rates for the top 10 leading causes of death in the United States, including mortality patterns from 1999 through 2...

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NCHS Data Visualization Gallery: This storyboard of U.S. mortality trends over the past 113 years highlights the differences in age-adjusted death rates and life expectancy at birth by race and s...

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This report presents data on Serious Psychological Distress in Adults: U.S., 2009-2013

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This report presents data on Maternal Morbidity for Vaginal and Cesarean Deliveries, According to Previous Cesarean History: New Data From the Birth Certificate, 2013

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This report describes the Association Between Diagnosed ADHD and Selected Characteristics Among Children Aged 4-17 Years: U.S., 2011-2013

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This report presents data on Dental Caries and Tooth Loss in Adults in the United States, 2011-2012

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This report presents data on when Babies Born: Morning, Noon, or Night? Birth Certificate Data for 2013

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This report shows Trends in Elevated Triglyceride in Adults: United States, 2001-2012

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Health, United States is an annual report on trends in health statistics. The 2014 report presents a Special Feature on Adults Aged 55-64.

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This report describes Deaths From Unintentional Injury Among Adults Aged 65 and Over: U.S., 2000-2013

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This report describes the Interpregnancy Intervals in the United States: Data From the Birth Certificate and the National Survey of Family Growth

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This report describes Emergency Department Visits for Drug Poisoning: U.S., 2008-2011

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This report describes the acceptance by Office-based Physicians of New Patients with Public and Private Insurance: United States, 2013

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This report describes Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: U.S., 2001-2011

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This report describes Hypertension-Related Mortality in the United States, 2000-2013

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This report presents data on Emergency Department Visits and Proximity to Patients' Residences, 2009-2010

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This report describes U.S. youth dental caries and sealant prevalence by race and Hispanic origin for 2011-2012.

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Using data from the National Vital Statistics System, this data brief provides a description of trends and demographics for heroin-related drug-poisoning deaths in the United States from 2000 thr...

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The Public-use Linked Mortality File provides mortality follow-up data from the date of survey participation through December 31, 2011. All survey participants are included on the Public-use Link...

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This report provides updated estimates for the percentage of persons under age 65 who were in families having problems paying medical bills, by selected demographic variables, based on data from ...

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Prescription opioid analgesics are used to treat pain from surgery, injury, and health conditions such as cancer. Opioid dependence and opioid-related deaths are growing public health problems.

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Using data from the 1982, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2006-2010, and 2011-2013 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), this report examines trends in current LARC use among women aged 15-44 and describes ...

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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 provides incentive payments to eligible hospitals and providers that demonstrate the meaningful use of a ce...

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Total hip replacement, in which both the head of the femur and its socket are replaced, is done to restore movement to hips damaged by osteoarthritis, late stage degenerative bone and cartilage d...

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This report presents national estimates of the use of complementary health approaches among children aged 4-17 years in the United States. Selected modalities are compared for 2007 and 2012 to ex...

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This report presents national estimates of the use of complementary health approaches among adults in the United States across three time points. Trends in the use of selected complementary healt...

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Diabetes is a chronic medical condition that affects 1 in 10 adults in the United States (1). Diabetes can affect multiple organs and lead to serious health complications (2). Ongoing medical car...

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In spite of improvements in motor vehicle safety in recent years, motor vehicle crashes remain a major source of morbidity and mortality in the United States (1-3). Motor vehicle-related deaths a...

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Approximately one-fifth (18%) of the $263 billion spent on retail prescription drugs in the United States in 2012 was paid out of pocket (1). Some adults offset the cost of prescription drugs by ...

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Muscle weakness is linked to impaired mobility and mortality in older persons (1,2). The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) Sarcopenia Project recently developed sex-specific...

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Objectives-This report presents 2013 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for maternal age, live-birth order, race and Hispanic origin, marital s...

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From 2000 through 2010, the number of adults aged 85 and over in the United States rose 31%, from 4.2 million to 5.5 million, and in 2010, this age group represented almost 14% of the population ...

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Lung obstruction is characterized by blocked airflow, shortness of breath, and difficulty exhaling. The most common obstructive lung diseases are asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

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Lung obstruction is characterized by a decrease in airflow and shortness of breath. Common types of obstructive lung diseases include asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), whic...

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This report presents 2013 U.S. final mortality data on deaths and death rates by demographic and medical characteristics. These data provide information on mortality patterns among U.S. residents...

