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United States National Health Interview Survey 1972

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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 
01/1972 - 12/1972
Series or system 
United States National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

Since 1957, the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has been a primary source of information on the health of the population of the United States. The NHIS is a cross-sectional household interview survey that is fielded continuously throughout the year. For the 1972 survey, the sample plan included about 134,000 persons from approximately 44,000 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.

Keywords 
Antenatal care, Appendicitis, Assets, Asthma, Back and neck pain, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cerebrovascular diseases, Conduction disorders and other dysrhythmias, Congenital anomalies, Congenital heart anomalies, Dental examinations, Diabetes, Diagnosis, Disability, Education, Emergency care, Employment, Epilepsy, Family composition, Family size, Health care costs, Health care services, Health insurance, Health status, Heart disease, Hospitals, Housing, Housing conditions, Hypertension, Immunization, Income, Inguinal and femoral hernia, Interventions, Iodine deficiency, Lower respiratory infections, Marital status, Measles, Migraine, Military service, Mumps, Occupations, Peptic ulcer disease, Personal health expenditures, Physical examinations, Place of delivery, Postnatal care, Pregnancy, Public social assistance, Race, Rheumatic heart disease, Road traffic injuries, Stroke, Surgical procedures, Telephones, Therapies, Unintentional injuries, Upper respiratory infections, Urolithiasis, Varicella, Vision loss, Whooping cough, X-rays
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021