Category: Drug use (illegal)

Report card for Nation’s health focuses on young adults aged 18-29

Young adults in the United States aged 18-29 face a number of health challenges, including increases in obesity, high injury rates, and a lack of insurance coverage compared to other adults, according to the latest report on the nation’s health from NCHS. Obesity rates have tripled among young adults in the past three decades, rising Read More >

February 18, 2009 by NCHS

cholesterol, chronic disease, circumcision, Deaths, Drug use (illegal), emergency department, emergency room, Health, Health Characteristics, health insurance, hospitalization, race/ethnicity, sexual behavior, single mothers, uninsured, United States(HUS)

births, children, Health of the Nation, Health United States, Hypertension, infant mortality, leading causes of death, life expectancy, National Center for Health Statistics, nursing homes, obesity, Overweight, surgery, U.S. Health, Young adult health

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

Sexual Behavior and Drug Use

The National Center for Health Statistics released its first ever study of the sexual behavior and drug use in American adults with the release of Drug Use and Sexual Behaviors Reported by Adults: United States, 1999-2002, based on the extremely rich data collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey’s personal interview modules on Read More >

June 26, 2007 by NCHS

Drug use (illegal), sexual behavior

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