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The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans encourage the consumption of nutrient-dense foods such as nuts and seeds (1). Nut consumption has been associated with improved nutrient intake and diet ...

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In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the Janua...

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This report presents a set of quality analyses of sexual orientation data collected in the 2013 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). NHIS sexual orientation estimates are compared with those ...

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Nearly all women use contraception at some point in their lifetimes (1), although at any given time they may not be using contraception for reasons such as seeking pregnancy, being pregnant, or n...

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2011-2013 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) Public Use Data Files Now Available

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This report compares data on births resulting from assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures from 2011 birth certificates with data from the 2011 National ART Surveillance System (NASS) a...

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2012 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Now Available

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Smoking is the primary cause of preventable death in the United States (1). Studies show that a majority of smokers would like to quit (2) and that even simple advice from physicians has a positi...

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This report presents 2013 final birth data on several key demographic and maternal and infant health indicators. Trends in the number of births, general fertility rates, age-specific birth rates,...

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This Health E-Stat provides information on annual rates of all drug-poisoning deaths and drug-poisoning deaths involving opioid analgesics and heroin for 1999 through 2012 using data from the Cen...

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The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey's (NHANES) National Youth Fitness Survey (NNYFS) was conducted in 2012 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for...

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Residential care, including assisted living, provides long-term supports and services to individuals who cannot live independently but generally do not require the skilled level of care provided ...

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Changes in outcomes among live births were seen during 2006-2012. For example, the percentage of births delivered at 39 weeks of gestation or more rose (1) and preterm birth and infant mortality ...

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This report describes trends in low-risk cesarean delivery rates in the United States from 1990 through 2013. Trends in low-risk cesarean delivery by state of residence, gestational age, age of m...

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This report presents the development, plan, and operation of the 2009-2010 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, a module of the State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Su...

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In 2005-2010, 34.6% of U.S. adults aged 20 and over were obese and 7.2% had depression, based on depressive symptoms experienced in the past 2 weeks (1). Both obesity and depression are associate...

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This report presents 2012 U.S. final mortality data on deaths and death rates by demographic and medical characteristics. These data provide information on mortality patterns among residents of t...

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Web tables

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2009 Cohort Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Files and User Guide Now Available

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This report investigates the reasons for the United States' high infant mortality rate when compared with European countries. Specifically, the report measures the impact on infant mortality diff...

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Four releases include: Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity, and Extreme Obesity Among Adults: United States, 1960-1962 Through 2011-2012 (September 2014); Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among...

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Poisoning is the leading cause of injury death in the United States (1). Drugs-both illicit and pharmaceutical-are the major cause of poisoning deaths, accounting for 90% of poisoning deaths in 2...

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The table below provides a side-by-side comparison of recent estimates of uninsurance from the National Center for Health Statistics' National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the U.S. Census B...

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Web tables

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In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the Janua...

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The 4,800 adult day services centers nationwide provide a variety of services to their 273,200 participants, the majority of whom are older adults and women (1). The number of for-profit adult da...

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The most recent data estimate that 4,800 adult day services centers nationwide serve nearly a quarter million participants daily (1). Unlike other long-term care providers, such as nursing homes,...

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National survey data linked with state cancer registry data has the potential to create a valuable tool for cancer prevention and control research. A pilot project-developed in a collaboration of...

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Mental health is a key component of a child's overall wellbeing. Previous research using data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) found that about 6% of adolescents have serious emot...

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This report presents trends from 1940 through 2013 in national birth rates for teenagers, with particular focus on the period since 1991. The percent changes in rates for 1991-2012 and for 2007-2...

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There were sharp increases in nonmarital childbearing from 2002 to 2007, following the steady increases beginning in the 1980s. The upward trends have mainly reversed since 2007-2008. In addition...

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Diabetes is a chronic condition which affects nearly 29 million Americans and is a major cause of other chronic conditions, including heart disease, eye disease, and stroke. Diabetes was the seve...

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This report examines heat-related mortality, cold-related mortality, and other weather-related mortality during 2006-2010 among subgroups of U.S. residents.

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Emergency rooms (ERs) are intended to provide care for acute and life-threatening medical conditions for people of all ages, but use is highest among older adults and young children (1). In 2012,...

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Childhood obesity is a major public health problem associated with many adverse health outcomes in adulthood. During 2011-2012, nearly 17% of children and adolescents were obese. Weight status mi...

