NCHS Overview
Fact sheet on NCHS.  Lists health topics addressed and data sources.

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Fact sheet on NHANES.  Provides brief overview with emphasis on why NHANES is unique.  Lists the methods used for data collection and provides some examples of NHANES data.  Looks at some of the challenges and opportunities that face NHANES in the future.

National Health Care Survey (NHCS)
Fact sheet on NHCS.  Provides brief overview and lists provider sites surveyed.  This sheet also includes some examples of NHCS data and looks at some of the challenges and opportunities that face NHCS in the future.

National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
Fact sheet on NHIS.  Provides brief overview and lists some of the health topics addressed annually.  Provides examples of NHIS data and looks at some of the challenges and opportunities that face NHIS in the future.

Data on Aging
Brief summary of data available from NCHS on aging.  Specifically looks at health status, activity limitation, nursing home residence, and injuries from falls with information on how to access the source materials and obtain more information.

Data on Alzheimer's Disease
Brief summary of data available from NCHS on Alzheimer's disease.  Specifically looks at prevalence, mortality, and health care utilization data with information on how to access the source materials.

Data on Asthma
Brief summary of data available from NCHS on Asthma.  Specifically looks at prevalence, health care utilization, and mortality data with information on how to access the source materials.

Data on Birth Defects
Brief summary of data available from NCHS on birth defects.  Specifically looks at mortality and health care utilization data with information on how to access the source materials.

Data on Cancer
Brief summary of data available from NCHS on cancer.  Specifically looks at prevalence, mortality, and health care utilization data with information on how to access the source materials.

Data on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Brief summary of data available from NCHS on COPD.  Specifically looks at prevalence, mortality, and health care utilization data with information on how to access the source materials.

Data on Developmental Disabilities
Brief summary of data available from NCHS on developmental disabilities.  Specifically looks at mental retardation/other developmental delays, learning disabilities, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder with information on how to access the source materials.

Data on Health Insurance and Access to Care
Brief summary of data available from NCHS on health insurance and access to care.  Contains information on how to access source materials and outlines some of the challenges and opportunities in the future.

Data on Heart Disease Mortality by State
This fact sheet highlights the data from the Healthy Women: State Trends in Health and Mortality website on heart disease mortality by state.  Offers insight into future research objectives.

Data on Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Brief summary of data available from NCHS on MS.  Specifically looks at health care utilization and mortality among adults (>25 years old) with information on how to access the source materials.

Data on Parkinson's Disease
Brief summary of data available from NCHS on Parkinson's disease.  Specifically looks at mortality and health care utilization data with information on how to access the source materials.

Data on Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Brief summary of data available from NCHS on racial and ethnic disparities.  Specifically looks at life expectancy and overweight data with information on how to access the source materials.

Data on Teenage Pregnancy
Brief summary of data available from NCHS on teenage pregnancy rates.  Specifically looks at some of the factors that may have played a role in the recent reductions in US teenage pregnancy rates.

Data on Use of Special Education
Brief summary of data available from NCHS on the use of special education services.  Provides finds on the use of special education services in general, conditions of children in special education, use of health care by children in special education with information on how to access the source materials.

This page last reviewed October 01, 2004