Miscellaneous Publications

 

Adolescent Health in the United States, 2007. February 2008. 150 pp. (PHS) 2008-1034.
PDF Version (1.6 MB)

America’s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008

Aging

• No. 9  Multiple Causes of Death in Old Age. PDF Version (618 KB)
• No. 8  Trends in Influenza and Pneumonia Among Older. Persons in the United States. PDF Version (943 KB)
• No. 7  Trends in Health Status and Health Care Use Among. Older Woman. PDF Version (337 KB)
• No. 6  Trends in Causes of Death among Older Persons in the United States. PDF Version (350 KB)
• No. 5  Trends in Prescribed Medicine Use and Spending by Older Americans, 1992-2001. PDF Version (1.8 MB)
• No. 4  The Changing Profile of Nursing Home Residents: 1985-1997. PDF Version (271 KB)
• No. 3  The Oral Health of Older Americans. PDF Version (285 KB)
• No. 2  Trends in Vision and Hearing Among Older Americans. PDF Version (496 KB)
• No. 1  Trends in Causes of Death Among the Elderly. PDF Version (416 KB)

Anthropometric and Clinical Findings: Preliminary Findings of the First Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, U.S., 1971-1972.  April 1975. 88 pp. (HRA)75-1229. PDF Version (6.6 MB)

Assessing Physical Fitness and Physical Activity in Population-Based Surveys. September 1989. 648 pp. (PHS) 89-1253. PDF Version (7.5 MB)

Atlas of United States Mortality. 209 pp. (PHS) 97-1015. GPO stock number: 017-022-01366-5.

Chartbook for the Conference on the Decline in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality. August 1978. 46 pp. PDF Version (7.5 MB)

Charting the Nation's Health: Trends Since 1960. 28 pp. (PHS) 85-1251. PDF Version (64.5 MB)

Consensus Workshop on Dietary Assessment: Nutrition Monitoring and Tracking the Year 2000 Objectives. December 1994. 224 pp. NCHS 0079. PDF Version (13.7 MB)

Current Legislative Authorities of the National Center for Health Statistics, 1999. 20 pp. (PHS) 2000-1303. PDF Version (696 KB)

Disability and Health in the United States, 2001-2005. 89 pp. (PHS) 2008-1035. PDF Version (830 KB)

Draft Guidelines for Statistics and Information on Effects of the Environment on Health. December 1980. 59 pp. PDF Version (2.8 MB)

Eliminating Health Disparities. November 2005. 88 pp. PDF Version (861 KB)

Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: State and National Estimates. (PHS) 98-1017. 60 pp. PDF Version (196 KB)

Executive Summary of the Growth Chart Workshop 1992.  88 pp. PDF Version (4.8 MB)

Executive Summary of Workshop to Consider Low Birthweight in Relation to the Revision of the NCHS Growth Charts for Infancy (Birth-3 Years). 68 pp. (PHS) 99-1255. PDF Version (6.2 MB)

Executive Summary of Workshop to Consider Secular Trends and Possible Pooling of Data in Relation to the Revision of the NCHS Growth Charts. 47 pp. PDF Version (2.5 MB)

Executive Summary, Report to Congress on Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing. 29 pp. (PHS) 95-1257-1. Facts of Life and Death. November 1978. 51 pp. (PHS) 79-1222. PDF Version (3.7 MB)

Fertility Tables for Birth Cohorts by Color: United States, 1917-73. April 1976. 461 pp. (HRA) 76-1152. PDF Version (74.7 MB)

Funeral Directors' Handbook on Death Registration and Fetal Death Reporting. (2003 Revision) (PHS) 2005-1109. 67 pp. PDF Version (1.3 MB)

Guidelines for Reporting Occupation and Industry on Death Certificates. (PHS) 88-1149. 36 pp. PDF Version (3.7 MB)

Handbook on the Reporting of Induced Termination of Pregnancy. (Reprinted/revised 1997) (PHS) 98-1117. 23 pp. PDF Version (2.6 MB)

Handbook on Divorce Registration. April 1988. 22 pp. (PHS) 88-1116. PDF Version (2.5 MB)

Handbook on Marriage Registration. 1988. 24 pp. (PHS) 88-1111. PDF Version (2.8 MB)

Health Care in America: Trends in Utilization. 2004. 135 pp. (DHHS) 2004-1031. PDF Version (3.3 MB)

Health of an Aging America: 1994 Bibliography: Bibliographies and Data Sources From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Statistics. No. 3. January 1995. 36 pp. (PHS) 95-1300.

