Category: podcasts
PODCAST: Data Modernization Initiative & NCHS Updates
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/202221222/20221222.htm HOST: The CDC Data Modernization Initiative, or DMI, is a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar effort to modernize data across the federal and state public health landscape. The ultimate goal of DMI is to get better, faster, actionable insights for decision-making at all levels of public health. NCHS is fully engaged in this initiative. One major activity Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST – HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020: PROGRESS TOWARDS ELIMINATING RACIAL & ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20221130/20221130.htm HOST: The Healthy People initiative was launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over 40 years ago. Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year targets for public health objectives for the U.S. population. As in the preceding two decades, Healthy People 2020, or HP2020, included an overarching goal related to health disparities. On Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: COVID-19 Mortality by Occupation and Industry
We talked this week with Ari Minino, a statistician with the NCHS Division of Vital Statistics and co-author on a new report out on October 28th on COVID-19 mortality in 2020 by occupation and industry. The report was a collaborative analysis conducted by NCHS and NIOSH - the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: The Toll of COVID-19 on Physician Practices
The COVID-19 pandemic took a major toll on the U.S. health care system. In a new report released on September 28, data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey were used to examine how COVID-19 impacted physician practices around the country. Joining us to discuss that new study is Zach Peters, a health statistician with the NCHS Division of Health Care Statistics. Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Life Expectancy Fell in 2021 for the Second Year in a Row
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20220831/20220831.htm HOST: In 2020, the United States experienced the biggest one-year drop in life expectancy since World War II, mostly due to the pandemic. All 50 states had declines in life expectancy that year. These declines were detailed in a new report released in mid-August. On the last day of the month, NCHS released new estimates for 2021, Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Sleep Difficulties & Patterns Among Americans
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20220629/20220629.htm HOST: The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends between 9 and 12 hours of sleep for children between ages 6 and 12, and 8 to 10 hours of sleep for teens ages 13 to 18. However, only two-thirds of school-age children meet these recommendations. At the same time, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: NHANES Pre-Pandemic Data Release, Part II
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20220527/20220527.htm (Based on the June 16, 2021, webinar, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017–March 2020 Pre-pandemic Data Release ) HOST: On this edition of Statcast, we continue with the second part of the NHANES webinar, which focuses on the plans for the prepandemic and partial year 2020 data, with an overview of a published report from 2021 on Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: NHANES Pre-Pandemic Data Release, Part I
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20220422/20220422.htm (Based on the June 16, 2021, webinar, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017–March 2020 Pre-pandemic Data Release ) HOST: NHANES – the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey – is designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. The survey uses complex sampling design to ensure that the Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Alcohol Deaths on the Rise and Suicide Declines
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20220318/20220318.htm HOST: The month of March is often associated with St. Patrick’s Day, which for some is also an occasion of heavy alcohol use. NCHS has historically collected data on various health behaviors, including alcohol use, and since the arrival of the pandemic, vital statistics show that there has been a surge in alcohol-induced deaths, an Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST – Q & A on 2020 Maternal Mortality Data
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20220223/20220223.htm HOST: NCHS kicked off the month of February with the latest annual report on Births in the country, using final data from 2020. Most of the data were already reported in the provisional 2020 report last May, but there are a few topics that did not appear in that report. For example, cigarette smoking during pregnancy. The Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: The Record Increase in Homicide During 2020
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20211008/20211008.htm HOST: When analyzing trends among leading cause of death (as well as other health measures), it’s important to note that a statistically significant change from year-to-year, whether it be a percent increase or a percent decrease, usually ranges somewhere in the single digits. So, for example in 2019, death rates from Septicemia dropped nearly Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: The 2020 Decline in Life Expectancy
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210721/20210721.htm HOST: In February, we had a discussion with Elizabeth Arias with the NCHS Division of Vital Statistics about life expectancy in the United States during the first half of 2020, right as the pandemic was taking hold. Americans lost a full year of life expectancy during that first part of 2020. Today we feature Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Drowning Deaths Among U.S. Children
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210716/20210716.htm HOST: We’re joined today by Merianne Spencer, the author of a new study on accidental drowning deaths among children in the United States. HOST: So briefly describe to us the scope of the problem. MERIANNE SPENCER: Sure. So unintentional drowning deaths are the second leading cause of injury death among children, those aged zero to 17, Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: NHANES Updates, Drug Overdose Deaths, and ER Visits From Motor Vehicle Crashes
