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Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNational Center for Health Statistics
Tour of the Website
Tatiana Louis, MS
National Center for Health Statistics
A brief history of health examination surveys
National Health Examination Survey: The Beginning
– July 3, 1956 ---- National Health Survey Act authorizing a continuous survey to provide statistical data on the amount, distribution, and effects of illness and disability in the U.S.
– Established a Health Interview Survey with periodic “special surveys” based on health examinations (the “Health Examination Survey”)
– Also proposed health records survey
National Health Examination Survey: From an Idea to a
Reality
– Planning during 1957 and 1958– Decision to use mobile examination centers– Three pilots in 1958 and 1959– Survey begins in October 1959– NCHS formed in 1960
National Health (and Nutrition)Examination Surveys
NHES I 1960-62 18-79 yearsNHES IINHES II 1963-651963-65 6-11 years6-11 yearsNHES IIINHES III 1966-701966-70 12-17 years12-17 yearsNHANES INHANES I 1971-751971-75 1-74 years1-74 yearsNHANES IINHANES II 1976-801976-80 6 mo.-74 years6 mo.-74 yearsHHANESHHANES 1982-841982-84 6 mo.-74 years 6 mo.-74 yearsNHANES IIINHANES III 1988-941988-94 2 mo. +2 mo. +NHANESNHANES 1999-1999- All agesAll ages
Survey Dates Ages
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National Health Examination Survey (NHES I): Staffing
– Two mobile examination centers (MEC) in operation
– MEC staff -- doctor, dentist, x-ray tech and interviewer
– Household interviewers and other staff to schedule examinations
NHANES Mobile Exam Center
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NHANES mobile examination centers
• Standard environment
• Standard equipment
• Standard specimen collection
• Standard staff procedures
• Automated data collection
• Minimal site-specific error
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National Health and NutritionExamination Surveys
NHES I 1960-62 18-79 yearsNHES II 1963-65 6-11 yearsNHES III 1966-70 12-17 yearsNHANES I 1971-75 1-74 yearsNHANES II 1976-80 6 mo.-74 yearsHHANES 1982-84 6 mo.-74 yearsNHANES III 1988-94 2 mo. +NHANES 1999- All ages
Survey Dates Ages
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National Health and NutritionExamination Surveys
NHES I 1960-62 18-79 yearsNHES II 1963-65 6-11 yearsNHES III 1966-70 12-17 yearsNHANES I 1971-75 1-74 yearsNHANES II 1976-80 6 mo.-74 yearsHHANES 1982-84 6 mo.-74 yearsNHANES III 1988-94 2 mo. +NHANES 1999- All ages
Survey Dates Ages
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NHANES Becomes A Continuous Survey
National Health and NutritionExamination Surveys
NHES I 1960-62 18-79 yearsNHES II 1963-65 6-11 yearsNHES III 1966-70 12-17 yearsNHANES I 1971-75 1-74 yearsNHANES II 1976-80 6 mo.-74 yearsHHANES 1982-84 6 mo.-74 yearsNHANES III 1988-94 2 mo. +NHANES 1999- All ages
Survey Dates Ages
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NHANES Interviewing staff
• Interviewers (27)• Field Offices (3)• Office staff (5)
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NHANES Mobile Examination Center
(MEC)staff
• Physician• Dietary interviewers (2)• Private health interviewers (2)• Health technicians (4)• Phlebotomist (1)• Manager• Coordinator
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• Estimate the prevalence of health conditions and risk behaviors
• Describe awareness, treatment and control of selected diseases
• Study the relationship of diet and health
• Monitor trends over time
Goals of NHANES
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OBJECTIVES
• Overview of our NEW website
• How to locate pertinent information on the existing website
• How to locate current and historic NHANES datasets
• Download the Analytic Guidelines
Most updated version
Other related links
Other related links
SUMMARY
• Information on current and past NHANES survey
• Download codebooks, documentation and data
• Find survey questionnaires, manuals, and exam components
• Download the ANALYTIC GUIDELINES
• Contact us
www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters for Disease Control and PreventionNational Center for Health Statistics