Debra L Blackwell, John Gary Collins, Richard Coles
{"title":"Summary health statistics for U.S. adults: National Health Interview Survey, 1997.","authors":"Debra L Blackwell, John Gary Collins, Richard Coles","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This report presents health statistics from the 1997 National Health Interview Survey for the civilian noninstitutionalized adult population, classified by sex, age, race and Hispanic origin, poverty status, region of residence, and where appropriate, education, income, health insurance coverage, marital status, and place of residence. The topics covered are health status and limitations in activity, health care access and utilization, health behaviors and lifestyle, chronic condition prevalence, and knowledge and attitudes toward the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Source of Data The NHIS is a multistage probability sample survey conducted annually by interviewers of the U.S. Census Bureau for the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is representative of the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population. Data are collected during face-to-face interviews. Highlights Among adults 18 years of age or over, 12% had ever been told by a doctor or health professional that they had heart disease, 6% had ever been told they had coronary heart disease, and 19% had been told on two visits or more that they had hypertension. Nearly a quarter of adults were current smokers, 23% were former smokers, and 52% had never smoked. Sixty-one percent did not engage in any leisure-time vigorous physical activity, while approximately 24% engaged in such activity three times or more per week. Based on estimates of body mass index, 4% of adults were underweight, 42% were at a healthy weight, 35% were overweight, and 19% were obese.</p>","PeriodicalId":76807,"journal":{"name":"Vital and health statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey","volume":" 205","pages":"1-109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25021330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disability: United States, 1997-98.","authors":"Patricia N Pastor, Cynthia A Reuben","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This report presents national estimates of the prevalence of diagnosed Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and/or Learning Disability (LD) in U.S. children. Differences in the prevalence of these conditions are examined for children with selected sociodemographic characteristics. The occurrence of other health conditions and use of educational and health care services are contrasted for children with only ADD, those with only LD, those with both diagnoses, and those with neither diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Estimates in this report are based on data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), a national household survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States. The analysis focuses on 8,647 children 6-11 years of age in the 1997 and 1998 NHIS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 1997-98 over 2.6 million children 6-11 years of age were reported to have ever had a diagnosis of ADD or LD. A diagnosis of only ADD was reported for 3 percent of children, a diagnosis of only LD for 4 percent, and a diagnosis of both conditions for 4 percent. The prevalence of ADD with or without LD was greater for boys than for girls. Having health insurance was associated with a diagnosis of only ADD. Living in a low-income or mother-only family occurred more often among children with a diagnosis of LD. Children with LD were nearly five times more likely to be in special education than children with a diagnosis of only ADD. Children with ADD, in contrast to children without this diagnosis, more often had contact with a mental health professional, used prescription medication regularly, and had frequent health care visits.</p>","PeriodicalId":76807,"journal":{"name":"Vital and health statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey","volume":" 206","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25023306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Summary health statistics for the U.S. population: National Health Interview Survey, 1997.","authors":"Debra L Blackwell, Luong Tonthat","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This report presents health statistics from the 1997 National Health Interview Survey for the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States, classified by age, gender, race and Hispanic origin, poverty status, income, education, place of residence, region of residence, and, where appropriate, health insurance coverage. The topics covered are health status and limitations of activity, injuries and poisonings, health care access and utilization, and health insurance coverage.</p><p><strong>Source of data: </strong>The NHIS is a multistage probability sample survey conducted annually by interviewers of the U.S. Census Bureau for the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is representative of the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population. Data are collected during face-to-face interviews with adults present at the time of interview. Information about children and absent adults is obtained from an adult proxy respondent.</p><p><strong>Highlights: </strong>Nearly 40% of Americans reported having excellent health in 1997, while almost 10% reported having either fair or poor health. Regarding health insurance coverage, 16% of the U.S. population did not have any health insurance coverage in 1997. Nineteen percent of non-Hispanic black persons and 33% of Hispanics were uninsured in 1997 as opposed to 12% of non-Hispanic white persons. Further, 45% of poor Hispanics and 43% of near poor Hispanics under age 65 years were uninsured, while among persons ages 65 years and over, 7% of poor Hispanics were uninsured. Lastly, 78% of non-Hispanic white persons under age 65 years had private health insurance coverage as opposed to 55% non-Hispanic black persons and 46% of Hispanics in this same age category.</p>","PeriodicalId":76807,"journal":{"name":"Vital and health statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey","volume":" 204","pages":"1-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25021331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Summary health statistics for U.S. children: National Health Interview Survey, 1997.","authors":"Barbara Bloom, Luong Tonthat","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This report presents statistics from the 1997 National Health Interview Survey on selected health measures for sample children under 18 years of age, classified by sex, age, race/ethnicity, family structure, parent's education, family income, poverty status, health insurance coverage, place of residence, region, and current health status. The topics covered are asthma, allergies, learning disability, Attention Deficit Disorder, use of medication, respondent- assessed health status, school-loss days, usual source of medical care, time since last contact with a health care professional, selected health care risk factors, and time since last dental contact.