Category: diabetes

How’s your state doing?

NCHS now has an easy way for you to check out where your state stands on a variety of health measures compared with the nation as a whole and other states, including the following: Mortality from leading causes of death Birth data, including births to unmarried mothers, teen births, cesarean deliveries, low birthweight births, prenatal Read More >

December 16, 2009 by NCHS2 Comments

Cancer, chronic kidney disease, Deaths, diabetes, divorce rate, Influenza, Marriage and Divorce, marriage rate, single mothers, uninsured, unmarried childbearing, wireless phone usage

births, divorce, health insurance, leading causes of death, marriage, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, State data, state health rankings, Vital Statistics System

Births–Using the NCHS Vital Stats Tool

NCHS birth tables with a variety of variables for selection are available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/vitalstats/VitalStatsbirths.htm. By selecting the national or subnational (i.e., state and some county) levels, you can find specific statistics for national, state, and some county birth rates, fertility rates, method of delivery (vaginal or cesarean), length of pregnancy, birthweight, characteristics of the mother Read More >

April 8, 2009 by NCHS

1, chronic disease, diabetes, multiple births, race/ethnicity, single mothers, unmarried childbearing

birth certificate, births, Hypertension, Mothers, National Center for Health Statistics, teenagers, Vital Statistics System

America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being

Last Friday we released the 10th anniversary edition of America’s Children, a product of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (Forum) is a collection of 22 Federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children and families. The Forum was founded Read More >

July 19, 2007 by NCHS1 Comment

asthma, diabetes, Drug use (illegal), extreme obesity, Forum on Child and Family Statistics, health insurance, out-of-wedlock births, sexual behavior, unmarried childbearing

America's Children, children, HIV, infant mortality, National Center for Health Statistics, obesity, Overweight, Vital Statistics System

Chronic Kidney Disease

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publication Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a serious condition associated with premature mortality, decreased quality of life, and increased health-care expenditures. Untreated CKD can result in end-stage renal disease and necessitate dialysis or kidney transplantation. Risk factors for CKD include cardiovascular Read More >

June 27, 2007 by NCHS

chronic kidney disease, CKD, diabetes, MMWR

NHANES

Type 1 Diabetes

Yesterday the Journal of the American Medical Association published an article entitled Incidence of Diabetes in Youth in the United States. From the JAMA press release: Non-Hispanic white youth have the highest rate of diabetes of all racial/ethnic groups for children in the U.S., with type 1 being the predominant kind of diabetes among youth, Read More >

June 27, 2007 by NCHS

Deaths, diabetes, JAMA, juvenile, type 1, type 2

children, National Health Interview Survey, NHANES, Vital Statistics System