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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Health, United States, 2008


Health, United States
presents national trends in health statistics on such topics (PDF, 14 MB) as birth and death rates, infant mortality, life expectancy, morbidity and health status, risk factors, use of ambulatory and inpatient care, health personnel and facilities, financing of health care, health insurance and managed care, and other health topics.

The report includes a chartbook (PDF, 14 MB) and trend tables (PDF, 14 MB) that may be viewed and printed using Adobe Acrobat. Trend tables are also available as downloadable spreadsheet files (PDF,) for data manipulation or graphical analysis. Data trends may be more complete in spreadsheet files than in pdf files.

The Preface (PDF, 14 MB) describes changes and additions to the current report.

Major findings are presented in the Highlights (PDF, 14 MB). Appendices (PDF, 14 MB) include Data Sources and Definitions and Methods.

The Index (PDF, 14 MB) is a topical index with cross references to such topics as child and adolescent health, elderly population, nutrition related, specific race and ethnic groups, State data, and women's health.

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