</p><p><strong>Source of data: </strong>The NHIS is a multistage probability sample survey conducted annually by interviewers of the U. S. Census Bureau for the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is representative of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States. Data are collected during face-to-face interviews with adults present at the time of interview. Information about children is collected for one sample child per family in face-to-face interviews with an adult proxy respondent familiar with the child's health.</p><p><strong>Highlights: </strong>In 1997, most U.S. children under 18 years of age enjoyed excellent or very good health (82%). However, 13% of children had no health insurance coverage, and 6% of children had no usual place of medical care. The percent of children with unmet medical need was twice as high in single-mother families (4%) as in two-parent families (2%). Eleven percent of children had ever been diagnosed with asthma. An estimated 8% of children 3-17 years of age had a learning disability, and an estimated 6% of children had Attention Deficit Disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":76807,"journal":{"name":"Vital and health statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey","volume":" 203","pages":"1-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25017490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Summary health statistics for U.S. children: National Health Interview Survey, 1997.","authors":"B. Bloom, L. Tonthat","doi":"10.1037/e609502007-001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/e609502007-001","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVE This report presents statistics from the 1997 National Health Interview Survey on selected health measures for sample children under 18 years of age, classified by sex, age, race/ethnicity, family structure, parent's education, family income, poverty status, health insurance coverage, place of residence, region, and current health status. The topics covered are asthma, allergies, learning disability, Attention Deficit Disorder, use of medication, respondent- assessed health status, school-loss days, usual source of medical care, time since last contact with a health care professional, selected health care risk factors, and time since last dental contact. SOURCE OF DATA The NHIS is a multistage probability sample survey conducted annually by interviewers of the U. S. Census Bureau for the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is representative of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States. Data are collected during face-to-face interviews with adults present at the time of interview. Information about children is collected for one sample child per family in face-to-face interviews with an adult proxy respondent familiar with the child's health. HIGHLIGHTS In 1997, most U.S. children under 18 years of age enjoyed excellent or very good health (82%). However, 13% of children had no health insurance coverage, and 6% of children had no usual place of medical care. The percent of children with unmet medical need was twice as high in single-mother families (4%) as in two-parent families (2%). Eleven percent of children had ever been diagnosed with asthma. An estimated 8% of children 3-17 years of age had a learning disability, and an estimated 6% of children had Attention Deficit Disorder.","PeriodicalId":76807,"journal":{"name":"Vital and health statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey","volume":"203 1","pages":"1-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57924519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Injury and poisoning episodes and conditions: National Health Interview Survey, 1997.","authors":"M Warner, P M Barnes, L A Fingerhut","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This report provides a descriptive overview of the first year of data from the injury section of the redesigned National Health Interview Survey. It documents the Survey's design methodologies and presents detailed national estimates of nonfatal injury and poisoning episodes for 1997.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population were collected using Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI). The data on all medically attended injuries and poisonings occurring to any family member during the 3-month period prior to the interview were obtained from an adult member of the family.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 1997, 34.4 million medically-attended episodes of injury and poisoning were reported, resulting in an age-adjusted rate of 128.9 episodes per 1000 persons. Injury episodes resulted in 40.9 million injury conditions for a rate of 153.7 conditions per 1,000 persons. Falls were the leading external cause of injury, followed by episodes resulting from being struck by or against a person or an object, transportation, overexertion, cutting and piercing instruments, and poisoning. Sprains and strains were the most frequently reported injury condition followed by open wounds, fractures, and contusions. Upper extremity and lower extremity injuries were the leading body regions for these conditions. Leisure activities and paid work were most often reported as the activities the person was engaged in when the injury episode occurred, and. the home was the most likely place for the injury to have occurred.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The redesigned NHIS is a useful source of information about medically-attended nonfatal injuries and poisonings. A single year now provides enough data to produce stable national estimates on details of injury and poisoning episodes.</p>","PeriodicalId":76807,"journal":{"name":"Vital and health statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey","volume":" 202","pages":"1-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25018395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 1996.","authors":"P F Adams, G E Hendershot, M A Marano","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This annual report presents national estimates, based on data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), on the incidence of acute conditions, percent of medically attended acute conditions, number of disability days, episodes of persons injured and associated activity restriction, persons with activity limitation due to chronic conditions, restricted activity days associated with acute and chronic conditions, physician contacts and short-stay hospitalizations, as well as prevalence of chronic conditions and respondent assessed health status. This edition includes a section on trends in health statistics for 1982-96.</p><p><strong>Source of data: </strong>NHIS is a multistage probability sample survey conducted annually by interviewers of the Bureau of the Census for the National Center for Health Statistics. Data is collected during in-home interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population. Data collection procedures were similar from 1982 through 1996, but were changed after 1996.