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In 2010, 17% of the U.S. population lived in rural (nonmetropolitan) areas (1). Many rural areas are medically underserved due to physician (especially specialist) shortages (2-4). Rural hospital...

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The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), 2010 encourage Americans, including youth, to increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables. Individuals are encouraged to "eat a variety of vege...

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To provide national estimates for indicators of health-related behaviors, health status, health care service utilization, and health care access by sexual orientation using data from the 2013 Nat...

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Preliminary results from the July-December 2013 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of American homes with only wireless telephones continues to grow. Two in every fi...

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Excessive screen-time behaviors, such as using a computer and watching TV, for more than 2 hours daily have been linked with elevated blood pressure, elevated serum cholesterol, and being overwei...

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This report presents national estimates of incontinence prevalence in the United States using data source-specific definitions of incontinence among persons aged 65 and over by sociodemographic c...

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During the 1980s, 1990s, and through 2006, the length of pregnancies in the United States shortened (1). From 1981 through 2006, the proportion of infants born at less than 39 completed weeks of ...

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In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the 2013 ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is releasing selected estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noninstitutionali...

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Previous research has demonstrated that married men are more likely than not-married men to seek preventive health care services because their spouses encourage them to do so (1,2). It was not kn...

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This report presents prelimina ry data for 2013 on births in the United States. U.S. data on births are shown by age, live-birth order, race, and Hispanic origin of mother. Data on marital status...

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Physical fitness has been defined as "a set of attributes that people have or achieve that relates to the ability to perform physical activity" (1). Cardiorespiratory fitness is one component of ...

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This report presents trends in the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) by office-based physicians during 2007-2012. Rates of adoption are compared by selected physician and practice char...

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Health, United States presents national trends in health statistics on such topics as birth and death rates, infant mortality, life expectancy, morbidity and health status, risk factors, use of a...

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The average age of women at first birth has risen over the past 4 decades. This increase is in part a reflection of the shift in first births to women 35 years and older. Delayed childbearing aff...

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Primary care providers include primary care physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners. Primary care physicians are those in family and general practice, internal medicine, geriatr...

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This report presents estimates of the proportion of children who have experienced selected adverse family events by the number of biological parents in the household, with a focus on comparisons ...

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Injury is the leading cause of death and a major source of morbidity among children and adolescents in the United States. The emergency department (ED) plays an important role in the care of inju...

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This report details development of the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics' (NCHS) Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties (update of the 2006 NCHS scheme) and applies it to health ...

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This report presents an overview, a detailed description of the sample design features, and estimation structures for the 2006-2015 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). It fulfills the same r...

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Mental health problems are common chronic conditions in children. Medication is often prescribed to treat the symptoms of these conditions. Few population-based studies have examined the use of p...

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Collection of physical measurements and biospecimens in the home may be an efficient way to obtain objective health measurements. This study assesses differences between collection in the home an...

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In 2010, 17% of the U.S. population lived in rural (nonmetropolitan) areas. Disparities in health care access between rural and urban areas have been documented. Rural hospitals not only provide ...

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Complementary health approaches are defined as "a group of diverse medical and health care interventions, practices, products, or disciplines that are not generally considered part of conventiona...

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Drowning is the third leading cause of death from unintentional injury worldwide, accounting for 7% of all injury-related deaths according to 2004 data from the World Health Organization. Previou...

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Previous work has shown that in the first half of 2011 through the first half of 2012, more than one in five persons under age 65 were in families with problems paying medical bills in the past 1...

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The objective of NNYFS was to provide national-level estimates of the physical activity and fitness levels of children, based on interview and physical examination data. Results from the survey a...

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Three estimates of lack of health insurance coverage are provided: (a) uninsured at the time of interview, (b) uninsured at least part of the year prior to interview (which includes persons unins...

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This report provides some background on the NHANES program, beginning with the first survey cycle in the 1970s and highlighting significant changes since its inception. The report then describes ...

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Early and adequate prenatal care is a Healthy People 2020 objective (1). Previous studies have focused on practice patterns of obstetricians/gynecologists or overall ambulatory care utilization b...

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In 1900, almost all U.S. births occurred outside a hospital; however the proportion of out-of-hospital births fell to 44% by 1940 and to 1% by 1969, where it remained through the 1980s (1-3). Alt...

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This report presents detailed tables from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for the civilian noninstitutionalized adult population, classified by sex, age, race and Hispanic origin...

