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United States National Health Interview Survey 1998

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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 
01/1998 - 12/1998
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) is 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. The 1998 sample consisted of 38,209 interviewed households, yielding 98,785 persons in 38,773 families.

The questionnaires included in the basic module of the 1998 NHIS cover a wide variety of topics, such as household composition, injuries, health care access and utilization, health insurance, income and assets, conditions, health behaviors, physical activity, and immunizations. The 1998 NHIS also included three topical modules covering the health behaviors of both adults and children: the pregnancy and smoking module, the adult preventative module, and the child preventative module.

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Anxiety, Assets, Asthma, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Autism, Back and neck pain, Birth place, Birth weight, Body mass index, COPD, Cancers, Child health care, Cholesterol, Chronic kidney diseases, Clinical breast exams, Congenital anomalies, Congenital heart anomalies, DTP vaccines, Dental care, Dental examinations, Dermatitis, Diabetes, Diagnosis, Diarrhea, Dietary sodium, Digestive diseases, Digital rectal examinations, Disability, Down's syndrome, Edentulism, Education, Employment, Secondhand smoke, Epilepsy, Ethnicity, Family composition, Firearms, Fluoride, Health care access, Health care use, Health education, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health status, Hearing aids, Hearing loss, Heart disease, Height, Hemorrhagic stroke, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hib vaccines, Hospitals, Housing conditions, Hypertension, Hysterectomy, Idiopathic intellectual disability, Immunization, Income, Influenza vaccines, Injuries, International migration, Leukemia, Limited mobility, Marital status, Measles vaccines, Medical equipment, Medical tests, Menopause, Mental and behavioral disorders, Migraine, Military service, Mobility aids, Musculoskeletal diseases, Noninfective inflammatory bowel disease, Occupations, Pap smears, Peptic ulcer disease, Personal health expenditures, Physical activity, Pneumococcal vaccines, Poisonings, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Preventive interventions, Proctoscopy, Public social assistance, Race, Radon exposure, Road traffic injuries, Rubella vaccines, Safety, Screening mammography, Seat belts, Seizures, Sickle cell disorders, Skin cancers, Stroke, Surgical procedures, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Upper respiratory infections, Varicella, Vision loss, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021