2002 News Releases
HHS
Issues New Report Showing More American Children Received Health Insurance
in Early 2002--Early
Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the January-June 2002
NHIS (December 31,
2002)
New
Birth Report Shows More Moms Get Prenatal Care--Births:
Final Data for 2001 (December
18, 2002)
American
Women Are Waiting to Begin Families;
Average Age at First Birth up More Than 3 Years From 1970 to 2000--Mean Age of Mother, 1970-2000
(December
11, 2002)
Obesity
Still on the Rise, New Data Show (October
8, 2002)
HHS
Issues Report Showing Dramatic Improvements in America's Health Over Past
50 Years--Infant Mortality at Record Low, Life Expectancy at
Record High (September
12, 2002)
New
Report Sheds Light on Trends and Patterns in Marriage, Divorce, and
Cohabitation
(July
24, 2002)
HHS
Report Shows More American Children With Health Coverage; Progress
Reflects Success of Bi-Partisan State Children’s Health Insurance
Program--Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the 2001
NHIS (July 15,
2002)
HHS
Report Shows Teen Birth Rate Falls to New Record Low in 2001--Births:
Preliminary Data for 2001
(June 6, 2002)
Physician
Visits Reach 824 Million in 2000; More
Cardiovascular-Renal, Hormone and Metabolic/Nutrient Drug Visits--National
Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2000 Summary (June
5, 2002)
New
CDC Report Looks at Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder--Attention
Deficit Disorder and Learning Disability: United States, 1997-98
(May 22, 2002)
Visits
to the Emergency Department Increase Nationwide--National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care
Survey: 2000 Emergency Department Summary (April
22,
2002)
HHS
Report Shows 7 in 10 Adults are Not Active Regularly
Leisure-Time Physical Activity Among Adults:
United States, 1997–98 (Released
April 7, 2002)
Women
Are Having More Children, New Report Shows Teen Births Continue to Decline--Births:
Final Data for 2000 (February
12,
2002)
HHS
Report Finds Health Improves for Most Racial, Ethnic Groups; But
Disparities Remain in Some Areas--Healthy People 2000: Trends
in Racial and Ethnic-Specific Rates for the Health Status Indicators:
United States, 1990-98 (January
24,
2002)
Health
Insurance Coverage Improves for American Children--Early
Release of Selected Estimates from the National Health Interview
Survey (NHIS)
Data From January-June 2001 (Released
February 4, 2002)
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