NCHS: A Blog of the National Center for Health Statistics
Trends in Fertility and Mother’s Age at First Birth Among Rural and Metropolitan Counties: United States, 2007–2017
Questions for Danielle Ely, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Trends in Fertility and Mother’s Age at First Birth Among Rural and Metropolitan Counties: United States, 2007–2017” Q: Why did you decide to look at fertility rates and mother’s age at first birth among rural and metropolitan U.S. counties? DE: Rural and metropolitan counties have Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Percentage of Youths Aged 2–19 Years Consuming Any Fast Food on a Given Day, by Race and Hispanic Origin — National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013–2016
During 2013–2016, 36.0% of youths aged 2–19 consumed fast food on a given day. Non-Hispanic Asian youths (27.3%) had a lower percentage of fast food consumption on a given day, compared with non-Hispanic black (39.6%), Hispanic (36.6%), and non-Hispanic white (35.4%) youths. There were no significant differences in fast food consumption on a given day Read More >
Posted on byFast Food Consumption Among Adults in the United States, 2013-2016
Questions for Cheryl Fryar, M.S.P.H., Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Fast Food Consumption Among Adults in the United States, 2013-2016” Q: Of all the types of food that Americans eat, what made you decide to focus on fast food for this study? CF: We focused on fast food for this report because fast food Read More >
Posted on byFact or Fiction: Do One in Three U.S. Adults Eat Seafood at Least Two Times Per Week?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QiBA8_m8XM SOURCE: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013–2016. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db321.pdf Read More >
Posted on bySeafood Consumption in the United States, 2013–2016
Questions for Ana Terry, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Seafood Consumption in the United States, 2013–2016” Q: What surprised you most about the findings in your report? AT: Although the findings were not necessarily surprising, we found that seafood consumption was more than twice as high among non-Hispanic Asian adults compared with adults of Read More >
Posted on byChronic School Absenteeism Among Children With Selected Developmental Disabilities: National Health Interview Survey, 2014–2016
Questions for Lindsey Black, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Chronic School Absenteeism Among Children With Selected Developmental Disabilities: National Health Interview Survey, 2014–2016” Q: Why did you decide to focus on chronic school absenteeism among U.S. children with developmental disabilities for this report? LB: DDs encompass a range of conditions that may have lifelong Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Percentage of Residential Care Community Residents with a Fall, by Census Region — United States, 2016
In 2016, 22% of current residents living in residential care communities had a fall in the past 90 days, representing 175,000 residents in the United States. By region, 27% of residents living in communities in the Northeast, 23% of residents in Midwest communities, and 20% of residents in communities in the South and West, respectively, Read More >
Posted on byHealth, United States, 2017
Questions for Renee Gindi, Ph.D., Chief, Analytic Studies Branch, Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, who led production of “Health, United States, 2017” Q: Why did you produce this report? RG: We produced this report for a number of reasons. Health, United States, 2017 with Special Feature on Mortality is the 41st edition of the Congressionally-mandated Read More >
Posted on byFact or Fiction: Is Undiagnosed diabetes more prevalent among American adults than diabetes that has already been diagnosed by a physician?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_quQ-uQWav4 Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013-2016 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db319.pdf Read More >
Posted on byPrevalence of Total, Diagnosed, and Undiagnosed Diabetes Among Adults: United States, 2013-2016
Questions for Mark Eberhardt, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Prevalence of Total, Diagnosed, and Undiagnosed Diabetes Among Adults: United States, 2013-2016” Q: Why did you decide to focus on diabetes in the United States for this report? ME: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is the only nationally representative survey that can Read More >
Posted on byFact or Fiction: Do soft drinks account for one-fifth of all beverages consumed by American youth between ages 2 and 19?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX-CZghABQg Sources : National Health and Nutrition Survey, 2013-2016 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db320.pdf Read More >
Posted on byBeverage Consumption Among Youth in the United States, 2013-2016
Questions for Kirsten A. Herrick, Ph.D., M.Sc, Epidemiologist and Lead Author of “Beverage Consumption Among Youth in the United States, 2013-2016” Q: What made you decide to focus on what children in the United States drink for this study? KH: In a previous report, we described the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among youth. This current Read More >
Posted on byAdvance Directive Documentation Among Adult Day Services Centers and Use Among Participants, by Region and Center Characteristics -The National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2016
Questions for Jessica Lendon, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Advance Directive Documentation Among Adult Day Services Centers and Use Among Participants, by Region and Center Characteristics -The National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2016” Q: Can you describe what an advance directive is? JL: An advance directive is any written statement that expresses a Read More >
