Category: surgery

Ambulatory Surgery Data From Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers: United States, 2010

Questions for Margaret J. Hall, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Ambulatory Surgery Data From Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers: United States, 2010.” Q: Why did you decide to do a report on national estimates of surgical and nonsurgical ambulatory procedures performed in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers? MH: The National Center for Health Statistics Read More >

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Categories ambulatory care, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery, surgery

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 >

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Categories births, children, cholesterol, chronic disease, circumcision, Deaths, Drug use (illegal), emergency department, emergency room, Health, Health Characteristics, health insurance, Health United States, hospitalization, Hypertension, infant mortality, leading causes of death, life expectancy, National Center for Health Statistics, nursing homes, obesity, Overweight, race/ethnicity, sexual behavior, single mothers, surgery, uninsured, United States(HUS)
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Childhood Surgery

The question was raised concerning the number of children who undergo surgery.  Our best source for this is our National Hospital Discharge Survey. Our most recent publication from this survey indicated some 2,310,000 surgical procedures were performed on patients under 15 years of age. Read More >

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Categories children, Hospital Discharge Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, surgery