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2009 and 2010 Fetal Death Data Files and User Guides Now Available

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Percentages of persons aged 18-64 who were uninsured, had private health insurance coverage, and had public health plan coverage at the time of interview, by year and quarter: United States, Janu...

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This report explores selected family demographic characteristics and their association with financial burdens of medical care (problems paying medical bills, paying medical bills over time, and h...

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This report describes state-specific trends in primary cesarean delivery rates from 2006 through 2012 for reporting areas that implemented the 2003 U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth by Janu...

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2009 Fetal Death Data Files and User Guide Now Available

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This report presents nationally representative estimates and trends for infertility service use among women aged 15-44 and 25-44 in the United States in 1982-2010. While greater detail on types o...

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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 authorized incentive payments to increase physician adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems (1,2...

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The number of Asian persons in the United States grew by more than 40% between 2000 and 2010 (1). Asian persons now make up 4.9% of the population (2). To address the scarcity of health informati...

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The 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, which have been adopted by the First Lady's Let's Move! initiative and the American Academy of Pediatrics, recommend that youth participate in...

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This report presents complete period life tables for the United States by race, Hispanic origin, and sex based on age-specific death rates in 2009.

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The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) are population-based surveys that have each been linked to administrative data from t...

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This report presents 2012 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for maternal age, live-birth order, race and Hispanic origin, marital status, atte...

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This report presents both age-adjusted and unadjusted health statistics from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States...

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This report presents both age-adjusted and unadjusted statistics from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) on selected health measures for children under age 18 years, classified by s...

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This report presents final 2010 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death are ...

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This report measures fathers' involvement with their children. Father involvement is measured by how often a man participated in a set of activities in the last 4 weeks with children who were liv...

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This report presents new data from birth certificates on the principal source of payment for the delivery in 2010 for the following groups: private insurance, Medicaid, self-pay (uninsured), and ...

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Preliminary results from the January-June 2013 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of American homes with only wireless telephones continues to grow. Two in every fiv...

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This report updates subnational estimates of the percentage of adults and children living in households that do not have a landline telephone but have at least one wireless telephone (i.e., wirel...

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This report presents 2010 period infant mortality statistics from the linked birth/infant death data set (linked file) by maternal and infant characteristics. The linked file differs from the mor...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is releasing selected estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noninstitutionali...

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In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the Janua...

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Rates of private insurance and public coverage have been increasing. As coverage and utilization increase, a growing concern is the availability of health care providers to meet patient needs. Al...

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In 2008, the federal government released the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, which provide guidance on the types and amounts of physical activities that provide substantial health ben...

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New report is the first in a series using data from the National Survey of Long-term Care Providers (NSLTCP). The report includes general, descriptive information on long-term care service provid...

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Young adults often experience instability with regard to work, school, residential status, and financial independence. This could contribute to a lack of or gaps in insurance coverage (1,2). In S...

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This report is the first release of multistate data for selected items exclusive to the 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth. Included is information for prepregnancy body...

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Provisional counts for births and fertility rates are provided.

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Pregnancy rates for women in the United States continued to decline in 2009, reaching the lowest level in 12 years (102.1 per 1,000 women aged 15-44). This level is 12% below the 1990 peak (115.8...

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Prior studies have shown an increase in psychotropic medication use among adolescents (1-6). However, most studies were based on clinical samples or high-risk populations. This report provides th...

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New public use files and documentation for 2008 Fetal Deaths data.

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Assisted living and similar residential care communities provide an alternative to nursing homes for individuals with dementia who can no longer live independently. In 2010, about 42% of individu...

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This report compares self-reported diabetes in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) with diabetes identified using the Medicare Chronic Condition (CC) Summary file.

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Hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease and affects almost one-third of the U.S. adult population. In 2009-2010, nearly 82% of adults with hypertension were aware of t...

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High levels of total cholesterol and low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the "good cholesterol") are risk factors for coronary heart disease. To identify persons who may be ...

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The health risks associated with obesity make reducing the high prevalence of obesity a public health priority. Previous publications have shown both racial and ethnic disparities in obesity prev...

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From 2000-2010, the number of persons in the United States aged 65 and over rose 15%, from 35.0 million to 40.3 million, and in 2010 this age group represented 13% of the population. It is estima...

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In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the Janua...

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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 provides financial incentives for physicians who adopt and demonstrate the "meaningful use" of a certified ...

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The ability to record and exchange health information electronically is believed to improve the quality and efficiency of health care. It also has the potential to increase coordination of care a...

