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United States National Health Interview Survey 1976

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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 
01/1976 - 12/1976
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 1976 survey, the sample plan included about 113,000 persons from approximately 40,000 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 1976, the survey contained a section on health insurance, as well as a section on use habits of tobacco, coffee, aspirin, and sleeping pills.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Anemia, Appendicitis, Assets, Asthma, Back and neck pain, COPD, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cataracts, Dental examinations, Dermatitis, Diabetes, Diet, Disability, Education, Emergency care, Employment, Epilepsy, Ethnicity, Glaucoma, Gout, Health care services, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Heart disease, Height, Hospitals, Housing, Housing conditions, Hypertension, Immunization, Income, Inguinal and femoral hernia, Interventions, Iodine deficiency, Lower respiratory infections, Marital status, Measles, Migraine, Military service, Mumps, Musculoskeletal diseases, Neurological conditions, Occupations, Peptic ulcer disease, Physical examinations, Pregnancy, Psoriasis, Race, Road traffic injuries, Sexual sterilization, Skin diseases, Stroke, Surgical procedures, Therapies, Tobacco smoking, Unintentional injuries, Upper respiratory infections, Urolithiasis, Varicella, Vision loss, Weight, Whooping cough, X-rays, FFQ, Occupation codes
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021