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Death Rates in the U.S. from Selected Leading Causes of Death, 1960-2016
Mortality from leading causes of death in the United States have shown distinct patterns over the years, with shifts in trends depending heavily on which years are being examined. Using a slightly different approach, crude death rates for five selected leading causes of deaths were examined for the past 15 election years, 1960 thru 2016 Read More >
Posted on byQ & A Podcast with Author of Special Diets Among Adults Report
NCHS has a new podcast interview with Bryan Stierman, an epidemic intelligence officer with the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Dr. Stierman works with the NCHS National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, or NHANES, and he is the lead author on a study on Special Diets among American adults that was released on November Read More >
Posted on byChronic Pain and High-impact Chronic Pain Among U.S. Adults, 2019
Chronic pain and chronic pain that frequently limits life or work activities, referred to in this report as high-impact chronic pain, are among the most common reasons adults seek medical care and are associated with decreased quality of life, opioid dependence, and poor mental health. This report examines chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain in Read More >
Posted on bySpecial Diets Among Adults: United States, 2015–2018
A new NCHS report released today shows the percentage of U.S. adults who, on a given day, were on any special diet and specific types of special diets in 2015–2018 and trends from 2007–2008 through 2017–2018. Key Findings: In 2015–2018, 17.1% of U.S. adults aged 20 and over were on a special diet on a Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 18 Years or Older Who Had an Unmet Mental Health Care Need Because of Cost in the Past 12 Months by Age Group and Sex
In 2019, 5.3% of adults aged 18 years or older had an unmet mental health care need because of cost in the past 12 months. Women (7.2%) were more likely than men (3.3%) to have an unmet mental health care need because of cost, regardless of age group. The percentage of men with an unmet Read More >
Posted on byAbnormal Lipid Levels, Diagnosed High Cholesterol, and Lipid-lowering Treatment Among Adults: Los Angeles County and the United States, 1999–2014
A new NCHS Health E-Stat looks at the percentage of adults diagnosed with high cholesterol and, among those with diagnosed high cholesterol, those taking lipid-lowering medications and statins among adults in LA County and the United States during 1999–2006 and 2007–2014 . Read More >
Posted on byExcess Deaths During The Pandemic
On October 20, 2020, NCHS published an article in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), which focused on one of the key measures related to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. “Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19, by Age and Race and Ethnicity — United States, January 26–October 3, 2020,” focused on the number of persons Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 20 Years or Older Who Used Antidepressant Medications in the Past 30 Days by Sex and Marital Status
During 2015–2018, 13.6% of adults aged 20 years or older used prescription antidepressant medications in the past 30 days. Antidepressant use was higher among divorced, separated, or widowed (20.5%) adults than among either married or living with partner (12.3%) or never married (10.8%) adults. There was no difference in use between married and never married Read More >
Posted on byDifferences in Characteristics of Adult Day Services Centers, by Level of Medical Service Provision
A new NCHS report provides estimates of the most current nationally representative distribution of adult day services centers (ADSCs) and participants by level of the center’s medical service provision. It also examines differences in organizational characteristics, participant characteristics, and geographical characteristics of ADSCs by medical service provision. Findings: In 2016, 16.1% of ADSCs were nonmedical, Read More >
Posted on byCurrent Contraceptive Status Among Women Aged 15–49: United States, 2017–2019
Questions for Kim Daniels, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Current Contraceptive Status Among Women Aged 15–49: United States, 2017–2019.” Q: Why does the CDC collect information on contraceptive use? KD: Collecting information on contraceptive use from women and men of reproductive age helps inform our understanding of variation in use across groups such as Read More >
Posted on byWorld Statistics Day 2020
Happy World Statistics Day! Here are some charts from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that rank the OECD countries by life expectancy, percentage of daily smokers and infant mortality. NCHS will also be holding an informational webinar TODAY highlighting the NCHS Data Linkage Program. More information can be found in the following Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Rate of Unintentional Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)–Related Deaths Among Persons Aged 24 Years and Under, by Age Group
From 1999 to 2018, death rates for unintentional TBI among persons aged 24 years and under declined across all age groups. During the 20-year period, TBI-related death rates declined from 3.7 per 100,000 to 1.5 among children aged 0–4 years, from 3.0 to 0.9 for children and adolescents aged 5–14 years, from 14.7 to 4.4 Read More >
Posted on byBreakfast Intake Among Children and Adolescents: United States, 2015–2018
Questions for Ana Terry, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Breakfast Intake Among Children and Adolescents: United States, 2015–2018.” Q: Was there a specific finding in the data that surprised you from this report? AT: It was interesting to see that the percentage of breakfast intake among adolescents was more than 20 percentage points lower Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Death Rates from Influenza and Pneumonia Among Persons Aged 65 Years or Older
In 2018, the death rate from influenza and pneumonia among persons aged 65 years or older was 93.2 deaths per 100,000 population. Death rates increased with age from 31.7 deaths per 100,000 population among adults aged 65–74 years, to 94.2 among adults aged 75–84 years, to 377.6 among those aged 85 years or older. Rates Read More >
Posted on byBirths in the United States, 2019
A new NCHS report presents selected highlights from 2019 final birth data on key demographic, health care utilization, and infant health indicators. General fertility rates (the number of births per 1,000 women aged 15–44), prenatal care timing (the percentage of mothers with first trimester care), source of payment for the delivery (the percentage of births Read More >
Posted on byFact or Fiction: Has the motor vehicle traffic fatality rate among young people in the U.S. has dropped significantly in recent years?