Health Insurance Coverage for the Self-Employed With No Employees. 64 pp. (PHS) 99-1024. PDF Version (4.6 MB)

Health Survey Research Methods: Eighth Conference. July 2004. 219 pp. (PHS) 04-1013. PDF Version (3 MB)

Health Survey Research Methods: Seventh Conference. September 1999. 247 pp. (PHS) 01-1013. PDF Version (4.8 MB)

Health Survey Research Methods: Sixth Conference. April 1996. 238 pp. (PHS) 96-1013. PDF Version (3.1 MB)

Health, United States, 2003
Special Excerpt: Trend Tables on 65 and Older Population. (PHS) 2004-0152. 123 pp. PDF Version (7 MB)

Hormone Replacement Therapy Knowledge and Use in the United States. 30 pp. PDF Version (2.5 MB)

Hospitals: A County and Metropolitan Area Data Book. Data Compiled From the 1967 Master Facility Inventory. 236 pp. PDF Version (12.9 MB)

Hospitals' and Physicians' Handbook on Birth Registration and Fetal Death Reporting. (PHS) 87-1107. 61 pp. PDF Version (7.7 MB)

Injury in the United States: 2007 Chartbook. 191 pp. (DHHS) 2008-1033. PDF Version (6.7 MB)

International Health Data Reference Guide, 2003. 170 pp.  (PHS) 2005-1007. PDF Version (2.4 MB)

International Health Data Reference Guide, 2001. 170 pp.  (PHS) 2003-1007. PDF Version (2.6 MB)

International Health Data Reference Guide, 1999. 161 pp.  (PHS) 2000-1007. PDF Version (1.6 MB)

International Health Data Reference Guide, 1997. 164 pp. (PHS) 98-1007. PDF Version (590 KB)

International Health Data Reference Guide, 1995. 144 pp. (PHS) 96-1007. PDF Version (5.7 MB)

International Health Data Reference Guide. June 1994. 118 pp. (PHS) 94-1007.

International Mortality Chartbook. Levels and Trends, 1955-91. Zarate, A. O. December 1994. 191 pp. (PHS) 95-1008. PDF Version (87 MB)

Medical Examiners' and Coroners' Handbook on Death Registration and Fetal Death Reporting. (2003 Revision) (PHS) 2003-1110. 138 pp. PDF Version (2.9 MB)

Model State Vital Statistics Act and Regulations. 1992 Revision. April 1995. 38 pp. (PHS) 95-1115. PDF Version (2.9 MB)

Model State Vital Statistics Act and Regulations. 1992 Revision. February 1994. 40 pp. (PHS) 94-1115. PDF Version (432 KB)

Model State Vital Statistics Act and Model State Vital Statistics Regulations. 1977 Revision. May 1978. 49 pp. (PHS) 78-1115. PDF Version (3.7 MB)

Mortality Trend Tables for Leading Causes and Selected Components: United States, 1950-69. 39 pp. PDF Version (5.9 MB)

National Trends in Injury Hospitalizations 1979-2001. March 2005 103 pp. (DHHS) 2005-0152. PDF Version (25 MB)

• Cover, Title Page, Acknowledgements, Contents, List of Figures and Tables, Highlights, References (cover to page 9) PDF Version (722 KB
• General Statistics (pages 10-18) PDF Version (3.6 MB
• Injury Diagnoses and External Causes of Injury (pages 19-31) PDF Version (4.5 MB
• Injury Diagnoses and External Causes of Injury (pages 32-49) PDF Version (7.7 MB
• Injury Diagnoses and External Causes of Injury (pages 50-65) PDF Version (4.4 MB
• Utilization and Payment (pages 66-87) PDF Version (5.8 MB
• Appendixes (pages 89-105) PDF Version (632 KB

National Vital Statistics System, Teenage Births in the United States: National and State Trends, 1990-96. 12 pp. (PHS) 98-1120. PDF Version (196 KB)

NCHS Programs and Activities. June 2002. 19 pp. (PHS) 2002-1200. PDF Version (998 KB)

NCHS Staff Manual on Confidentiality. September 2004. 28 pp. (PHS) 2002-1200. PDF Version (362 KB)

Nutrition Monitoring in the United States: The Directory of Federal and State Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Activities. March 2000. 267 pp. (PHS) 00-1255. PDF Version (860 KB)

Nutrition Monitoring in the United States: The Directory of Federal and State Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Activities. 268 pp. (PHS) 99-1255. PDF Version (793 KB)

Nutrition Monitoring in the United States. Chartbook I: Selected Findings From the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program. September 1993. 144 pp. (PHS) 93-1255-2. PDF Version (146.5 MB)

Nutrition Monitoring in the United States. The Directory of Federal Nutrition Monitoring Activities. September 1992. 125 pp. (PHS) 92-1255-1. PDF Version (9.2 MB)

Nutrition Monitoring in the United States. An Update Report on Nutrition Monitoring. September 1989. 434 pp. (PHS) 89-1255. PDF Version (36.4 MB)

