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The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is the nation’s principal health statistics agency, providing data to identify and address health issues. NCHS compiles statistical information to help guide public health and health policy decisions.
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If you have a question, you can contact us at the National Center for Health Statistics press office, (301) 458-4800 or you can email us at paoquery@cdc.gov. We are also open to any feedback concerning this blog site or the NCHS Press Room at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/.
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Thank you for your question.
I want to preface this by saying that the National Center for Health Statistics is a Federal Statistical Agency and as such we cannot give advice on diet, exercise, etc.
One of the other agencies within our parent organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has a lot of resources on its website.
I would like to find out the statistical information in the length of operative time for any hip surgery. Thank you.
Thank you for your question.
We compile data on the number of hip replacement that took place, but we have no information on the length of time it took for a physican to do hip surgery. The National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery will begin publishing this data in early 2008.
in the 1900 why was t.b, flu, pneuminia leading cause of death
During that time there was a serious Influenza breakout in the country.
I’m looking to find or build a chart that shows the rate of heart disease in the United States as far back as data can be found. Where could a person find information about historical causes of death in any population (county, city, state, federal), from 1800 to present?
Is the rate of snake bites increasing and why?
i would like to know, what is the percentage rate of single mother in the united states?
i would also like to know if a graph or chart that can shows the percentage rate.
Todd,
Thank you for your question. Please see the following page: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/births.htm.
I understand that 38,000 Americans are snake-bitten each year, and about 8,000 are by poisonous snakes, with 3,000 being “illegitimate” bites (people handling/catching).
Of the 5-8 people who die each year, how many are bitten by non-native species?
Of the 5-8 people who die each year, how many are bitten by pet snakes?
Brenda and Rick,
At NCHS, we track mortality from snake bites, but items such as “pet” or “non-native” are not part of ICD-10 codes (cause-of-death codes). For more injury-related information, check out the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/. Where did you acquire your data, Rick?
Hello,
I’ve got a question:
I am looking for historical data on the number of myocardial infarction (i.e. Heart Attacks) per year in the US.
If you know the number of PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) that are performed in those people, that’s even better.
I appreciate your help and look forward to hearing back,
Rafael
Rafael,
We would either have this data by cause of death or hospital visits. We would also need to know how far back you want to look. You can always contact our pressroom for more immediate answers.
I would like to know how many pacemakers are implanted in the United States each year and for what reasons, ie. sinus node dysfunction, heart block? Also how many ICD’s are implanted each year in the United States?
what percentage of separations end in divorce?
Unfortunately, we only keep raw counts of actual divorces from the states that track them. Check out the FastStats on our website: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs.
I am looking for information about multiple births since 2005, specifically … the number of twins, triplets, quadruplets, etc. born in 2006. The most recent information I can find is from 2005 and that was released in December 2007.
Check out our latest births report from 2006–see the list of detailed tables for data on multiple births. Click here for the report.
Hi James,
Please contact our press line with this request if you are still interested in the information. This is a complicated question. Visit http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/.
In 1900, the three leading causes of death inthe United States were all infectious diseases. In 2000, none of the three leading causes wre infectious diseases. I need to know what was the curent leading causes of death
In 2009, the most recent year data are available, the three leading causes of death in the U.S. were: heart disease, cancer, chronic lung disease.