STATCASTS
2009
March
11 - “Wireless
Substitution: State-level Estimates from the National Health Interview
Survey, January-December 2007” - Stephen Blumberg, a health statistician
with the National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the results of a
new report on wireless-only phone use by state.
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February
18 - "Health, United States, 2008"
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Amy Bernstein, project lead on the annual report on the nation's
health, discusses the health status of a frequently overlooked group: young adults
aged 18 to 29.
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2008
December
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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Oct.
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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June 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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May 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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May 7 -
"Sleep
Duration as a Correlate of Smoking, Alcohol Use, Leisure-Time Physical
Inactivity, and Obesity among Adults: United States, 2004-06"
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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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April 30 -
"Breastfeeding
in the United States: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Surveys, 1999-2006"
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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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March 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
December 12 - "High Serum Total Cholesterol - An Indicator for
Monitoring Cholesterol Lowering Efforts: U.S. Adults, 2005-2006"
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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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December 5 - "Births: Preliminary Data for 2006"
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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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December 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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