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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October 06, 2006
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