INSIDE NCHS: FEATURED TOPICS
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Nation at a Glance: Age-Adjusted Death Rates, by State Which state has the highest age-adjusted death rate? Which has the lowest? Which have rates above or below the overall rate for the U.S.? Explore our interactive map of 2011 age-adjusted death rates, from the National Vital Statistics System. |
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Ask the Expert: Dr. Kirsten Herrick In 2012, the majority of U.S. youth watched TV or used a computer daily. Yet only 27% of youth aged 12-15 met recommended guidelines of 2 hours or less of screen time daily. Sound familiar? Dr. Kirsten Herrick discusses in "Ask the Expert." |
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The Birth Certificate (Finally) Goes National Substantive changes to the standard birth certificate, redefining it as a vital statistics database and emphasizing automated data collection, will be implemented nationwide by year's end. The result: greatly improved data quality and timeliness. |
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News Brief: Older Women, First Births A recent NCHS Data Brief, showing a significant increase in first births to women aged 35 and older over the past four decades, has received widespread attention from broadcast, print, and Web-based media nationwide. |
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Nation at a Glance: First Births to Women Aged 40-44 Which state has the highest rate of first births to women aged 40-44? Which has the lowest? How does your state compare? Explore our interactive U.S. map of first birth rates to older women, 2000 and 2012, from the National Vital Statistics System. |
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Catching Up With: ASA President Dr. Nathaniel Schenker Five months after becoming president of the American Statistical Association, ORM Director Dr. Nathaniel Schenker has wasted no time implementing his top initiatives: curricula guidelines, leadership training, and a new statistical Web portal. |
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Ask the Expert: Dr. Julia Holmes, Health, United States Dr. Julia Holmes, Branch Chief, Analytic Studies, Office of Analysis & Epidemiology, discusses the challenges and rewards of publishing NCHS' flagship annual report to Congress and the President of the United States. |
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Director's Corner—NCHS and Public Health With National Public Health Week underway, NCHS director Charles Rothwell reflects on the Center's contributions and ever-evolving role in the nation's public health. |
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News Brief: Teen Pregnancy, and Sedentary Time and Disability Data collected through NCHS' National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were used as the foundation for two important studies released this year that attracted significant national media attention. |
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Nation at a Glance: Primary Cesarean Delivery Rates Which state has the highest primary cesarean delivery rates? Which has the lowest? How does your state compare? Explore our interactive map of state-level cesarean delivery data from the Revised Birth Certificate, 2006-2012. |
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The CDC's Health Economic Research Group presented Dr. Decker with the 2013 Kaafee Billah Memorial Award for outstanding health economics research, for her 2012 study of the uninsured, Medicare, and health costs. |
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Ask the Expert: Dr. Kathryn Porter What to do with 23 years' worth of genetic samples collected through the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)? Dr. Kathryn Porter discusses the history of NHANES and genomic research, and issues facing population-based surveys. |
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Ask the Expert: Dr. Stephen Blumberg Dr. Stephen Blumberg, lead author of two recent reports on wireless substitution, discusses the steady growth in wireless-only households, wireless-only adults and high-risk behavior, and the impact of wireless on getting good data. |
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Nation at a Glance: Wireless-Only Households We look at data from Wireless Substitution: State-level Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2012. |
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Director's Corner—New Year, New Challenges, New Opportunities Charles Rothwell reflects on the Center's successes in the past year, as well as new challenges and opportunities in 2014. |
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Feasibility Files Help Researchers Manage Scope, Quality of Research Feasibility data files help researchers determine the scope of available linked records beforehand, saving valuable time and research dollars. |
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New RELEASES
Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity, and Extreme Obesity Among Adults: United States, 1960–1962 Through 2011–2012 NCHS Health E-Stat, September 2014
Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Children and Adolescents: United States, 1963–1965 Through 2011–2012 NCHS Health E-Stat, September 2014
Prevalence of Underweight Among Adults Aged 20 and Over: United States, 1960–1962 Through 2011–2012 NCHS Health E-Stat, September 2014
Prevalence of Underweight Among Children and Adolescents Aged 2–19 Years: United States, 1963–1965 Through 2011–2012 NCHS Health E-Stat, September 2014
Drug-poisoning Deaths Involving Opioid Analgesics: United States, 1999–2011 NCHS Data Brief No. 166, September 2014
Comparison of the Prevalence of Uninsured Persons From the National Health Interview Survey and the Current Population Survey, January–April 2014 NHIS Early Release, September 2014
Health Insurance Coverage: Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January–March 2014 NHIS Early Release, September 2014
Selected Estimates Based on Data From the January–March 2014 National Health Interview Survey NHIS Early Release, September 2014
Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Quarterly Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January 2010-March 2014 NHIS Early Release, September 2014
Preliminary Microdata Files NHIS Early Release, September 2014
Differences in Adult Day Services Center Characteristics by Center Ownership: United States, 2012 NCHS Data Brief No. 165, September 2014
Differences in Adult Day Services Center Participant Characteristics by Center Ownership: United States, 2012 NCHS Data Brief No. 164, September 2014
FastStats: STATISTICS BY TOPIC
FastStats provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance, including: diseases and conditions, injuries, life stages and populations, and health care and insurance.
SURVEYS AND DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
National Immunization Survey (NIS)
National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
National Vital Statistics System (NVSS)
Longitudinal Studies of Aging (LSOA)
State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS)
DATA ACCESS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
ICD and ICF Classifications and Coding
International Statistics Program
Q-BANK Question Evaluation Reports
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QuickStat of the WEEK
In 2011, life expectancy at birth was 78.7 years for the total U.S. population, 76.3 years for males, and 81.1 years for females. Life expectancy was highest for Hispanics for both males and females. In each racial/ethnic group, females had higher life expectancies than males. Life expectancy ranged from 71.7 years for non-Hispanic black males to 83.7 years for Hispanic females.
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