Nutrition Monitoring in the United States: A Progress Report From the Joint Nutrition Monitoring Evaluation Committee. July 1986. 372 pp. (PHS) 86-1255. PDF Version (27.7 MB)

Older Americans Update 2006: Key Indicators of Well-Being

Occupation and Health Data Guide: Bibliographies and Data Sources From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Statistics. No. 2. May 1993. 36 pp. (PHS) 93-1308. PDF Version (1.7 MB)

Physicians' Handbook on Medical Certification of Death (2003 Revision). (PHS) 2003-1108. 65 pp. PDF Version (1.2 MB)

Plan and Operation of the National Employer Health Insurance. 122 pp. (PHS) 99-1021. PDF Version (3.1 MB)

Proceedings of the International Collaborative Effort on Automating Mortality Statistics, Volume III. (PHS) 2006-1252. PDF Version (11.7 MB)

Proceedings of the International Collaborative Effort on Automating Mortality Statistics, Volume II. (PHS) 2002-1252. PDF Version (6.5 MB)

Proceedings of the International Collaborative Effort on Automating Mortality Statistics, Volume I. (PHS) 99-1252. PDF Version (1.3 MB)

Proceedings of the International Collaborative Effort on Perinatal and Infant Mortality. Volume I. Papers presented at the International Symposium on Perinatal and Infant Mortality, 1984: Bethesda, Maryland. March 1990. 357 pp. (PHS) 85-1252. PDF Version (25.6 MB)

Proceedings of the International Collaborative Effort on Perinatal and Infant Mortality. Volume II. Papers presented at the American Public Health Association, 1985: Washington, D.C. March 1990. 207 pp. (PHS) 85-1252. PDF Version (13.1 MB)

Proceedings of the International Collaborative Effort on Perinatal and Infant Mortality. Volume I. Papers presented at the International Symposium on Perinatal and Infant Mortality, 1984: Bethesda, Maryland. August 1985. 357 pp. (PHS) 85-1252. PDF Version (27 MB)

Proceedings of the International Collaborative Effort on Perinatal and Infant Mortality. Volume II. Papers presented at the American Public Health Association, 1985, Washington, DC. October 1988. 209 pp. (PHS) 88-1252-1. PDF Version (9.2 MB)

Proceedings of the International Collaborative Effort on Perinatal and Infant Mortality. Volume III. Papers presented at the International Symposium on Perinatal and Infant Mortality, 1990, Bethesda, Maryland. October 1992. 373 pp. (PHS) 92-1252. PDF Version (28 MB)

Proceedings of the International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics. Volume I. Papers presented at the International Symposium on Injury Statistics, May 18-20, 1994, Bethesda, Maryland. March 1995. 330 pp. (PHS) 95-1252. PDF Version (25 MB)

Programs and Activities. (PHS) 98-1200. Contact NCHS for copies. PDF Version (1.2 MB)

Public Health Data Standards Consortium. 24 pp. (PHS) 2002-1029. PDF Version (625 KB)

Publications from the Second Advanced Seminar on the Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology.
(CASM II Seminar).

Report to Congress on Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing. 265 pp. (PHS) 95-1257. GPO stock number 017-022-01320-7. PDF Version (2.8 MB)

Smoking Data Guide: Bibliographies and Data Sources. No.1. August 1991. 24 pp. (PHS) 91-1308-1. PDF Version (1.3 MB)

State Definitions and Reporting Requirements for Live Births, Fetal Deaths, and Induced Terminations of Pregnancy. 72 pp. (PHS) 98-1119. Contact NCHS for copies. PDF Version (539 KB)

Summary Measures of Population Health--Report of Findings on Methodologic and Data Issues. 75 pp. (PHS) 2004-1258. PDF Version (4.2 MB)

The 25th Anniversary of the National Health Survey. Reprinted from Public Health Reports Volume 96, No. 3, May-June 1981. 43 pp. August 1981. PDF Version (29 MB)

The Effect of the Sixth Revision of the International Lists of Diseases and Causes of Death Upon Comparability of Mortality Trends. Volume 36, Number 10. Vital Statistics - Special Report. 17 pp. December 3, 1951. PDF Version (1.4 MB)

Third Report on Nutrition Monitoring in the United States: Executive Summary. 48 pp. GPO stock number: 001-000-04620-9. PDF Version (669 KB)

Third Report on Nutrition Monitoring in the United States, Volumes 1 and 2. GPO stock number No. 001-000-04619-5.

• Volume 1 - PDF Version (34 MB
• Volume 2 - PDF Version (27.5 MB

U.S. Vital Statistics System Major Activities and Developments, 1950-95. 72 pp. (PHS) 97-1003. PDF Version (724 KB)

Women's Health and Mortality Chartbook 106 pp. PDF Version (14.8 MB)