IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

________________________________________________________________________

 

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

 

Vital and Health Statistics

Series 10, Number 255

Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population:

National Health Interview Survey, 2011 [30 November 2012]

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_255.pdf

[full-text, 196 pages]

 

Abstract

This report presents both age-adjusted and unadjusted health statistics from the 2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States. Estimates are disaggregated by sex, age, race, Hispanic origin, education, family income, poverty status, health insurance coverage (where appropriate), place of residence, and region of residence. The topics covered are respondent-assessed health status, limitations in activities, special education or early intervention services, injury and poisoning episodes, health care access and utilization, and health insurance coverage.

 

Contents

Abstract ..................................................................................... 8

Introduction ............................................................................ 10

Methods ................................................................................... 16

Data Source............................................................................ 16

Estimation Procedures ........................................................... 19

Injuries and Poisonings .......................................................... 21

Transition to 2000 Census-based Weights ............................. 22

Age Adjustment ..................................................................... 23

Sample Size Changes in NHIS............................................... 24

Income and Poverty Status Changes ...................................... 25

Data Limitations .................................................................... 26

Variance Estimation and Significance Testing....................... 28

Further Information ............................................................... 29

Selected Highlights ................................................................. 31

Respondent-assessed Health Status ....................................... 31

Limitation in Usual Activities ............................................... 33

Limitation in Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living ..................................................... 34

Limitation in Work Activity ................................................. 35

Special Education or Early Intervention Services .................. 37

Incidence of Medically Consulted Injury and Poisoning Episodes ................................................................................ 38

Causes of Injury and Poisoning Episodes ............................. 39

Activity at Time of Injury and Poisoning Episodes .............. 40

Place of Occurrence of Injury and Poisoning Episodes ........ 41

Access to Medical Care ......................................................... 42

Overnight Hospital Stays ....................................................... 44

Type of Health Insurance Coverage ...................................... 45

Periods Without Health Insurance Coverage Among Currently Insured Persons Under Age 65 .............................................. 47

Length of Time Since Last Covered by Health Insurance Among Currently Uninsured Persons Under Age 65 ............ 48

Reasons for No Health Insurance Coverage Among Currently Uninsured Persons Under Age 65 ......................................... 49

References ............................................................................... 51

Appendix I. Technical Notes on Methods ..............................56

Age Adjustment ..................................................................... 58

Treatment of Unknown Values .............................................. 60

Hypothesis Tests .................................................................... 67

Appendix II. Definitions of Selected Terms .......................... 69

Sociodemographic Terms ...................................................... 69

Terms Related to Health Characteristics or Outcomes........... 81

 

 

________________________________________________________________________

This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.