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2007 Fetal Death User Guide and Data Files

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This report presents preliminary data for 2012 on births in the United States. U.S. data on births are shown by age, live-birth order, race, and Hispanic origin of mother. Data on marital status,...

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This report presents national estimates of the use of family planning services and related medical services among women aged 15-44 in the United States in 2006-2010. Selected indicators are compa...

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This report presents person-based nationally representative estimates on prescription sleep aid use in the past 30 days, describes sociodemographic differences in use, and examines sleep aid use ...

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This report provides some background on the NHANES program, beginning with the first survey cycle in the 1970s and highlighting significant changes since its inception. The report then describes ...

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This report provides background for the NHANES program and summarizes the sample design specifications for the 2007-2010 survey cycle. Estimation procedures are then presented, including the meth...

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This report provides estimates of male newborn circumcisions performed during the birth hospitalization.

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This report presents nationally representative estimates and trends for infertility and impaired fecundity-two measures of fertility problems-among women aged 15-44 in the United States. Data are...

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This report presents bone measurement data from total body dual energy x-ray absorptiometry scans for 28,454 persons aged 8 years and over who participated in the 1999-2006 National Health and Nu...

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Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has harmful effects on children's respiratory health and has been linked to higher risk of middle ear infections, bronchitis and pneumonia, coughing and wheezing...

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This report describes how NHANES for 1999-2010 was designed and implemented. NHANES is a national survey designed to provide national estimates on various health-related topics.

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A primary goal of the 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth was to improve data quality, in part by improving data sources, definitions, and instructions. This report evalu...

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The trend in U.S. life expectancy since 1900 has been one of gradual improvement. In 2010 life expectancy at birth was 78.7 years, an increase of 11% since 1970. For the white population, life ex...

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This report presents 2011 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for maternal characteristics including age, live-birth order, race and Hispanic or...

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The total U.S. cesarean delivery rate reached a high of 32.9% of all births in 2009, rising 60% from the most recent low of 20.7 in 1996. Recently, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynec...

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This report presents the most up-to-date estimates available from the federal government concerning the size and characteristics of these populations.

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In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the 2012 ...

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The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) collects data on pregnancy, childbearing, men's and women's health, and parenting from a national sample of men and women aged 15-44 in the United Stat...

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The provisional count of births in the United States for the 12-month period ending December 2012 was 3,958,000, essentially unchanged from the 3,953,593 births (preliminary total) for 2011. The ...

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This report evaluates adjustment methods, based on the probability of pregnancy, for calculating estimates of risk factors for women of childbearing age.

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This report provides comparable estimates for the percentage of persons under age 65 who were in families having problems paying medical bills, by selected demographic variables based on data fro...

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This report presents abridged cause-elimination life tables and multiple-decrement life table functions for 33 selected causes of death, by race (white and black) and sex, for the total United St...

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Health, United States, 2012 is the 36th report on the health status of the Nation and is submitted by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to the President and the Congres...

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Teen birth rates fell steeply in the United States from 2007 through 2011, resuming a decline that began in 1991 but was briefly interrupted in 2006 and 2007. The overall rate declined 25% from 4...

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This report presents selected prevalence estimates for key health behaviors-alcohol use, cigarette smoking, leisure-time physical activity, body mass index, and sleep-among U.S. adults, using dat...

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This report presents national estimates on the adoption and use of electronic health records and mobile technology by home health and hospice care agencies, as well as the agency characteristics ...

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Allergic conditions are among the most common medical conditions affecting children in the United States. An allergic condition is a hypersensitivity disorder in which the immune system reacts to...

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Increased consumption of added sugars, which are sweeteners added to processed and prepared foods, has been linked to a decrease in intake of essential micronutrients and an increase in body weig...

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Infant mortality is an important indicator of the health of a nation. This report describes the recent decline in the U.S. infant mortality rate from 2005 through 2011. Changes in infant mortalit...

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In 2011, Americans spent $45 billion out-of-pocket on retail prescription drugs. Some adults reduce prescription drug costs by skipping doses and delaying filling prescriptions. Some cost-reducti...

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This report provides an updated description of trends and patterns in first premarital cohabitations among women aged 15-44 in the United States using the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)....

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Each year, more than 2 million Americans suffer from acute cardiovascular events that account for approximately one-fourth of the total cost of inpatient hospital care. Control of low-density lip...