Posted on byDeaths from Terrorism in the United States: 2001-2016
Beginning with data for 2001, NCHS introduced categories *U01-*U03 for classifying and coding deaths due to acts of terrorism. The asterisks before the category codes indicate that they are not part of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). Description of the specific 4-digit codes can be found at NCHS Classifications of Diseases, Functioning Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Infant Mortality Rate, by State — United States, 2016
In 2016, the infant mortality rate in the United States was 5.87 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. The rate ranged from 3.47 in Vermont to 9.03 in Alabama. Rates in two other states were <4.00 (New Hampshire [3.67] and Massachusetts [3.94]). Higher rates were primarily in the southern states. In addition to Alabama, two Read More >
Posted on byNational Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Pneumonia Inpatient Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits
Questions for Sonja Williams, M.P.H. and Lead Author of “National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Pneumonia Inpatient Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits” Q: What is a demonstration project as mentioned in the title of your new study? SW: A demonstration project is a report that exhibits the potential power of an up and coming national Read More >
Posted on byIdentification of Substance-involved Emergency Department Visits Using Data From the National Hospital Care Survey
Questions for Amy M. Brown, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Identification of Substance-involved Emergency Department Visits Using Data From the National Hospital Care Survey” Q: Why is this National Health Statistics Report (NHSR) important? AB: The use of substances containing drugs or alcohol continues to be an important national health concern. According to data Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Percentage Distribution of Adult Day Services Centers, by Type of Service — National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2016
In 2016, four in 10 adult day services centers had services that were designed to meet both the social and medical needs of their enrolled participants equally. Approximately 31% of adult day services centers had services to meet primarily social needs and some medical needs of participants, 16% had services to meet only social needs, Read More >
Posted on byPatient Health Information Shared Electronically by Office-based Physicians: United States, 2015
Questions for Brian Ward, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Patient Health Information Shared Electronically by Office-based Physicians: United States, 2015” Q: Why did you decide to focus on office-based physicians who electronically share patient health information (PHI) in the United States? BW: While previous research has looked at the extent to which office-based physicians Read More >
Posted on byHigh-deductible Health Plan Enrollment Among Adults Aged 18-64 With Employment-based Insurance Coverage
Questions for Robin Cohen, Ph.D. and Lead Author of “High-deductible Health Plan Enrollment Among Adults Aged 18-64 With Employment-based Insurance Coverage” Q: What made you decide to put together a report about high and low deductible health plans for adults with employment-based coverage? RC: We decided to produce an analysis focusing on high-deductible health plans Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates from Lung Cancer by Race/Ethnicity — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2001–2016
During 2001–2016, the lung cancer death rates for the total population declined from 55.3 to 38.3 as well as for each racial/ethnic group shown. During 2001–2016, the death rate for the non-Hispanic black population decreased from 63.3 to 41.2, for the non-Hispanic white population from 57.7 to 41.5, and for the Hispanic population from 23.9 Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Percentage of Residential Care Community Residents with an Advance Directive by Census Division — National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2016
In 2016, 77.9% of residents in residential care communities had an advance directive documented in their files. By Census division, the highest percentage (87.8%) of residents who had an advance directive were located in the Mountain division, followed by residents in East North Central (83.7%), New England (80.0%), West North Central (78.9%), Pacific (77.6%), South Read More >
Posted on byAdoption-related Behaviors Among Women Aged 18–44 in the United States: 2011–2015
Questions for Lead Author Chinagozi Ugwu, Statistician and Author of “Adoption-related Behaviors Among Women Aged 18–44 in the United States: 2011–2015” Q: Why did you decide to focus on adoption-related behaviors in the United States? CU: Adoption is one way people build their families, and this report provides some basic statistics on adoption in the Read More >
Posted on byAccidental Drowning Deaths in the U.S., 2010-2016
Source: National Vital Statistics System, CDC WONDER 2010-2016 Read More >
Posted on byTrends in Liver Cancer Mortality Among Adults Aged 25 and Over in the United States, 2000-2016
Questions for Lead Author Jiaquan Xu, M.D., Epidemiologist, and Author of “Trends in Liver Cancer Mortality Among Adults Aged 25 and Over in the United States, 2000-2016” Q: What made you decide to focus on liver cancer deaths for this study? JX: It was the dramatic rise in the death rate for liver cancer that Read More >
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