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STATCASTS

2013

August 3, 2013

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  Second Quarter 2013 data highlights from the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s National Center for Health Statistics.

May 23 , 2013

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  First Quarter 2013 data highlights from the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s National Center for Health Statistics.

2010

October 13 , 2010

• STATCAST #20
  Elizabeth Arias, PhD, a demographer with ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s National Center for Health Statistics, discusses her new study, the first-ever life expectancy report on the U.S. hispanic population
• STATCAST #20 (Español)
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• United States Life Tables by Hispanic Origin [PDF – 770 KB]

September 15 , 2010

• STATCAST #19
  Joyce Abma, PhD, a demographer with ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s National Center for Health Statistics, discusses a new study she co-authored on sex education and teenagers in the U.S.
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• Educating Teenagers About Sex in the United States [PDF – 1 MB]

March 3, 2010

• STATCAST #18
  Marian MacDorman, PhD, a statistician with the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s National Center for Health Statistics, discusses her new study on trends in home births and other out-of-hospital births in the U.S.
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• Trends and Charactersistics of Home and Other Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States, 1990-2006 [PDF – 245 KB]

February 17, 2010

• STATCAST #16
  Amy Bernstein, a health statistician with the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the latest annual report on the Nation’s health, highlighting its special feature on medical technology.
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• Health United States 2009, with Special Feature on Medical Technology

2009

September 30, 2009

• STATCAST #15
  Margaret Warner, PhD, Injury Epidemiologist with the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the alarming surge in poisoning fatalities linked to opioid painkillers in the U.S.
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• Increase in Fatal Poisonings Involving Opioid Analgesics in the United States, 1999-2006 [PDF – 1.2 MB]

August 19, 2009

• STATCAST #14
  Robert Anderson, PhD, chief of the Mortality Statistics Branch with the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the latest trends in life expectancy and leading causes of death in the U.S.
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• Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2007 [PDF – 352 KB]

August 12, 2009

• STATCAST #13
  T.J. Mathews, a demographer with the National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the results of a new report on U.S. women having their first child later in life.
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• Delayed Childbearing: More Women Are Having Their First Child Later in Life [PDF – 585 KB]

March 11, 2009

• STATCAST #12
  Stephen Blumberg, a health statistician with the National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the results of a new report on wireless-only phone use by state.
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• Wireless Substitution: State-level Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January-December 2007 [PDF – 585 KB]

February 18, 2009

• STATCAST #11
  Amy Bernstein, project lead on the annual report on the nation’s health, discusses the health status of a frequently overlooked group: young adults aged 18 to 29.
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• Health, United States, 2008 [PDF – 12.4 MB]

2008

December 10, 2008

• STATCAST #10
  Patricia Barnes, a health statistician with the National Center for Health Statistics, has collaborated with the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine on a new report about complementary and alternative medicine used by adults and children in the U.S.
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• Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults and Children: United States, 2007 [PDF – 418 KB]

October 22, 2008

• STATCAST #09
  Amy Branum, a statistician with the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the findings in the first-ever NCHS report on food allergies among children in the U.S.
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• Food Allergy Among U.S. Children: Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations [PDF – 313 KB]

June 25, 2008

• STATCAST #08
  Robin Cohen, a statistician with the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the findings in two new reports on state and national health insurance coverage in the U.S.
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• State, Regional, and National Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage for People under 65 years of age: National Health Interview Survey, 2004-2006 [PDF – 605 KB]
• Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2007 [PDF – 482 KB]

May 14, 2008

• STATCAST #07
  Stephen Blumberg, a senior scientist with the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the growing reliance on wireless telephones in the U.S.
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• Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, July-December 2007 [PDF – 380 KB]

May 7, 2008

• STATCAST #06
  Charlotte Schoenborn, a health statistician with the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the correlation between a lack of sleep and several adverse health behaviors.
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• Sleep Duration as a Correlate of Smoking, Alcohol Use, Leisure-Time Physical Inactivity, and Obesity among Adults: United States, 2004-06 [PDF – 185 KB]

April 30, 2008

• STATCAST #05
  Margaret McDowell, a health statistician with the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the latest data on breastfeeding in the U.S.
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• Breastfeeding in the United States: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1999-2006 [PDF – 493 KB]

March 20, 2008

• STATCAST #04
  Lois Fingerhut, an injury epidemiologist with the National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the trends in injury deaths in the U.S.
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• Leading Causes of Injury Mortality in the U.S., 1999-2005 [PDF – 74 KB]

2007

December 12, 2007

• STATCAST #03
  Susan Schober, a senior epidemiologist with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, discusses the continued drop in cholesterol levels in the U.S.
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• High Serum Total Cholesterol – An Indicator for Monitoring Cholesterol Lowering Efforts: U.S. Adults, 2005-2006 [PDF – 271 KB]

December 5, 2007

• STATCAST #02
  Stephanie Ventura, head of the Reproductive Statistics Branch, talks about the increase in teen births in the U.S., the first increase in 14 years.
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• Births: Preliminary Data for 2006 [PDF – 448 KB]

December 3, 2007

• STATCAST #01
  Amy Bernstein, project lead on the annual report on the nation’s health, discusses the new chartbook section on access to care.
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• Health, United States, 2007 [PDF – 6 MB]

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