Category: early release

U.S. Uninsured Rate Dropped 18% During Pandemic

A line graph showing the declining trend for uninsured adults aged 18–64 from 2019 through 2022.

The overall number of Americans without health insurance dropped by 5.6 million from 2019 to 2022. These findings are included in a new report released by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The findings are featured in the report, “Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2022.” It Read More >

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Categories early release, health insurance, National Health Interview Survey

New NCHS Reports Released This Week

Exploring the Decline in the Singleton Preterm Birth Rate in the United States, 2019–2020Data Brief No. 430   (January 21, 2022)Key Finding:  The preterm birth rate for single deliveries declined slightly in 2020 after increasing by an average rate of 2% per year from 2014 through 2019. Fetal Mortality in the United States: Trends From 2014 Read More >

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Categories early release, health insurance, mortality, National Health Interview Survey, National Vital Statistics System, Preterm Births, Vital Statistics Rapid Release, Vital Statistics System

NCHS Releases Latest NHIS Early Release Data

The Early Release (ER) Program of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides estimates, analytic reports, and preliminary microdata files on an expedited schedule. NHIS data users can have access to these very timely estimates, reports, and microdata files without having to wait for the release of the final annual NHIS microdata files by selected Read More >

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Categories early release, health insurance, National Health Interview Survey, wireless phone usage, wireless telephone