National Center for Health Statistics [electronic resource] : --monitoring the nation's health

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Summary: The home page for the National Center for Health Statistics includes the mission statement, news releases and fact sheets, publications, and links to CDC employment opportunities. It also includes links to a large collection of NCHS publications that provide detailed statistics on births, morbidity, mortality, and health status indicators for the population of the United States.

Subjects: National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics.; Medical care > United States > Statistics.; Vital statistics > Computer network resources.; Health surveys > Computer network resources.; Health status indicators > Computer network resources.; Mortality > United States > Statistics.; Fertility, Human > United States > Statistics.; Diseases > United States > Statistics.; Mortality > statistics & numerical data > United States > Database.; Fertility > United States > Database.; Disease > United States > Database.; Life Expectancy > statistics & numerical data > United States > Database.; Delivery of Health Care > statistics & numerical data.; Vital Statistics.; Health Surveys.; Life Style.; Health Status.; Hyattsville (Md.); Maryland.
Database topics: Statistical and Numeric Data; Economics and Business; Medicine

Beginning date: 1990
Title variation: NCHS
File characteristics: Electronic data.
Vol/date range: Began in 1990s.
Note: Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 26, 2003).
Audience: Medical, nursing, allied health, general.
Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.; System requirements: PC, telecommunications software, modem; all downloadable files are in Acrobat (tm). PDF format.

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