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210618/20210618.htm HOST: In March of 2020, field operations for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey – or NHANES – were halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Field operations are scheduled to restart later this summer. But the halt in operations presented a problem, since NHANES data traditionally is released in two-year cycles in order Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Children and Mental Health: Part Two
STATCAST, MAY 2021: DISCUSSION WITH BENJAMIN ZABLOTSKY, STATISTICIAN, ABOUT CHILDREN AND MENTAL HEALTH. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210521/20210521.htm HOST: We now continue our conversation with Ben Zablotsky, health statistician with the Division of Health Interview Statistics on children’s mental health in the United States. HOST: You mentioned social media and the Internet – what about more traditional environmental issues Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Effects of the Pandemic on Births in New York City
STATCAST, MAY 2021: DISCUSSION WITH ELIZABETH GREGORY, STATISTICIAN, ABOUT HEALTHY PEOPLE INITIATIVE. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210507/20210507.htm HOST: Elizabeth Gregory is a health scientist with the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Elizabeth has authored a new study examining the effects of the pandemic on births in New York City, one of the hardest-hit areas by COVID-19. The study looked at Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Healthy People Initiative, Part Four
STATCAST, APRIL 2021: DISCUSSION WITH DAVID HUANG, CHIEF, STATISTICIAN, ABOUT HEALTHY PEOPLE INITIATIVE. HOST: David Huang is the chief of the health promotion statistics branch at NCHS, and serves as the center’s primary statistical advisor on the Healthy People initiative. Healthy People for decades now has been identifying science-based objectives with targets to monitor progress Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Healthy People Initiative, Part Two
STATCAST, APRIL 2021: DISCUSSION WITH DAVID HUANG, CHIEF, STATISTICIAN, ABOUT HEALTHY PEOPLE INITIATIVE. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210416/20210416.htm HOST: David Huang is the chief of the health promotion statistics branch at NCHS, and serves as the center’s primary statistical advisor on the Healthy People initiative. Healthy People for decades now has been identifying science-based objectives with targets to monitor progress Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Healthy People Initiative
STATCAST, APRIL 2021: DISCUSSION WITH DAVID HUANG, CHIEF, STATISTICIAN, ABOUT HEALTHY PEOPLE INITIATIVE. HOST: David Huang is the chief of the health promotion statistics branch at NCHS, and serves as the center’s primary statistical advisor on the Healthy People initiative. Healthy People for decades now has been identifying science-based objectives with targets to monitor progress Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Death Certificate Data & COVID-19, Part 3
STATCAST, MARCH 2021: DISCUSSION WITH ROBERT ANDERSON, A STATISTICIAN, ABOUT DEATH CERTIFICATE DATA & COVID-19. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210326/20210326.htm HOST: In Part Three of our conversation with Dr. Robert Anderson, the chief of mortality statistics at NCHS, we discussed the subject of excess deaths in the United States during the pandemic, and also the differences between when COVID-19 Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: COVID-19 Death Tracking Questions
STATCAST, MARCH 2021: DISCUSSION WITH ROBERT ANDERSON, A STATISTICIAN, ABOUT HOW COVID-19 DEATHS ARE TRACKED AND ENTERED ONTO THE DEATH CERTIFICATE . https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210312/20210312.htm TRANSCRIPT HOST: Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been a lot of questions about how COVID-19 deaths are tracked and how they are entered onto the death certificate. Joining us Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Latest Edition of Health, United States
STATCAST, MARCH 2021: DISCUSSION WITH RENEE GINDI, A STATISTICIAN, ABOUT LATEST EDITION OF HEALTH, UNITED STATES. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210226/2021022 TRANSCRIPT HOST: This week marked the release of “Health, United States,” a compilation of data on a wide range of topics, from birth to death – and everything in-between – including: health care, disease prevalence, and other risk Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Suicide Trends in the U.S. and Weekly NCHS Updates
STATCAST, FEBRUARY 2021: DISCUSSION WITH HOLLY HEDEGAARD, A STATISTICIAN, ABOUT SUICIDE TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210226/20210226.htm HOST: Last week NCHS released the latest trend report on suicide rates in the nation. Joining us today is Holly Hedegaard, the lead author of this new report. Holly, so what do the latest final numbers tell us? Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Quarterly NHIS Early Release Key Health Indicator Estimates
STATCAST, FEBRUARY 2021: DISCUSSION WITH TAINYA CLARKE, A STATISTICIAN WITH NHIS, ABOUT LATEST QUARTERLY NHIS EARLY RELEASE KEY HEALTH INDICATOR ESTIMATES. HOST: This week NCHS released its latest quarterly estimates on a number of key health indicators from the National Health Interview Survey, one of the oldest health surveys in US history dating back to Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Secondhand Smoke Exposure among U.S. Adults
STATCAST, FEBRUARY 2021: DISCUSSION WITH DEBRA BRODY, AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST WITH NHANES, ABOUT SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE AMONG ADULTS. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20210205/20210205.htm TRANSCRIPT HOST: Today we welcome Debra Brody, an epidemiologist with NCHS’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, or NHANES. Debra has been studying trends and exposure to secondhand smoke in America and has just authored a new Read More >
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