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STATCASTS

 2008

Image of a microphoneDecember 10 - "Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults and Children:  United States, 2007 Patricia Barnes, a health statistician with the National Center for Health Statistics, has collaborated with the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine on a new report about complementary and alternative medicine used by adults and children in the U.S.

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Image of a microphoneOct. 22 - "Food Allergy Among U.S. Children:  Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations" Amy Branum, a statistician with the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the findings in the first-ever NCHS report on food allergies among children in the U.S.
 

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Image of a microphoneJune 25 - "Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2007"
 

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"State, Regional, and National Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage for People under 65 years of age: National Health Interview Survey, 2004-2006"  Robin Cohen, a statistician with the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the findings in two new reports on state and national health insurance coverage in the U.S.

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Image of a microphoneMay 14 - "Wireless Substitution:  Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, July-December 2007 Stephen Blumberg, a senior scientist with the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the growing reliance on wireless telephones in the U.S.

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Image of a microphoneMay 7 - "Sleep Duration as a Correlate of Smoking, Alcohol Use, Leisure-Time Physical Inactivity, and Obesity among Adults: United States, 2004-06" - Charlotte Schoenborn, a health statistician with the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the correlation between a lack of sleep and several adverse health behaviors.

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Image of a microphoneApril 30 - "Breastfeeding in the United States: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1999-2006" - Margaret McDowell, a health statistician with the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the latest data on breastfeeding in the U.S.

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Image of a microphoneMarch 20 - "Leading Causes of Injury Mortality in the U.S., 1999-2005" - Lois Fingerhut, an injury epidemiologist with the National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the trends in injury deaths in the U.S.

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 2007

Image of a microphoneDecember 12 - "High Serum Total Cholesterol - An Indicator for Monitoring Cholesterol Lowering Efforts: U.S. Adults, 2005-2006" - Susan Schober, a senior epidemiologist with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, discusses the continued drop in cholesterol levels in the U.S.

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Image of a microphoneDecember 5 - "Births: Preliminary Data for 2006" - Stephanie Ventura, head of the Reproductive Statistics Branch, talks about the increase in teen births in the U.S., the first increase in 14 years. 

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Image of a microphoneDecember 3 - "Health, United States, 2007" - Amy Bernstein, project lead on the annual report on the nation's health, discusses the new chartbook section on access to care.

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This page last reviewed December 18, 2008

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