2001 News Releases

Life Expectancy Hits New High in 2000; Mortality Declines for Several Leading Causes of Death--Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2000 (October 10, 2001)

HHS Issues Report on Community Health in Rural, Urban Areas; Statistics Show Suburban Residents Fare Better in Many Key Health Indicators--Health, United States, 2001 With Urban and Rural Health Chartbook (September 10, 2001)

Smoking During Pregnancy--Rates Drop Steadily in the 1990's, but among Teen Mothers Progress Has Stalled--Smoking during pregnancy in the 1990s (August 28, 2001)

New Study Profiles Women's Use of Health Care; Women more likely than men to visit the doctor, more likely to have annual exams--Utilization of Ambulatory Medical Care by Women: United States, 1997-98 (July 25, 2001)

New CDC Report Shows Teen Birth Rate Hits Record Low; U.S. Births Top 4 Million in 2000--Births: Preliminary Data for 2000 (July 24, 2001)

Physician Visits Increase for Older Patients; Doctors Prescribe More Medications for Patients of All Ages--National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 1999 Summary (July 17, 2001)

Mortality Declines for Several Leading Causes of Death in 1999--Deaths: Preliminary Data for 1999 (June 26, 2001)

Visits to the Emergency Department Exceed 100 Million in 1999; Fewer Young People Require Emergency Treatment for Injuries--National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 1999 Emergency Department Summary (June 25, 2001)

Teen Pregnancy Rate Reaches a Record Low in 1997--Trends in Pregnancy Rates for the United States, 1976-97; An Update (June 12, 2001)

43 Percent of First Marriages Break Up Within 15 Years--First Marriage Dissolution, Divorce, and Remarriage: United States (May 24, 2001)

Hospital Stays Grow Shorter, Heart Disease Leading Cause of Hospitalization--1999 National Hospital Discharge Survey (April 24, 2001)

Higher Order Multiple Births Drop for First Time in a Decade--Births: Final Data for 1999 (April 17, 2001)

More American Children and Teens are Overweight--Prevalence of Overweight Among Children and Adolescents: United States, 1999 (March 12, 2001)

Hospital Use Down but Avoidable Hospitalizations Increase (March 12, 2001)

Sports-Related Injuries Cause 2.6 Million Visits Annually by Children and Young Adults to Emergency Rooms
(March 5, 2001)

New National Hospital Data Set Now Available
(February 9, 2001)

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