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In 2000, there were 2.4 million deaths in the United States, and in 2010 there were 2.5 million. In both years, about one-third of these deaths occurred in short-stay, general hospitals, despite ...

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In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the Janua...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is releasing selected estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noninstitutionali...

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This report presents data on the prevalence of diagnosed autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as reported by parents of school-aged children (ages 6-17 years) in 2011-2012. Prevalence changes from 2007...

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In 2010, Alzheimer's disease was the underlying cause for a total of 83,494 deaths and was classified as a contributing cause for an additional 26,488 deaths (1). Mortality from Alzheimer's disea...

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In 2011, the age-adjusted death rate for the United States was 740.6 per 100,000 population (1). This rate represents a 0.9% drop from the rate in 2010 (747.0), and is a record low. The highest m...

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This report presents the percentage of calories consumed from fast food by adults in the United States, including differences by sociodemographic characteristics and weight status.

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The objective of this report is to present trends in energy and macronutrient intakes among U.S. children and adolescents aged 2-19 years between 1999 and 2010. These results are presented by sex...

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Emergency contraception can be used by women after sexual intercourse in an effort to prevent an unintended pregnancy. Roughly one-half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended. The...

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This report presents national estimates of the proportion of sexually experienced women aged 15-44 who have ever used various methods of contraception in the United States. Trends are shown since...

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In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new set of childhood growth charts for the United States. These charts included a set of smoothed percentiles along with L...

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This report presents 2009 period infant mortality statistics from the linked birth/infant death data set (linked file) by maternal and infant characteristics. The linked file differs from the mor...

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This report presents health statistics from the 2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for the civilian noninstitutionalized adult population, classified by sex, age, race and Hispanic orig...

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This report is published as part of the NHIS Early Release Program. Twice each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) releases s...

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In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the Janua...

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The 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, also known as the HITECH Act, authorized incentive payments through the Medicare and Medicaid programs to increase phy...

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The provisional count of births in the United States for the 12-month period ending June 2012 was 3,942,000, which was 1% lower than the 3,981,000 births (provisional count) for the 12-month peri...

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This report presents both age-adjusted and unadjusted health statistics from the 2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States...

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Although the risks of excessive alcohol consumption in terms of injury and chronic disease are well known, less is known about the calories consumed from alcoholic beverages. As with calorically ...

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This report details recent trends in asthma prevalence, health care use, and mortality since 2001 and presents an overview of trends since 1980.

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This report presents final 2009 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death are ...

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This report is one in a set of reports summarizing data from the 2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), a multipurpose health survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven...

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The field of anthropometry encompasses a variety of human body measurements, such as weight, height, and size, including skinfold thicknesses, circumferences, lengths, and breadths. Anthropometry...

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Use of contraception and the effectiveness of the method used to prevent pregnancy are major factors affecting national pregnancy and birth rates and the ability of women to plan their pregnancie...

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Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a serious medical condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. CHF is often caused by hypertension, diabetes, or coronary hear...

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This report updates subnational estimates of the percentage of adults and children living in households without a landline telephone but with at least one wireless telephone (i.e., wireless-only ...

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Sugar drinks are a major source of added sugars in the diets of Americans. Several recent studies have described factors associated with sugar-drink consumption; however, the consumption of diet ...

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This report presents preliminary U.S. data on deaths, death rates, life expectancy, leading causes of death, and infant mortality for 2011 by selected characteristics such as age, sex, race, and ...

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The mercury sphygmomanometer has been the gold standard used for obtaining blood pressure (BP) for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1960 to the present. However,...

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This report presents nationally representative estimates and trends for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing among the U.S. household population aged 15-44. Data are presented for lifetime ...

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This report presents preliminary data for 2011 on births in the United States. U.S. data on births are shown by age, live-birth order, race, and Hispanic origin of mother. Data on marital status,...

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Significant increases have been seen over the past 10 years in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control among adults with hypertension. However, less than 50% of adults with hypertension co...

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This report examines the comparability between the rates of inpatient procedures for persons aged 65 and over using the National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) and Medicare claims data.

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By 2050, the number of U.S. older adults, defined as persons aged 65 and over, is expected to more than double, rising from 40.2 million to 88.5 million. Both aging and obesity contribute to incr...

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In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the Janua...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is releasing selected estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noninstitutionali...

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This report presents complete period life tables for the United States by race, Hispanic origin, and sex, based on age-specific death rates in 2008.

