NHIS Results and Publications

Series 1 reports describe the data collection methods used, definitions, and other material necessary for understanding the data.

• No. 31. Questionnaires From the National Health Interview Survey, 1985–89 (08/1993)
• No. 26. An Inventory of Pain Data Available From the National Center for Health Statistics (06/1992)
• No. 24. Questionnaires From the National Health Interview Survey, 1980–84 (03/1990)
• No. 21. Supplement on Aging to the 1984 National Health Interview Survey (10/1987)
• No. 18. National Health Interview Survey Design, 1973–84, and Procedures, 1975–83 (08/1985)
• No. 17. Inventory of Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Data Available From the National Center for Health Statistics (04/1985)
• No. 11. Health Interview Survey Procedure, 1957-1974 (04/1975)
• No. 2. Health Survey Procedure. Concepts, Questionnaire Development, and Definitions in the Health Interview Survey (05/1964)
• No. 1. Origin, Program, and Operation of the U.S. National Health Survey (08/1963)

Studies of new statistical methodology including experimental tests of new survey methods, studies of vital statistics collection methods, new analytical techniques, objective evaluations of reliability of collected data, and contributions to statistical theory. Studies also include comparison of U.S. methodology with those of other countries.

• No. 180. Issues in Developing Multidimensional Indices of State-level Health Inequalities: National Health Interview Survey, 2013–2015 (06/2018)
• No. 174. Data Quality Assessment of the 2014 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander National Health Interview Survey (08/2017)
• No. 169. Sexual Orientation in the 2013 National Health Interview Survey: A Quality Assessment (12/2014)
• No. 165. Design and Estimation for the National Health Interview Survey, 2006–2015 (04/2014)
• No. 147. Mortality Experience of the 1986–2000 National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality Files Participants (10/2008)
• No. 145. Linkage of the National Health Interview Survey to Air Quality Data (02/2008)
• No. 144. Statistical Match of the March 1996 Current Population Survey and the 1995 National Health Interview Survey (01/2008)
• No. 130. Design and Estimation for the National Health Interview Survey, 1995–2004 (06/2000)
• No. 126. National Health Interview Survey: Research for the 1995–2004 Redesign (07/1999)
• No. 122. Evaluation of 2-week Doctor Visit Reporting in the National Health Interview Survey (08/1996)
• No. 120. Evaluation of National Health Interview Survey Diagnostic Reporting (02/1994)
• No. 110. National Health Interview Survey, 1985-94. Design and Estimation (10/1989)
• No. 106. Experimental Comparison of Telephone and Personal Health Interview Surveys (08/1987)
• No. 105. Reporting Chronic Conditions in the National Health Interview Survey: A Review of Tendencies From Evaluation Studies and Methodological Test (05/1987)
• No. 103. Linking the National Survey of Family Growth With the National Health Interview Survey. Analysis of Field Trials (09/1987)
• No. 102. Linking the National Medical Expenditure Survey With the National Health Interview Survey: Analysis of Field Trials (09/1987)
• No. 101. Design Alternatives for Integrating the National Medical Expenditure Survey With the National Health Interview Survey (03/1987)
• No. 96. Integration of Sample Design for the National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 4, With the National Health Interview Survey (12/1985)
• No. 75. Synthetic Estimation of State Health Characteristics Based on the Health Interview Survey (10/1977)
• No. 54. Quality Control and Measurement of Nonsampling Error in the Health Interview Survey (03/1973)
• No. 52. Reliability of Estimates With Alternative Cluster Sizes in the Health Interview Survey (04/1973)
• No. 50. Optimum Recall Period for Reporting Persons Injured in Motor Vehicle Accidents (04/1972)
• No. 49. Reporting Health Events in Household Interviews: Effects of an Extensive Questionnaire and a Diary Procedure (04/1972)
• No. 48. Interviewing Methods in the Health Interview Survey (04/1972)
• No. 45. Reporting Health Events in Household Interviews: Effects of Reinforcement, Question Length, and Reinterviews (03/1972)
• No. 41. Effect of Some Experimental Interviewing Techniques on Reporting in the Health Interview Survey (05/1971)
• No. 38. Estimation and Sampling Variance in the Health Interview Survey (06/1970)
• No. 26. The Influence of Interviewer and Respondent Psychological and Behavioral Variables on the Reporting in Household Interviews (03/1968)
• No. 23. Interview Data on Chronic Conditions Compared With Information Derived From Medical Records (05/1967)
• No. 18. Interview Response on Health Insurance Compared With Insurance Records: United States-1960 (08/1966)
• No. 12. Methodological Aspects of a Hearing Ability Interview Survey (10/1965)
• No. 8. Comparison of Hospitalization Reporting (in Three Survey Procedures) (07/1965)
• No. 7. Health Interview Responses Compared with Medical Records (07/1965)
• No. 6. Reporting of Hospitalization in the Health Interview Survey (07/1965)
• No. 2. Measurement of Personal Health Expenditures (06/1963)

Series 3 reports are analytical or interpretive studies based on vital and health statistics. These reports carry the analyses further than the expository types of reports in the other series.

• No. 41. Health Care Access and Utilization Among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Persons in the United States, 2014 (08/2017)
• No. 40. Chartbook on Health Conditions and Behaviors of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Persons in the United States, 2014 (07/2017)

Series 10 reports are statistics on illness, accidental injuries, disability, use of hospital, medical, dental, and other services, and other health-related topics, all based on data collection in the continuing national household survey.

Find these reports on the Series 10 web page.