Conditions, Diseases, and Disorders

Description: Arthritis is a general term for conditions that affect the joints, tissues around the joint, and other connective tissues.

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

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Description: Asthma is a lung disease that can cause repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing.

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

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• Current asthma in adults
• Current asthma in children
• Ever having asthma among children

Description: During an asthma episode or attack (asthma episode/attack), the sides of the lung's airways swell, and the airways shrink. Less air can pass in and out of the lungs, and mucous may further clog up the airways, making breathing more difficult.

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

Preliminary Data: DQS includes final data from NHIS. More recent preliminary data for this topic are available through the NHIS Early Release Program.

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Description: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, also called ADHD, is a condition related to a pattern of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

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Description: Cancer is a disease in which cells in the body grow out of control. Cancer is always named for the part of the body where it starts, even if it spreads to other body parts later.

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

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• Any skin cancer
• Any type of cancer
• Breast cancer
• Cervical cancer
• Prostate cancer

Description: Angina, or angina pectoris, (angina/angina pectoris) is chest pain or discomfort that happens when the heart is not getting enough blood. It is a symptom of coronary heart disease.

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

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Description: Blood cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance made by the liver. High cholesterol happens when too much of this substance builds up on artery walls, causing them to narrow.

Cholesterol in adults, measured

Details: Health, United States (HUS) publishes data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which are measured with laboratory testing. HUS analysis of these data provides estimates related to poverty level not available directly from the survey program.

NHANES defines high cholesterol is defined as serum total cholesterol greater than or equal to 240 mg/dL. NHANES defines hypercholesterolemia as measured serum total cholesterol greater than or equal to 240 mg/dL or reporting taking cholesterol-lowering medications.

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• Age group
• Sex
• Race and Hispanic origin
• Poverty level

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• High cholesterol
• Hypercholesterolemia
• Mean serum total cholesterol level

High cholesterol diagnosis, self-reported

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with self-reported data on high cholesterol diagnosis from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

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High cholesterol, total, measured

Details: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) provides the NCHS DQS with data on total high cholesterol, which are measured with laboratory testing. NHANES defines total high cholesterol as serum total cholesterol greater than or equal to 240 mg/dL.

Available data filters:

• Age group
• Sex
• Race and Hispanic origin.

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Description: Coronary heart disease is a type of heart disease caused by plaque buildup in the wall of the arteries. This buildup limits the supply of blood, oxygen, and nutrients to the heart.

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

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Description: Heart attack, or myocardial infarction, (heart attack/myocardial infarction) happens when a part of the heart muscle doesn't get enough blood. Coronary heart disease is the main cause of heart attacks.

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

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Description: Blood pressure is the pressure of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. Hypertension, also called high blood pressure, happens when blood pressure is higher than normal.

Hypertension diagnosis, self-reported

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with self-reported data on hypertension diagnosis from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

Preliminary Data: DQS includes final data from NHIS. More recent preliminary data for this topic are available through the NHIS Early Release Program.

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Hypertension in adults, measured

Details: Health, United States (HUS) publishes data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which are measured during physical examination. NHANES defines hypertension as having—

• systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 130 mmHg,
• diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 80 mmHg, or
• currently taking medication to lower high blood pressure.

HUS analysis of these data provides estimates related to poverty level not available directly from the survey program.

Available data filters:

• Age group
• Sex
• Race and Hispanic origin
• Poverty level

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Hypertension, measured

Details: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) provides the NCHS DQS with data on hypertension, which are measured during physical examination. NHANES defines hypertension as having—

• systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 130 mmHg,
• diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 80 mmHg, or currently
• taking medication to lower high blood pressure.

Available data filters:

• Age group
• Sex
• Race and Hispanic origin.

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Description: Chronic pain can result from chronic conditions such as arthritis and diabetes, autoimmune disorders, and past injuries and can limit quality of life.

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

Preliminary Data: DQS includes final data from NHIS. More recent preliminary data for this topic are available through the NHIS Early Release Program.

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Description: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of diseases that block airflow to and from the lungs and cause breathing-related problems. It includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

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Description: Diabetes is a chronic health condition that occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces to control blood sugar.

