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United States National Health Interview Survey 2004

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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 
01/2004 - 12/2004
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 interviewed sample for the 2004 NHIS consisted of 36,579 households, yielding 94,460 persons in 37,466 families.

The 2004 NHIS covered a wide variety of topics, such as family composition, socio-demographic characteristics, injuries, health care access and utilization, health insurance, income and assets, health conditions, health behaviors, physical activity, and immunization. The survey included supplement sections on children's mental health and adult immunization.

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Animal injuries, Anxiety, Assets, Asthma, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Back and neck pain, Birth place, Birth weight, Body mass index, COPD, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Child health care, Congenital anomalies, Dental examinations, Diabetes, Diagnosis, Diarrhea, Digestive diseases, Disability, Edentulism, Education, Employment, Epilepsy, Ethnicity, Eye examinations, Falls, Gout, Health care access, Health care use, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health status, Hearing aids, Hearing loss, Heart disease, Height, Hemorrhagic stroke, Hepatitis, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hospitals, Housing conditions, Hypertension, Idiopathic intellectual disability, Immunization, Income, Influenza vaccines, Inguinal and femoral hernia, Injuries, International migration, Larynx cancer, Limited mobility, Marital status, Medical equipment, Medical tests, Mental and behavioral disorders, Migraine, Multiple sclerosis, Musculoskeletal diseases, Noncommunicable diseases, Obesity, Occupations, Parkinson's disease, Peptic ulcer disease, Personal health expenditures, Physical activity, Pneumococcal vaccines, Poisonings, Polio, Pregnancy, Public social assistance, Race, Road and vehicle safety, Road traffic injuries, STDs, Seizures, Sleep, Stroke, Surgical procedures, Telephones, Therapies, Thyroid gland disorders, Tobacco smoking, Tuberculosis, Upper respiratory infections, Varicella, Vision loss, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Dec 14, 2023