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Early Release of
Selected Estimates Based on Data From the 2001 NHIS
(Released 7/15/2002)

About this release

Early Release Measures

1. Health insurance coverage

2. Usual place to go for medical care

3. Obtaining needed medical care

4. Influenza vaccination

5. Pneumococcal vaccination

6. Obesity

7. Leisure time physical activity

8. Current smoking

9. Alcohol consumption

10. HIV testing

11. General health status

12. Personal care needs*

*New measures

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List of Early Releases

1. Health insurance coverage

Figure 1.1. Percent of persons of all ages without health insurance coverage: United States, 1997-2001

Table 1.1. Number and percent of persons without health insurance coverage, by age group: United States, 1997-2001

Table 1.2. Number and percent of persons aged under 65 years with private health insurance and with public coverage, by age group: United States, 1997-2001

Figure 1.2. Percent of persons aged under 65 years without health insurance coverage, by age group and sex: United States, 2001

Figure 1.3. Age-sex-adjusted percent of persons without health insurance coverage, by race/ethnicity: all ages, United States, 2001

Table 1.3. Age-adjusted percent of persons under 65 years old without health insurance coverage, by sex and race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Table 1.4.  Percent of persons without health insurance coverage, by age group and race/ethnicity: United States, 1997-2001

Data tables for figures 1.1-1.3

2. Usual place to go for medical care

Figure 2.1. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over with a usual place to go for medical care: United States, 1997-2001

Table 2.1. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over with a usual place to go for medical care, by sex, age, and race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Figure 2.2. Percent of children under 18 years old with a usual place to go for medical care: United States, 1997-2001

Table 2.2. Percent of children under 18 years old with a usual place to go for medical care, by sex, age, and race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Table 2.3. Age-adjusted percent of persons who had a usual place to go for medical care, by sex and race/ethnicity for all ages: United States, 2001

Table 1.4.  Percent of persons without health insurance coverage, by age group and race/ethnicity: United States, 1997-2001

Data tables for figures 2.1-2.2

3. Obtaining needed medical care

Figure 3.1. Percent of persons who failed to obtain needed medical care during the past 12 months due to financial barriers for all ages: United States, 1997-2001

Figure 3.2. Percent of persons who failed to obtain needed medical care during the past 12 months due to financial barriers, by sex and age group: United States, 2001

Figure 3.3. Age-sex-adjusted percent of persons who failed to obtain needed medical care during the past 12 months due to financial barriers, by race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Data tables for figures 3.1-3.3

4. Influenza vaccination

Figure 4.1. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over who received influenza vaccine during the past 12 months, by age group: United States, quarter one 1997-quarter four 2001

Table 4.1. Percent of adults aged 50 years and over who received influenza vaccine, by age group and sex: United States, 1997-2000

Figure 4.2. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over who received influenza vaccine during the past 12 months, by age group and sex: United States, 2001

Figure 4.3. Percent of adults aged 65 years and over who received influenza vaccine during the past 12 months, by race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Table 4.2. Age-adjusted percent of adults aged 65 years and over who received influenza vaccine, by sex and race/ethnicity for all ages: United States, 2001

Data tables for figures 4.1-4.3

5. Pneumococcal vaccination

Figure 5.1. Percent of adults aged 65 years and over who had ever received pneumococcal vaccine: United States, 1997-2001

Figure 5.2. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over who had ever received pneumococal vaccine, by age group and sex: United States, January-June 2001

Figure 5.3. Percent of adults aged 65 years and over who had ever received pneumococcal vaccine, by race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Table 5.1. Age-adjusted percent of adults aged 65 years and over who had ever received pneumococcal vaccine, by sex and race/ethnicity for all ages: United States, 2001

Data tables for figures 5.1-5.3

6. Obesity

Figure 6.1. Prevalence of obesity among adults aged 20 years and older: United States, 1997-2001

Figure 6.2. Prevalence of obesity among adults aged 20 years and over, by age group and sex: United States, 2001

Figure 6.3. Age-adjusted prevalence of obesity among adults aged 20 years and over, by sex and race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Data tables for figures 6.1-6.3

7. Leisure-time physical activity

Figure 7.1. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity: United States, 1997-2001

Figure 7.2. Percent of adults aged 18 and over who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity, by sex and age group: United States, 2001

Figure 7.3. Age-sex-adjusted percent of adults aged 18 years and over who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity, by race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Table 7.1. Age-adjusted percent of adults aged 18 years and over who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity, by sex and race/ethnicity for all ages: United States, 2001

Data tables for figures 7.1-7.3

8. Current smoking

Figure 8.1. Prevalence of current smoking among adults aged 18 years and over: United States, 1997-2001

Figure 8.2. Percent distribution of smoking status among adults aged 18 years and over, by sex: United States, 2001

Figure 8.3. Prevalence of current smoking among adults aged 18 years and over, by sex and age group: United States, 2001

Figure 8.4. Age-sex-adjusted prevalence of current smoking among adults aged 18 years and over, by race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Table 8.1. Age-adjusted prevalence of current smoking among adults aged 18 years and over, by sex and race/ethnicity for all ages: United States, 2001

Table 8.2. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over who smoked any cigarettes in the past month, by age group and sex: United States, 1997-2001

Data tables for figures 8.1-8.4

9. Alcohol consumption

Figure 9.1. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over with excessive alcohol consumption: United States, 1997-2001

Figure 9.2. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over with excessive alcohol consumption, by age group and sex: United States, 2001

Figure 9.3. Age-sex-adjusted percent of adults aged 18 years and over with excessive alcohol consumption, by race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Table 9.1. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over who consumed any alcohol in the past year, by age group and sex: United States, 1997-2001

Data tables for figures 9.1-9.3

10. HIV testing

Figure 10.1. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over who had ever been tested for HIV: United States, 1997-2001

Figure 10.2. Percent of adults aged 18 years and older who had ever been tested for HIV, by sex and age group: United States, 2001

Figure 10.3. Age-sex-adjusted percent of adults aged 18 years and over who had ever been tested for HIV, by race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Data tables for figures 10.1-10.3

11. General health status

Figure 11.1. Percent of persons whose health was assessed as excellent or very good for all ages, United States, 1997-2001

Figure 11.2. Percent distribution of respondent-assessed health status, by sex for all ages: United States, 2001

Figure 11.3. Percent of persons whose health was assessed as excellent or very good, by sex and age group for all ages: United States, 2001

Figure 11.4. Age-sex-adjusted percent of persons whose health was assessed as excellent or very good, by race/ethnicity for all ages: United States, 2001

Data tables for figures 11.1-11.4

12. Personal care needs

Figure 12.1. Percent of adults age 65 years and over who need the help of other persons with personal care needs: United States, 1997-2001

Figure 12.2. Percent of adults age 65 years and over who need the help of other persons with personal care needs, by sex and age group: United States, 2001

Figure 12.3. Age-sex-adjusted percent of adults aged 65 years and over who need the help of other persons with personal care needs, by race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Data tables for figures 12.1-12.3