</p><p><strong>Highlights: </strong>In 1996 there were 163.5 acute conditions per 100 persons, (67.9% were medically attended) and 624.0 associated days of restricted activity per 100 persons. Of acute injuries, 91.4% were medically attended. The highest rates for chronic conditions per 1000 persons included arthritis (127.3), sinusitis (125.5), deformity and orthopedic impairment (111.6), and high blood pressure (107.1). Activity limitation due to chronic conditions was reported by 14.4% of persons. There were six physician contacts per person per year and 7.3% of the population had a hospitalization in the past year. During 1982-96, the prevalence of asthma increased and the rate and duration of hospitalizations decreased.</p>","PeriodicalId":76807,"journal":{"name":"Vital and health statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey","volume":" 200","pages":"1-203"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25018396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 1995.","authors":"V Benson, M A Marano","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This report presents data on national estimates of the incidence of acute conditions, percent of medically attended acute conditions, number of disability days (including restricted activity and bed days, and work- or school-loss days), number of episodes of persons injured and associated activity restriction, prevalence of selected chronic conditions, number of activity limitations due to chronic conditions, number of restricted activity days associated with acute and chronic conditions, respondent-assessed health, number of physician contacts, and short-stay hospitalizations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a complex, multi-stage, probability sample survey conducted annually by trained interviewers of the U.S. Bureau of the Census for the National Center for Health Statistics. Information is collected during in-home interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population on a variety of health issues.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The NHIS estimates that in 1995, there were 174.4 acute conditions per 100 persons. Of these, 67.3 percent were medically attended and this resulted in 674.6 days of restricted activity per 100 persons. Of acute injuries, 91.2 percent were medically attended. The most frequently reported rates for chronic conditions per 1,000 persons included sinusitis (141.3), arthritis (124.7), and deformity and orthopedic impairment (121.4). Some degree of activity limitation due to chronic conditions was reported by 14 percent of persons. There were about six physician contacts per person per year and 7.5 percent of the population had at least one hospitalization in the past year.</p>","PeriodicalId":76807,"journal":{"name":"Vital and health statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey","volume":" 199","pages":"1-428"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20820591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Access to health care. Part 2: Working-age adults.","authors":"B Bloom, G Simpson, R A Cohen, P E Parsons","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This report presents data on access to health care for U.S. working-age adults, 18-64 years old. Access indicators are examined by selected sociodemographic characteristics including sex, age, race and/or ethnicity, place of residence, employment status, income, health status, and health insurance status.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data are from the 1993 Access to Care and 1993 Health Insurance Surveys of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), a continuing household survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States. The sample contained 61,287 persons in 24,071 households.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 1993, approximately 3 out of 4 working-age adults had a regular source of medical care. Nine out of 10 adults with health insurance had a regular source of care compared with 6 out of 10 adults without health insurance. For adults with a regular source of care, 86 percent received care in a private doctor's office, 9 percent in a clinic, and 2 percent in a hospital emergency room. The two main reasons given for not having a regular source of care were \"do not need a doctor\" (49 percent), and \"no insurance can't afford it\" (22 percent). Persons in the highest income group were more likely to report no need for a doctor (59 percent) than persons in the lowest income group (35 percent). About 40 percent of uninsured persons and 16 percent of insured persons reported an unmet medical need.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Health insurance plays a key role in the access to medical care services. Persons who are uninsured or have low incomes are at the greatest risk of having unmet medical needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":76807,"journal":{"name":"Vital and health statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey","volume":" 197","pages":"1-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20187721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Access to health care. Part 3: Older adults.","authors":"R A Cohen, B Bloom, G Simpson, P E Parsons","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This report examines access to health care for older adults, 65 years of age and over. In the United States for 1993. Access indicators include having a regular source of care, place of care, main reason for no regular source of care, unmet health care needs, and use of clinical and preventive services. Sociodemographic characteristics include sex, age, race, income, health status, and health insurance coverage.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data are from the 1993 Access to Care, Health insurance, and Year 2000 Surveys of the National Health interview Survey (NHIS), a continuing household survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States. The sample for the Access to Care and Health insurance surveys contained 61,287 persons in 24,071 households. The sample for the Year 2000 survey was 21,028 persons.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Persons with Medicare and private or Medicare and public coverage were more likely to have a regular source of medical care than elderly persons with Medicare only. Over 3.3 million elderly persons had at least one unmet need in 1993. Older adults on Medicare and public or Medicare only coverage were twice as likely to have unmet medical needs than those with Medicare and private coverage. Persons with Medicare and private coverage were more likely to receive immunizations than elderly persons with Medicare and public coverage or Medicare only.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although the majority of older adults have Medicare, this only provides a basic level of access to the health care system. Older adults who do not supplement Medicare with private coverage are at the greatest risk of having unmet health care needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":76807,"journal":{"name":"Vital and health statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey","volume":" 198","pages":"1-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20175767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}