Source: National Vital Statistics System https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db385.htm Read More >
Posted on byMotor Vehicle Traffic Death Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults Aged 15–24, by Urbanicity: United States, 2000–2018
Questions for Sally Curtin, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Motor Vehicle Traffic Death Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults Aged 15–24, by Urbanicity: United States, 2000–2018.” Q: Was there a specific finding in the data that surprised you from this report? SC: The finding that the difference in MVT death rates between persons aged Read More >
Posted on byFact or Fiction: Are there more deaths from cocaine overdoses in the U.S. than from heroin overdoses?
Source: National Vital Statistics System https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db384.htm Read More >
Posted on byIncrease in Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine
Often overlooked because of all the attention generated by the increase in opioid overdose deaths over the years is that fact that deaths due to other drugs have been on the rise as well. On October 7, 2020, NCHS released a new study looking at trends in deaths for one of those drugs. “Increase in Read More >
Posted on byProvisional Infant Mortality Rates from 2017 to Quarter 3, 2019
No significant change was seen when comparing rate(s) for the 12-month period ending with 2018 Q3 with rate(s) for the 12-month period ending with 2019 Q3. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/infant-mortality-dashboard.htm Read More >
Posted on byReasons for Being Uninsured Among Adults Aged 18–64 in the United States, 2019
Questions for Amy Cha, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Reasons for Being Uninsured Among Adults Aged 18–64 in the United States, 2019.” Q: Why did you decide to do a report on this topic? AC: In 2019, 14.5% of adults aged 18–64 were uninsured in the United States. Individuals without health insurance experience barriers Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Management of Patient Health Information Functions Among Office-Based Physicians With and Without a Certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) System
In 2018, 78.7% of office-based physicians had a certified electronic health record (EHR) system. A higher percentage of office-based physicians with a certified EHR system compared with those without a system electronically sent (95.5% versus 72.8%), received (95.3% versus 69.0%), integrated (92.8% versus 67.4%), or searched for (90.5% versus 73.3%) patient health information. Source: National Electronic Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Prevalence of Complete Tooth Loss Among Adults Aged 65 Years or Older by Federal Poverty Level — National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 1999–2018
The age-adjusted prevalence of complete tooth loss among adults aged 65 years or older decreased from 29.3% during 1999–2000 to 12.6% during 2017–2018. For the same period, the prevalence decreased from 42.1% to 23.5% for adults living at less than 200% of the federal poverty level and from 17.7% to 8.5% for adults living at Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Age-Adjusted Lung Cancer Death Rates by State — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2018
In 2018, the age-adjusted lung cancer death rate in the United States was 34.8 per 100,000. Twenty-one states had a higher lung cancer death rate than the national rate, 15 states and DC had lower death rates, and 14 states had rates that were not statistically different from the national rate. Most states with higher Read More >
Posted on byFact or Fiction: Suicide rates among young people in the Northeastern United States have not increased much over the last decade
Source: National Vital Statistics System https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr69/NVSR-69-11-508.pdf Read More >
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