NCHS: A Blog of the National Center for Health Statistics
New NCHS Reports Released This Week
Exploring the Decline in the Singleton Preterm Birth Rate in the United States, 2019–2020Data Brief No. 430 (January 21, 2022)Key Finding: The preterm birth rate for single deliveries declined slightly in 2020 after increasing by an average rate of 2% per year from 2014 through 2019. Fetal Mortality in the United States: Trends From 2014 Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Received Care at Home From a Friend or Family Member in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Age Group
During July–December 2020, 10.0% of adults aged ≥18 years received care at home from a friend or family member in the past 12 months. Among both men and women, the percentage of adults who received care in the past 12 months increased with age. Women were more likely than men to receive care among those Read More >
Posted on byMonthly Provisional Drug Overdose Counts through June 2021
NCHS has released the next set of monthly provisional drug overdose death counts. The monthly counts are released under the Vital Statistics Rapid Release program as an interactive data visualization. Findings: Provisional data show that the predicted number of drug overdose deaths showed an increase of 20.6% from the 12 months ending in June 2020 to Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Distribution of Emergency Department Visits Made by Adults, by Age and Number of Chronic Conditions — United States, 2017–2019
During 2017–2019, 38.5% of adult emergency department visits were made by patients with no chronic conditions, 22.9% made by those with one, 15.3% made by those with two, and 23.3% made by those with three or more chronic conditions. The percentage of adult emergency department visits made by patients with no chronic conditions or one Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST – 2020 Final Death Statistics: COVID-19 as an Underlying Cause of Death vs. Contributing Cause
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20220107/20220107.htm HOST: NCHS closed out the year in December with the release of final data on deaths in the United States for 2020. As in past years, these final death statistics focus on conditions or injuries that are listed as the underlying cause of death on the death certificate, and do not include conditions or Read More >
Posted on byNew 2022 NCHS Release Schedule
Happy New Year! The 2022 NCHS release schedule is now available with upcoming statistical products and reports. This page will be updated daily throughout the year. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/calendar/2022_schedule.htm Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Distribution of Hours per Day That Office-Based Primary Care and Specialist Care Physicians Spent Outside Normal Office Hours Documenting Clinical Care in Their Medical Record System — United States, 2019
In 2019, 91.0% of office-based physicians spent time outside normal office hours documenting clinical care: 17.0% spent <1 hour, 41.4% spent 1–2 hours, 24.0% spent >2 hours–4 hours, and 8.6% spent >4 hours per day. The percentage of primary care physicians who spent no hours per day documenting clinical care (5.3%) was lower than the Read More >
Posted on byQUICKSTAT: Percentage of Employed Adults Who Needed to Work Closer Than 6 Feet from Other Persons All or Most of the Time at Their Main Job by Occupation
During July–December 2020, 30.7% of all currently employed workers needed to work closer than 6 ft (2 m) from other persons at their job all or most of the time. The four occupations with the highest percentages were health care practitioners and technicians (70.5%), health care support (69.7%), food preparation and serving (58.9%), and personal Read More >
Posted on byPODCAST: Interview with Elizabeth Gregory on Home Births During the Pandemic
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2021/20211210/20211210.htm HOST: Though no historical data are available, it is widely accepted that most births prior to the 20th century occurred in the home. With the arrival of the 20th century and the advances in modern medicine that came with it, home births became far less common – as low as 0.56% of all births Read More >
Posted on byNEW FEATURE: Provisional 2020 and Partial 2021 Mortality Data Available on CDC WONDER
CDC WONDER now includes provisional 2020 and partial 2021 mortality statistics by multiple cause of death at the national, state and county level. Data are based on death certificates for U.S. residents. Multiple Cause of Death (Provisional) Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Rate of Cesarean Delivery, by Maternal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index Category — United States, 2020
In 2020, 31.8% of live births were to women who had a cesarean delivery. The rate of cesarean delivery was lowest for women who were underweight before pregnancy (20.7%); the rate rose steadily as BMI increased to obesity class III (52.3%). One quarter (25.1%) of women of normal weight had a cesarean delivery. Sources: National Vital Read More >
Posted on byQ & A with Author: Dental Care Utilization Among Children Aged 1–17 Years: United States, 2019 and 2020
Questions for Dzifa Adjaye-Gbewonyo, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Dental Care Utilization Among Children Aged 1–17 Years: United States, 2019 and 2020.” Q: Why did you decide to look at children’s dental examinations and cleanings during the pandemic? DAG: We know that the COVID-19 pandemic required dental providers to make changes to their services, Read More >
Posted on byConcussions and Brain Injuries in Children: United States, 2020
A new NCHS report presents national estimates of lifetime symptomatology and health care professional diagnoses of concussions or brain injuries as reported by a knowledgeable adult, usually a parent, in children aged 0–17 years using data from the 2020 National Health Interview Survey. Key Findings: In 2020, 6.8% of children aged 17 years and under Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates from Heart Disease Among Adults Aged 45–64 Years, by Urbanization Level and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019
