Health characteristics of large metropolitan statistical areas: United States, 1988-89.

Abstract

Annual average estimates of rates or percents of limitation of activity, respondent-assessed health status, restricted-activity days, bed-disability days, work-loss days, school-loss days, physician utilization, hospital utilization, incidence of selected acute conditions, and prevalence of selected chronic conditions are shown by geographic region for all large U.S. metropolitan statistical areas combined and for individual metropolitan statistical areas with populations of at least 1.1 million persons.