NCHS –Contributions to State and Local Data
Virginia S. Cain, Ph.D.
NCHS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
National Center for Health
Statistics -- Mission
The mission of the National Center
for Health Statistics is to provide
statistical information that will guide
actions and policies to improve the
health of the American people.
Four Major NCHS
Data Systems
• National Vital Statistics System
• National Health Interview Survey
• National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey
• National Health Care Survey
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
Objective
• To provide data for monitoring health status,
health care access, and progress toward
achieving national health objectives of the U.S.
population
Data source
• Personal interviews in 37,000 households
annually – oversample African Americans,
Hispanics, Asians
Data applications
• Extent of illness and disability, injuries, health
insurance coverage, health behaviors, use of
health services, immunization
Data Also Obtained on
Social Determinants of Health
• Age, sex, color, marital condition,
nativity
• Usual occupation, employment
status, family income and relief
status
• Rent, number of rooms in the house,
and sanitary facilities
NHIS State Estimates
•
Currently 20 states
Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Possible 2011 NHIS State Estimates
•
2011 President’s Budget includes
$8M increase for NHIS
•
Plans to increase sample size in 5
additional states
• Alabama, Colorado, Louisiana,
Minnesota, South Carolina
National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES)
•
Community Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (CHANES)
• NCHS provides technical expertise
• Supported by community
• Studies to date
• NYC HANES I - complete
• Survey of Health Wisconsin – in field
• Oregon Health Study – in field
National Health Care Surveys
• “Family” of provider-based surveys
• Designed to provide information
about the organizations and
providers that supply health care, the
services rendered, and the patients
they serve across diverse settings.
Possible 2011 NHCS State
Estimates
•
2011 President’s Budget includes $3.5M
increase for National Ambulatory Medical
Care Survey (NAMCS)
•
Funds targeted to increase sample size to
get estimates for largest states
•
Estimates to be available every 2 years