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United States National Health Interview Survey 1973

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General Info
Provider 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Geography 
United States of America (USA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1973 - 12/1973
Series or system 
United States National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has been a primary source of information on the health of the population of the United States since 1957. The NHIS is a cross-sectional household interview survey that is fielded continuously throughout the year. For the 1973 survey, the sample plan included about 134,000 persons from approximately 42,000 households.

A core questionnaire collected data on topics such as acute conditions, injuries, chronic conditions, days of disability, limitation of activity, hospitalization, and demographic information such as housing, family composition, income, etc. For 1973, the survey contained sections on prescribed medicines, preventative care, pregnancy, and blood donations.

Keywords 
Abortion, Agriculture, Anemia, Antenatal care, Appendicitis, Assets, Asthma, Back and neck pain, COPD, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Clinical breast exams, Congenital anomalies, Dental examinations, Diabetes, Diagnosis, Disability, Education, Electrocardiograms, Emergency care, Employment, Epilepsy, Eye examinations, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Glaucoma, Health care access, Health care costs, Health care services, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Hospitals, Housing, Housing conditions, Immunization, Income, Infectious diseases, Inguinal and femoral hernia, Injuries, Interventions, Iodine deficiency, Limited mobility, Live births, Lower respiratory infections, Marital status, Measles, Migraine, Military service, Multiple sclerosis, Mumps, Neurological conditions, Occupations, Pap smears, Peptic ulcer disease, Personal health expenditures, Physical examinations, Place of delivery, Postnatal care, Pregnancy, Preventive interventions, Public social assistance, Race, Sexual sterilization, Skin diseases, Stillbirths, Surgical procedures, Telephones, Therapies, Unintentional injuries, Upper respiratory infections, Urolithiasis, Varicella, Vision loss, Whooping cough, X-rays, Abortive outcome, Occupation codes
Citation
Contributors 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States Census Bureau (USCB)
Publisher 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Suggested citation 

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US Census Bureau. United States National Health Interview Survey 1973. Hyattsville, United States: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

GHDx Entry last modified on: Nov 6, 2018