In 2019, the age-adjusted death rate from heart disease among adults aged 45–64 years was 121.1 per 100,000 and was higher in rural counties (160.0) than urban counties (114.5). Among men, the age-adjusted death rate from heart disease was 221.4 in rural counties and 165.1 in urban counties. Among women, the age-adjusted death rate from Read More >
Posted on byDrug Overdose Deaths in the U.S. Top 100,000 Annually
Provisional data from NCHS indicate that there were an estimated 100,306 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 12-month period ending in April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the 78,056 deaths during the same period the year before. Read more here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2021/20211117.htm The interactive web dashboard is available at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm Read More >
Posted on byNCHS Releases Latest NHIS Early Release Data
The Early Release (ER) Program of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides estimates, analytic reports, and preliminary microdata files on an expedited schedule. NHIS data users can have access to these very timely estimates, reports, and microdata files without having to wait for the release of the final annual NHIS microdata files by selected Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 18 Years or Older Who Received an Influenza Vaccination in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2020
During 2020, 43.7% of men and 51.9% of women aged 18 years or older received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months, and the prevalence increased with age for both sexes. Among men, 32.7% aged 18–44 years, 43.7% aged 45–64 years, and 69.0% aged 65 years or older received an influenza vaccination. Among women, Read More >
Posted on bySepsis-related Mortality Among Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2019
NCHS releases new report that describes sepsis-related mortality among adults aged 65 and over by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, and urbanicity. Key Findings: Sepsis-related death rates for adults aged 65 and over varied from 2000 through 2019 but generally declined over this period. Among adults aged 65 and over, sepsis-related death rates in Read More >
Posted on byQ & A with Author: Mortality Profile of the Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native Population, 2019
Questions for Elizabeth Arias, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Mortality Profile of the Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native Population, 2019.” Q: Is the first report on non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) mortality? EA: Yes. This is the first report that NCHS publishes exclusively on non-Hispanic AIAN mortality. Limited mortality statistics for Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Infant Mortality Rates for Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties by Single Race and Hispanic Origin — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019
In metropolitan counties, infant mortality rates were highest for infants of non-Hispanic Black mothers (10.60 infant deaths per 1,000 live births), followed by infants of non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (5.95), Hispanic (4.96), non-Hispanic White (4.22), and non-Hispanic Asian (3.34) mothers. In nonmetropolitan counties, the mortality rate was also highest for infants of non-Hispanic Read More >
Posted on bySuicide in America Declined During the Pandemic
Suicide in the United States has been on the rise for several years, becoming one of the top public health crises in the country and one that impacts Americans of all ages. From 1999 to 2018, the number and rate of suicide increased 35%. Suicide has frequently been among the ten leading causes of death Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Percentage of Adults Who Received Any Mental Health Treatment in the Past 12 Months, by Age Group and Year — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019–2020
The percentage of adults who had received any mental health treatment in the past 12 months increased from 2019 to 2020 overall (19.2% to 20.3%) and among adults aged 18–44 years (18.5% to 20.9%). In 2019, the percentage of adults who had received any mental health treatment in the past 12 months was lower among Read More >
Posted on byQ & A with Author: Rural-urban Differences in Unintentional Injury Death Rates Among Children Aged 0-17: United States, 2018-2019
Questions for Matthew Garnett, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Rural-urban Differences in Unintentional Injury Death Rates Among Children Aged 0-17: United States, 2018-2019.” Q: Can you describe what unintentional injury deaths are? MG: Unintentional injury deaths include fatal injuries that were unintended, unplanned, and did not occur on purpose. In contrast, intentional injuries include Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Age-Adjusted Rates of Firearm-Related Homicide by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019
In 2019, among males, non-Hispanic Black males had the highest age-adjusted rate of firearm-related homicide at 34.9 per 100,000 population and non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander males had the lowest rate (1.6). Among females, non-Hispanic Black females had the highest rate (4.1) and non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander females had the lowest rate (0.5). Males had higher rates than Read More >
Posted on byNCHS Releases Two New Reports on Mental Health Among U.S. Adults during Pandemic
1 out of 5 U.S. adults (20.3%) received mental health treatment in the past 12 months, including 16.5% who had taken prescription medication for their mental health and 10.1% who received counseling or therapy by a mental health professional in 2020. The data is featured in a new report, “Mental Health Treatment Among Adults: United Read More >
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