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Health Data Interactive

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Health Data Interactive
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BHUMXV
 
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Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Health Data Interactive produces a series of tables on national health statistics. Tables are customizable, and users can download tables, charts and reports. Health topics include, and are not limited to: hospital discharges, mental health, disabilities, diabetes and childbirth.

Background

Health Data Interactive is a part of the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From this website, users can get information on a variety of health topics and trends in the United States. Topics are organized under the following categories: health and functional status; health care use and expenditures; health conditions; health insurance and access; mortality and life expectancy; pregnancy and birth; risk factors and
disease prevention.

User Functionality

Users can choose to download the data files or view the results in chart, table or graph form. Since users can control the which variables are included and how they are presented, they have a wide variety of customization options; directions for how to work with the tables are provided. Users can view data by age, race/ethnicity, gender and/ or geographic region.

Data Notes

Fourteen different data sources are used and are
clearly identified for each table. There are links to each source from the website. The tables are updated frequently, but the site does not specify when. The most recent data is from 2009.
 
Subject National Center for Health Statistics
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
activities of daily living
physical functioning
health status
functional status
functional limitations
self reported health status
emergency department visits
hospital discharge
hospital procedures
health care expenditures
prescription medicine
prescription drugs
allergies
asthma
ADHD
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
learning disabilities
chronic conditions
diabetes
mental health
tooth decay
health insurance
uninsured
usual source of care
mortality
infant mortality
infant mortality by cause
cause of death
life expectancy
low birth weight
preterm birth
pregnancy
overweight
obesity
physical activity
smoking
risk factors
health care use
access to care
flu vaccines
hypertension
cholesterol