NCHS: A Blog of the National Center for Health Statistics
Poisoning and Methadone-Related Deaths: U.S, 1999-2005
Did you know that poisoning was the second leading cause of injury death in the United States in 2005? This surpasses firearms injury death for the first time in 2004. The majority of poisoning deaths are due to unintentional drug overdoses. Narcotic-related deaths have played the largest role in the increase of all poisoning deaths from 1999 Read More >
Posted on byThe Prevelance of HIV Infection Among U.S. Adults
Did you know that approximatley 0.47 percent of U.S. household population between the ages of 18 and 49 years are living with HIV, according to estimates from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) based on surveys conducted between 1999-2006? Read more here! Read More >
Posted on byUnited States Life Tables
This report presents period life tables for the U.S. based on age specific death rates for the most recent year. Based on the 2004 report it seems like Americans are truly living longer. The overall expectation of life at “birth ” was 77.8 years, representing an increase of 0.4 year from life expectancy in 2003. Between Read More >
Posted on byHealth Characteristics of Asian Adult Population
New Report Examines the Health of Asian Adult Population in the United States. The report examines Asian: health behavior, health care utilization, conditions, mental health status, health status, immunization and HIV testing. Read more about Asian health characteristics here! Read More >
Posted on by 1 CommentHypertension Awareness (Blood Pressure)
New report from the CDC/NCHS shows hypertention prevelence and trends overtime. Statistic shows that in 2005-2006 29% of all U.S. adults 18 years and older were hypertensive, or taking some form of medication for hypertension. Read more about hypertension here! Read More >
Posted on bySTATCAST: Dec. 12, 2007
December 12 – “High Serum Total Cholesterol – An Indicator for Monitoring Cholesterol Lowering Efforts: U.S. Adults, 2005-2006″ – Susan Schober, a senior epidemiologist with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, discusses the continued drop in cholesterol levels in the U.S. Read More >
Posted on byTeen Birth Rate in the U.S. Sky Rockets in 2006
Teen birth rate in the U.S. rose in 2006 for the first time since 1991, the rate for out-of-wedlock childbearing also rose significantly. Between 2005 and 2006, the birth rate for teenagers 15-19 years rose 3 percent, from 40.5 live births per1, 000 females aged 15-19 years in 2005 to 41.9 births per 1,000 in 2006. Read More >
Posted on byLatest Report on Access to Health Care
Nearly one in five U.S. adults – more than 40 million people – report they do not have adequate access to the health care they need, according to the annual report on the nation’s health released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report, “Health, United States, 2007,” is a Read More >
Posted on byObesity Among Adults in the U.S.
New CDC study finds no increase in obesity among adults, but levels still high. Based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), more than one-third of U.S. adults were obese in 2005-2006. This includes 33.3% of men and 35.3% of women. Click here for more. Read More >
Posted on byLeading Causes of Death in the U.S.
Ranking causes of death is a popular method of presenting mortality statistics. Leading causes of death in the U.S. ranked major killers by age, sex, race, and ethnicity. Data are based on information from death certificates filed in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2004. View full report here! Read More >
Posted on byElectronic Medical Records (EMR)
New report shows EMR are being used by more office-based physicians than ever. In 2006, 29.2 % of office-based physicians reported using full or partial EMR systems, this shows an increase of 22% since 2005 and 60% increase since 2001. See full report here! Read More >
Posted on by 3 CommentsThe New York Times and Oral Health
Today’s New York Times runs a story headlined Boom Times for U.S. Dentists, But Not for Americans’ Teeth: Previously unreleased figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that in 2003 and 2004, the most recent years with data available, 27 percent of children and 29 percent of adults had cavities going untreated. Read More >
Posted on byFalling Accidents In Older Adults
We have released a new report entitled Fall injury episodes among noninstitutionalized older adults: United States, 2001–2003. From the report: Falls are the leading cause of nonfatal medically attended injuries in the United States (1). Injuries caused by falls are more prevalent among adults aged 65 years and over compared with younger persons, occurring Read More >
Posted on byHIV Testing
Though the CDC has a center devoted to the study of HIV/AIDS, the National Center for Health Statistics produces data on HIV testing. The most comprehensive source is from the National Health Interview Survey’s Summary Health Statistics: US Adults. Another comprehensive study is HIV Testing in the United States, 2002. Read More >
Posted on byUS Life Expectancy At All Time High
A child born in the United States in 2005 can expect to live nearly 78 years (77.9) – a new high – according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2005.” The report from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics is based on approximately 99 Read More >
Posted on byUpcoming Publications. September, 2007
Most of our regular reports appear about the same time each year. In addition to those regular reports, such as those on births, deaths, etc., we also produce special reports and our researchers publish regularly in scholarly journals. Looking forward for the next several months, this is our schedule of publications. Read More >
Posted on byTeen Suicide and Antidepressants
Today’s Washington Post carries a story based on an article from the journal American Journal of Psychiatry. Warnings from federal regulators four years ago that antidepressants were increasing the risk of suicidal behavior among young people led to a precipitous drop in the use of the drugs. Now a new study has found that the Read More >
Posted on byNew Marriage and Divorce Data
Provisional marriage and divorce data for 2006 are available at the NCHS website. Read More >
Posted on byNew Mortality Data for 2004
Our report Deaths: Final Data for 2004 is available at the NCHS website. Results—In 2004, a total of 2,397,615 deaths were reported in the United States. The age-adjusted death rate was 800.8 deaths per 100,000 standard population, representing a decrease of 3.8 percent from the 2003 rate and a record low historical figure. Life expectancy Read More >
Posted on byHysterectomies
The rate of hysterectomies in the United States has remained fairly constant over time. In 1994, there were some 556,000 hysterectomies performed for a rate of 214.7/100,000 persons (not just women). In 2004, there were about 617,000 such procedures performed for a rate of 21.1/10,000 persons. The rate by year and by age group as Read More >
Posted on byCDC’s Abortion Surveillance Report
The National Center for Health Statistics does not track the number of abortions. Abortions are tracked through CDC’s Abortion Surveillance System and reported annually in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Reports covering 1979 through the most current report are located at the above link. Typically, these reports are published in the last week of Read More >
Posted on byWireless Use in the United States
Most of our data sets are distinctly health and medical related. But not all. Using the National Health Interview Survey as a vehicle we have published on the trend of households abandoning landline telephone in favor of wireless. The most recent report, covering July-December 2006 is here. Earlier reports are here and here. Read More >
Posted on byAge of Mothers
The age of mothers has been increasing over time. Tables documenting this trend, from 1960 through 2004, as well as the increasing number of older women chosing to have children can be found here. Read More >
Posted on byInternational Life Expectancy
Several news outlets have been running stories comparing the life expectancy in the United States with the life expectancy in other nations. We do not track life expectancy in other nations. US life expectancy can be found here. International life expectancy, as compiled by the Census Bureau, can be found here. Read More >
Posted on byMean height and weight of children
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey has studied the height and weight of Americans for decades. Tables documenting the increase in both height and weight for children and adolescents aged 2-19 since 1963 can be found here. Read More >
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