NCHS: A Blog of the National Center for Health Statistics
Stat of the Day – May 26, 2017
#QUICKSTAT In 2015, 1 out of 3 U.S. adults (32.5%) walked as a method of transportation; up from 29.4% in 2005 https://t.co/XNqIWCd74c — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 26, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 25, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 23,227 people died from unintentional drowning in the U.S. from 2010-2015 https://t.co/i1tDSxnCda #HealthyandSafeSwimWeek — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 25, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byAJPH Article and Podcast on Surveillance and Survey Methods
In the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), there is a new section called Surveillance and Survey Methods, authored by Denys Lau, PhD, Acting Director, Division of Health Care Statistics that will publish peer-reviewed articles that describe the latest designs and methodological novelties that established programs have adopted to improve data collection, analysis, Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 24, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY More than 1/2 of US adults (51.7%) met guidelines for aerobic activity in 2016 https://t.co/FyvZmQOlS8 #HealthandFitnessMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 24, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 23, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 8.6 million sports&recreation injury episodes occur annually in US https://t.co/On3hka4lKz #PhysicalFitnessandSportsMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 23, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 22, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 2/3 of U.S. (66.4%) say they have excellent or very good #health https://t.co/Ze8JaJPsPw #HealthAndWellness — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 22, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 65 Years or Older Who Saw Selected Types of Health Professionals in the Past 12 Months, by Diagnosed Diabetes Status
In 2015, adults aged 65 years or older with diagnosed diabetes were more likely than adults without diagnosed diabetes to report seeing general doctors (92.3% compared with 86.7%); eye doctors (66.9% compared with 56.6%); physician specialists (51.5% compared with 45.5%); foot doctors (29.9% compared with 13.0%) and mental health professionals (6.3% compared with 4.5%) in Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 18, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY Among U.S. women aged 15-44, 50% expect to have a child in the future https://t.co/bJ7uQ0PvxU #NationalWomensHealthWeek #NWHW — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 18, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byNew Preliminary 2016 Data on Births and Deaths in U.S.
The Vital Statistics Rapid Release program provides access to the timeliest vital statistics for public health surveillance, through 1) releases of Quarterly Provisional Estimates and 2) Special Reports based on a current flow of vital statistics data from state vital records offices. Using the provisional data, NCHS produces much more timely estimates of important health Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 17, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY #DrugOverdose #Mortality in US up 13% from 15.5/100,000 in Q2 2015 to 17.5 in Q2 2016 https://t.co/LuvAdJKNpT — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 17, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 16, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY In 2016, 28.6 million people (9%) in the U.S. were uninsured; down from 48.6 million in 2010 https://t.co/ajpfR2uDDh — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 16, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byHealth Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2016
Questions for Robin Cohen, Ph.D., Health Statistician and Lead Author on “Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2016” Q: Have the total number of uninsured leveled off since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented? RC: In 2016, 28.6 million or 9.0% of persons of all ages were uninsured Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates Attributable to Alcohol-Induced Causes, by Race/Ethnicity — United States, 1999–2015
In 2015, mortality from alcohol-induced causes reached the highest rate during 1999–2015 of 9.1 deaths per 100,000 U.S. standard population. Alcohol-induced death rates for the Hispanic population remained the highest (9.9 per 100,000 U.S. standard population), followed by the non-Hispanic white population (9.6). For the non-Hispanic black population, the alcohol-induced death rate decreased 33% from Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 15, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 14.1% under age 65 had no #HealthInsurance in 1976; 14.5% in 1986; 16.7% in 1996; 17.0% in 2006 https://t.co/WaVIUvBjPW — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 15, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 12, 2017
#QUICKSTAT From 1999-2015, U.S. death rates from alcohol-induced causes increased 28% (7.1 to 9.1 per 100,000) https://t.co/dIIfzALKjs — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 12, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byFact or Fiction: Are mortality rates from skin cancer highest in the sun belt states of the U.S.?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kb1GHgI1kg Source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/videos/2017/may-2017/fofmay2017.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/skin_cancer_mortality/skin_cancer_mortality.htm CDC WONDER http://wonder.cdc.gov Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 11, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY #Melanoma deaths in the US fell below 9000 in 2015 for 1st time since '08 https://t.co/324u8QekJg #SkinCancerAwarenessMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 11, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byMelanoma Mortality – 1999-2015
Year Deaths Age Adjusted Rate¹ 1999 7,215 2.6 2000 7,420 2.7 2001 7,542 2.7 2002 7,514 2.6 2003 7,818 2.7 2004 7,952 2.7 2005 8,345 2.8 2006 8,441 2.7 2007 8,461 2.7 2008 8,623 2.7 2009 9,199 2.8 2010 9,154 2.8 2011 9,128 2.7 2012 9,251 2.7 2013 9,394 2.7 2014 9,325 2.6 2015 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 10, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY The # of new #HepatitisB cases reported in the US is 7X less than in 1990 https://t.co/cmWeBKxpvL #HepatitisAwarenessMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 10, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 9, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 5.7% of #Children in the U.S. have #FoodAllergies (2015 data) https://t.co/mK4YKe2jYB #FoodAllergyActionMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 9, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byQUICKSTATS: Brain Cancer Death Rates Among Children and Teens Aged 1–19 Years by Sex and Age Group — United States, 2013–2015
The death rate for brain cancer, the most common cancer cause of death for children and teens aged 1–19 years, was 24% higher in males (0.73 per 100,000) than females (0.59) aged 1–19 years during 2013–2015. Death rates were higher for males than females for all age groups, but the difference did not reach statistical Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 8, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY There are over 38 million annual psychiatric visits to office-based US doctors https://t.co/yW890XhgQl #MentalHealthMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 8, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 5, 2017
#QUICKSTAT U.S. death rate for brain cancer was 24% higher in males than females aged 1–19 years during 2013–2015 https://t.co/yMwbYfWjLn — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 5, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – May 4, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY In last 6 months of 2016, more than half of U.S. households (50.8%) had only #cellphone #mobilephone https://t.co/wRK3XBTdfL — NCHS (@NCHStats) May 4, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byWireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, July-December, 2016
Questions for Stephen Blumberg, Ph.D., Health Scientist and Lead Author of “Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, July-December, 2016” Q: What does cell phone use have to do with Americans’ health? SB: The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) does not monitor cell phone ownership in the United States Read More >
Posted on by