The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released eleven estimates of selected health measures for the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), prior to the final data editing and weighting, to speed access to the latest information. This release includes four new measures (lack of health insurance coverage, pneumococcal vaccination, obesity, and participation in leisure time physical activities) and seven updated measures (among them, current smoking, HIV testing, and alcohol consumption). Data for each of the eleven measures can be downloaded separately as .pdf files or together in one 61-page file. Graphs show NHIS results from 1997 to the first quarter of 2001, as well as 2000 estimates by gender, age group, and race/ ethnicity.
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