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Early Release of
Selected Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
Data From January-June 2001 (Released 2/4/2002)

About this release
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
*New measures or containing new estimates.
News Release
List of Early Releases

1. Health insurance coverage
Figure 1.1. Percent of persons without health
insurance coverage for all ages: 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, January-June 2001
Figure 1.3. Age-sex-adjusted percent of persons
without health insurance coverage, by
race/ethnicity for all ages: United States,
January-June 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,
January-June 2001
Figure 2.2. Percent of children aged under 18 years with a usual place to go for medical care:
United States, 1997-2001
Table 2.2. Percent of children aged under 18 years 
with a usual place to go for medical care, by sex,
age, and race/ethnicity: United States,
January-June 2001
Data tables for figure 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 for all
ages: United States, January-June 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 for all ages: United States,
January-June 2001
Data tables for figure 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,
1997-second quarter 2001
Table 4.1. Percent of adults aged 50 years and over
who received influenza vaccine in the past
12 months, by gender and race/ethnicity:
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,
January-June 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,
January-June 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, January-June
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, January-June 2001
Figure 6.3. Age-adjusted prevalence of obesity
among adults aged 20 years and over, by sex and
race/ethnicity: United States, January-June 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 years and
over who engaged in regular leisure-time physical
activity, by sex and age group: United States,
January-June 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, January-June 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, January-June 2001
Figure 8.3. Prevalence of current smoking among
adults aged 18 years and over, by sex and age
group: United States, January-June 2001
Figure 8.4. Age-sex-adjusted prevalence of current
smoking among adults aged 18 years and over, by
race/ethnicity: United States, January-June 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, January-June 2001
Figure 9.3. Age-sex-adjusted percent of adults
aged 18 years and over with excessive alcohol
consumption, by race/ethnicity: United States,
January-June 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, January-June 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,
January-June 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, January-June 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,
January-June 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,
January-June 2001
Data tables for figures 11.1-11.4