Office of Information Services

Finding Key Resources on the NCHS Website

Phil Walls

Office of Information Services National Center for Health Statistics

Outline of the Session

• Explanation of handouts

• Overview of NCHS

• Introduction to key resources

• Hands-on research using NCHS tools

• Questions and answers

Handouts

• Copy of slides

• Guide to NCHS Surveys, Data Systems, and Publications.

Overview of NCHS

• Provides fundamental public health and health policy statistics that meet the needs of a wide range of users

• Tracks changes in health and health care across the nation

• Provides mechanisms for obtaining consistent, uniform statistics

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Survey Planning &

Special Surveys

Branch

Data Analysis &

Quality Assurance

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Office of Management & Operations

Michael H. Sadagursky Management Officer

Office of Analysis & Epidemiology

Irma Arispe, Ph.D. Director

Health Promotion

Statistics Brancl1

Analylic Studies

Office of the Director Charles Rothwell Director

Jennifer H Madans, Ph D Associate Director for Science & Co-Acting Deputy Director Michael H Sadagursky Management Officer & Co-Acting Deputy Director

Office of Research & Methodology

Nathaniel Schenker, Ph.D. Associate Director

Statistical Research

& Survey Design Staff

Interdisciplinary

Research Centers

& Laboratories Staff

Office of Planning, Budget & Legislation

Jennifer H. Madans, Ph.D. Acting Associate Director

Office of Information Services

Tammy Stewart-Prather Acti ng Director

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Dissemination Staff

Information Design

and Publishing Staff

Division of Vital Statistics

Division of Health Care Statistics

Delton Atkinson Director

Data Acquisitio n &

Evaluation Branch

Mortality

Statistics Branch

Reproductive

Statistics Branch

Systems.

Programming, &

Stalislical Resources

Branch

Mortality Medical

Classification

Clarice D. Brown Di rector

Ambulatory and

Hospital Care

Statistics Branch

Long-Term Care

Statistics Branch

Technical Services

Branch

Classifications & Public Health Data

Standards Staff

Donna Pickett Director

Division of Health Interview Statistics

Jane F. Gentleman, Ph.D .. Di rector

Data Production &

Systems Branch

Office of Information Technology

Vacant

Software Solutions

& Engineering Staff

Division of Health & Nutrition Examination

Surveys

Kathryn S. Porter, M.D. Director

Analysis Branch

Planning Branch

Administrative

Operations Activity

Management

Systems & Analysis

Activity

Aging & Chronic

Disease Statistics

Branch

Infant , Child, &

Women's Health

Statistics Branch

Special Projects

Branch

Informatics Branch

Operations Branch

Key NCHS Resources

• Publications New Releases

Release Schedule

• FastStats

• Surveys and Data Collection Systems Questionnaires

Raw Data

• Data Access Health Data Interactive VitalStats

CDC Wonder

NCHS Data Uses

• Comparisons across populations, providers, and geographic areas

• Planning/assessing public health programs

• Identifying health problems, risk factors, and disease patterns

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FastStats: STATISTICS BY TOPIC

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http://www.cdc.gov/nchs

Links to Key Resources

• Publications

• New Releases

• Release Schedule

• FastStats

• Surveys and Data Collection Systems

• Data Access

Surveys and Data Collection Systems

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/surveys.htm

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• About

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Publications

Rules for the Class

1. I will not use the CDC search box

2. I will not use any search engines such as Google, Yahoo, or Bing

3. I will navigate through the NCHS website

4. I will not use the blue A-Z index bar at the top of the page (not today, anyway)

Publications Exercises

1. What were the leading causes of death for people 55-64 years of age in 2008?

2. Find the NHANES report about Low-fat Milk Consumption.

FastStats “Statistics by Topic”

• Alphabetical listing of popular health topics

• Each topic has links to reports and surveys in which data on the topic is collected

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/

FastStats Exercises

1. What percentage of people that visit the emergency room end up being admitted?

2. What is the average height and weight of a man?

Data Access Tools

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/data_tools.htm

Health Data Interactive

1. What race/ethnicity has the highest percentage of persons who have never smoked cigarettes? How current is the data?

2. Based on NHANES 2007-2010 data, what percentage of Mexican-Americans aged 45-64 have diagnosed diabetes?

VitalStats

1. In 2009, how many girls under the age of 15 delivered a baby over 5000 grams?

2. In 1990, how many Black women between 40-44 years of age had a VBAC?

CDC Wonder

• Find the number of neoplasm deaths that occurred in Calumet County, Wisconsin each year between 2000 and 2005, broken down by age.

Questions and Answers

Contact Information

Phillip Walls

• yvi5@cdc.gov

General information and inquiries: • E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov

• Telephone: 1 (800) 232-4636