{"id":4413,"date":"2019-03-13T10:15:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T14:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nchstats.com\/?p=4413"},"modified":"2019-03-13T10:15:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T14:15:50","slug":"early-release-of-selected-estimates-based-on-data-from-january-september-2018-national-health-interview-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/2019\/03\/13\/4413\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From January-September 2018 National Health Interview Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Questions for Lead Author Tainya C. Clarke, Ph.D., M.P.H., Health Statistician, of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/nhis\/releases\/released201903.htm\">Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From January-September 2018 National Health Interview Survey<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>: What exactly is an MSA?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>TC<\/em><\/strong>: According the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a Metropolitan Statistical Area is where one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents have at least one urban center\/core area with a population of at least 50,000, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the center as measured by commuting ties.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>: What do the findings in this report tell us about the health of the country overall?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>TC<\/em><\/strong>: Americans are exercising more in their leisure (spare) time, yet the prevalence of obesity and diabetes is increasing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>: Are there any trends in this report that Americans should be concerned about?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>TC<\/em><\/strong>: The prevalence of obesity among U.S. adults aged 20 and over increased, from 26.4% in 2006 to 31.7% in January\u2013September 2018 and the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among adults aged 18 and over increased, from 7.8% in 2006 to 10.1% in January\u2013September 2018.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>: Why are women more likely to have diabetes compared with men?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>TC<\/em><\/strong>: The National Health Interview survey does not collect information to answer this question.<\/p>\n<p>You may learn about these reasons from speaking with a physician or a registered dietician.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>: Why does diabetes increase with age?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>TC<\/em><\/strong>: The National Health Interview survey does not collect information to answer this question.<\/p>\n<p>You may learn about these reasons from speaking with a physician or a registered dietician.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions for Lead Author Tainya C. Clarke, Ph.D., M.P.H., Health Statistician, of \u201cEarly Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From January-September 2018 National Health Interview Survey.\u201d Q: What exactly is an MSA? TC: According the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a Metropolitan Statistical Area is where one or more adjacent counties or county<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53746,28905],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}