Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2009. Vital and Health Statistics, Series 10 Number 249. Data From the National Health Interview Survey

摘要

This report is one in a set of reports summarizing data from the 2009 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)a multipurpose health survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This report provides national estimates for a broad range of health measures for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population of adults. The other two reports in this set provide estimates of selected health measures for the U.S. population and for children under age 18 years. These three volumes of descriptive statistics and highlights are published for each year of NHIS, and since 1997 have replaced the annual, one-volume Current Estimates series. Estimates are presented here for selected chronic conditions, selected mental health characteristics, functional limitations, health status, health behaviors, health care access and utilization, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing status, and are derived from the Sample Adult Core component of the annual NHIS Basic Module.