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As the overall population ages, policy makers are focusing on the current and growing shortage of the primary care workforce, particularly as provisions of the 2010 Patient Protection and Afforda...

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This report, following publication of the national life tables for 1999-2001, presents state-specific life tables for the 50 states and District of Columbia by race (white and black) and sex. The...

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Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity, and Extreme Obesity Among Adults: United States, Trends 1960–1962 Through 2009–2010

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Prevalence of Obesity Among Children and Adolescents: United States, Trends 1963-1965 Through 2009-2010

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Prevalence of Underweight Among Adults Aged 20 Years and Over: United States, 1960–1962 Through 2007–2010

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Prevalence of Underweight Among Children and Adolescents Aged 2–19 Years: United States, 1963–1965 Through 2007–2010

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From 1999 through 2009, the number of visits to emergency departments (EDs) increased 32%, from 102.8 million visits in 1999 to 136.1 million visits in 2009. In some hospitals, increased ED visit...

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This report presents 2010 data on U.S. births according to a wide variety of characteristics. Data are presented for maternal characteristics including age, live-birth order, race and Hispanic or...

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This report presents 2006 fetal and perinatal mortality data by maternal age, marital status, race, Hispanic origin, and state of residence, as well as by fetal birthweight, gestational age, plur...

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The Healthy People 2020 initiative contains over 1,200 objectives that serve as a roadmap for tracking the nation's health. Oral health is 1 of 42 Healthy People topic areas comprising 33 objecti...

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These tables present detailed fertility data for cohorts of women as they pass through their childbearing years and include central birth rates, cumulative birth rates, birth distributions, and b...

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This report presents data on the prevalence of oral sex with opposite-sex partners and the timing of first oral sex relative to first vaginal intercourse among females and males aged 15-24 based ...

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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking are all risk factors that could lead to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and strok...

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This report uses data from the 2007-2010 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to describe the health status of community-dwelling male veterans aged 25-64. It directly compares the health stat...

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Studies suggest that the presence of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) adds a layer of complexity to disease management; recently the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services established a st...

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Mortality in the United States is best summarized by the age-adjusted death rate-a measure that accounts for changes in the age distribution of the population. In 2010, the age-adjusted death rat...

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This report shows trends since 1982 in whether a woman wanted to get pregnant just before the pregnancy occurred. This is the most direct measure available of the extent to which women are able (...

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2006 Fetal Death and Cohort Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Sets and User Guides Now Available

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This report presents statistics from the 2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) on selected measures of oral health status and oral health care access for adults aged 18-64. Estimates are p...

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One goal of the federal 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act is to advance the use of health information technology by providing Medicare and Medicaid ...

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Biological variation consists of between-person (BP) and within-person (WP) variation. Estimates of WP coefficients of variation and BP coefficients of variation for hematology laboratory tests w...

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For random-digit-dial telephone surveys, the increasing difficulty in contacting eligible households and obtaining their cooperation raises concerns about the potential for nonresponse bias. This...

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Preliminary results from the July-December 2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of American homes with only wireless telephones continues to grow. One-third of Am...

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This report presents final 2009 data on U.S. deaths, death rates, life expectancy, infant mortality, and trends by selected characteristics such as age, sex, Hispanic origin, race, state of resid...

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This report presents detailed pregnancy rates for 1990-2008, updating a national series of rates extending since 1976.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is releasing selected estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noninstitutionali...

https://tools.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?m=319817&c=359900

In this release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the 2011 ...

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This report presents final 2008 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death are ...

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This report presents the development, plan, and operation of the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health, a module of the State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey, conducted by the Cent...

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Oral health is an important contributor to overall health for individuals and the population. Dental caries both untreated and treated and tooth loss are key indicators of oral health and are use...

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The provisional count of births in the United States for 2011 was 3,961,000, 1 percent lower than the 4 million births for 2010 (4,000,279). The number of births has steadily declined from the al...

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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a set of complex neurodevelopment disorders characterized by mild to severe problems in social interaction and communication along with restricted repetitive beh...

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This report provides preliminary estimates of reasons for emergency room use among U.S adults aged 18-64 whose last visit in the past 12 months did not result in a hospital admission, by health i...

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This report will first describe the broad design specifications for the 1999-2006 survey including survey objectives, domain and precision specifications, operational requirements, sample design,...

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Health, United States, 2011 is the 35th report on the health status of the Nation and is submitted by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to the President and the Congres...

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