Category: Stat of the Day
STAT OF THE DAY – April 11, 2018
#STATOFTHEDAY Life expectancy at birth in U.S. was 7 years longer for white males than black males in 1980; now 4 years https://t.co/LaWvd8acee #NationalMinorityHealthMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) April 11, 2018 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – March 7, 2018
#STATOFTHEDAY Nearly 2 in 3 adults age 50-75 (62.4%) received #Colorectal #Screening in 2015 compared to 1 in 3 adults age 50-75 (33.9%) in 2000 https://t.co/vvYVIGARsZ #NationalColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) March 7, 2018 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – January 3, 2018
#STATOFTHEDAY At 28 million #DoctorsOffice visits, a #cervical #PapTest is performed https://t.co/nhr6p7fsKK #CervicalHealthAwarenessMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) January 3, 2018 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – December 20, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY #December has the 3rd lowest number of #Suicides of any month during the year https://t.co/18vdBSKn4s — NCHS (@NCHStats) December 20, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – December 5, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY Percentage of U.S. adults aged 18-49 that received an #influenza #vaccination during the past year increased from 30.5% in first quarter of 2016 to 34.7% in first quarter of 2017 https://t.co/7ckmC6Knzk #influenzavaccinationweek — NCHS (@NCHStats) December 5, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – November 30, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY #November has the fewest number of #Births in the U.S. of any month except #February https://t.co/0K719eKQ1z — NCHS (@NCHStats) November 30, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – November 21, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 6.7% of U.S. adults feel that #EverythingIsAnEffort all/most of the time and 10.3% some of the time https://t.co/FiuvkwcFz7 — NCHS (@NCHStats) November 21, 2017 Read More >
Posted on bySTAT OF THE DAY – November 15, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY Alzheimer’s Disease is the 6th leading cause of death in U.S. https://t.co/pzZiTz0V6C #AlzheimersDiseaseAwarenessMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) November 15, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – November 14, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY In 2011–2014, approximately 1 in 9 adults in the United States had diabetes https://t.co/wC1dWDgnBY #AmericanDiabetesMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) November 14, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – November 7, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY Mortality from #LungCancer in the U.S. has declined each year since 2000 https://t.co/9npUzrk8eS #GreatAmericanSmokeout — NCHS (@NCHStats) November 7, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – November 2, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 10.5% of US adults have been diagnosed with #diabetes, Jan-March 2017 estimate https://t.co/2uXO80eELr #AmericanDiabetesMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) November 2, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – October 31, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 18.6% of American youth age 5-19 years have untreated #DentalCavities https://t.co/ca979oPrtX #HalloweenCandy #OralHealth — NCHS (@NCHStats) October 31, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – October 30, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY #DrugOverdose #DeathRate for US teens aged 15-19 doubled from 1999 (1.6) to 2015 (3.7) https://t.co/LH4w4INX4d #RedRibbonWeek — NCHS (@NCHStats) October 30, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – October 25, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 2 in 10 US adults (21%) w/ low HDL cholesterol did not meet recommended physical activity guidelines https://t.co/yfDfdFlgcI — NCHS (@NCHStats) October 25, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – October 23, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY Chronic lower respiratory disease is the 3rd leading cause of death in US https://t.co/vMMHEsb5xq #RespiratoryCareWeek — NCHS (@NCHStats) October 23, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – September 14, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY From 2000 to 2015, % of US suffocation #suicides up (includes hangings) https://t.co/X9TnZJtTel #NationalSuicidePreventionWeek — NCHS (@NCHStats) September 14, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – August 7, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY Nearly 8 in 10 babies in the U.S. are breastfed per 2011-13 data https://t.co/hBcnfE3l2V #NationalBreastfeedingMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) August 7, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – August 3, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 72.2% of children 19-35 months old get a combined 7-vaccine series https://t.co/3b1i0lAvoe #NationalImmunizationAwarenessMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) August 3, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – August 2, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY #EyeDoctor visits up 4 kids 2-17; 27.8%, 2015; 23%, 2006; 19.6, 1997 https://t.co/Fh1lyxvDle #ChildrensEyeHealthAndSafetyMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) August 2, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – July 31, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 1,239 new #HepatitisA cases reported compared to 56,797 in 1970 https://t.co/dXlIZLRwyL #EliminateHepatitis #NoHep #Hepatitis — NCHS (@NCHStats) July 31, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – July 27, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY In 2015, 17.1% of US adults w/ diabetes had 3-dose vaccinations for hepatitis B in their lifetime https://t.co/bH6rBqU4EJ — NCHS (@NCHStats) July 27, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – July 26, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY In 2015, there were 577 heat-related deaths in the United States https://t.co/GH9nP64AfA — NCHS (@NCHStats) July 26, 2017 Source: CDC WONDER Multiple Cause of Death Codes: X30 (exposure to excessive natural heat), T67 (heatstroke or sunstroke) Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – July 24, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY In 2016, more than 1/2 of US adults met federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic activity https://t.co/UmZD1DHxti — NCHS (@NCHStats) July 24, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Percentage of Office-Based Primary Care Physicians Accepting New Patients, by Source of Payment Accepted
Overall, 88.9% of primary care physicians reported that they accepted new patients. However, acceptance varied by the patient’s expected payment source: 94.2% of physicians accepting new patients accepted privately insured patients, 77.4% accepted new Medicare patients, and 71.6% accepted new Medicaid patients. The percentages of primary care physicians accepting new Medicaid or Medicare patients were Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – July 19, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY The #Infant #Mortality Rate among Asian/Pacific Islanders is lower than that of the entire US https://t.co/VZamqRLN2s — NCHS (@NCHStats) July 19, 2017 Read More >
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