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with self-reported data on diabetes diagnosis from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

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Description: A disability is any condition of the body or mind that makes it more difficult for the person with the condition to do certain activities and interact with the world around them.

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews. These topics are based on the same NHIS questions as Disability status (composite).

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

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• Any difficulty communicating
• Any difficulty hearing
• Any difficulty remembering or concentrating
• Any difficulty seeing
• Any difficulty walking or climbing steps
• Any difficulty with self-care

Description: Disability status is based on a self-report of "a lot of difficulty" or "cannot do at all" in at least one of six functioning domains:

• seeing, even if wearing glasses or contacts
• hearing, even if wearing hearing aids
• mobility, walking or climbing stairs
• communication, understanding or being understood by others
• cognition, remembering or concentrating
• self-care, such as washing all over or getting dressed

Details: Data on disability are based on the Washington Group Composite Disability Indicator for adults. The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

Preliminary Data: DQS includes final data from NHIS. More recent preliminary data for this topic are available through the NHIS Early Release Program.

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Description: Learning disabilities are disorders that affect a person's ability to understand or use spoken or written language, do mathematical calculations, coordinate movements, or direct attention.

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

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Description: Functional difficulties are based on a self-report of difficulty in at least one of six functioning domains.

Self-report of difficulty uses three options:

• No difficulty
• Some difficulty
• A lot of difficulty/cannot do at all

These are the six functioning domains:

• Seeing (even if wearing glasses or contacts)
• Hearing (even if wearing hearing aids)
• Mobility (walking or climbing stairs)
• Communication (understanding or being understood by others)
• Cognition (remembering or concentrating)
• Self-care (such as washing all over or getting dressed)

Details: Health, United States (HUS) publishes data on functioning from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). NHIS collects these data using question from the Washington Group Short Set on Functioning.

Available data filters:

• Age group
• Age group and metro areas size
• Age group and poverty level
• Age group and race
• Age group and race and Hispanic origin
• Age group and sex

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• No difficulty
• Some difficulty
• A lot of difficulty or cannot do at all

Description: Herpes simplex virus type 1 is a lifelong viral infection that typically causes oral herpes but can also cause genital herpes.

Details: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) provides the NCHS DQS with data on herpes simplex virus type 1 from laboratory testing.

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• Age group
• Sex
• Race and Hispanic origin.

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Description: Herpes simplex virus type 2 is a lifelong viral infection that typically causes genital herpes but can also cause infections in the mouth.

Details: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) provides the NCHS DQS with data on herpes simplex virus type 2 from laboratory testing.

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• Age group
• Sex
• Race and Hispanic origin.

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Description: Adults are considered overweight if their body mass index (BMI) is 25 to 29.9 and to have obesity if their BMI is 30 or higher. Children are considered to have obesity if their BMI (relative to other children of the same sex and age) is at the 95th percentile or higher on the CDC growth charts.

BMI among adults, measured

Details: Health, United States (HUS) publishes data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

Available data filters:

• Age group
• Sex
• Race and Hispanic origin
• Poverty level

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• Normal weight (BMI from 18.5 to 24.9)
• Overweight or obese (BMI greater than or equal to 25.0)
• Obesity (BMI greater than or equal to 30.0)
• Grade 1 obesity (BMI from 30.0 to 34.9)
• Grade 2 obesity (BMI from 35.0 to 39.9)
• Grade 3 obesity (BMI greater than or equal to 40.0)

Obesity in children, measured by age

Details: Health, United States (HUS) publishes data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

Available data filters:

• Age group
• Sex
• Race and Hispanic origin
• Poverty level

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• 2-19 years
• 2-5 years
• 6-11 years
• 12-19 years

Obesity, measured

Details: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) provides the NCHS DQS with data on obesity. These data are based on measured weight and height during physical examination.

Available data filters:

• Age group
• Sex
• Race and Hispanic origin

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• Obesity, measured among adults
• Obesity, measured among children

Obesity, self-reported

Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with self-reported data on obesity from household interviews.

Available data filters:

• Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
• Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
• Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level

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