U.S. congressional district cancer death rates by Pickle Linda W, Jemal Ahmedin, Ward Elizabeth M, Hao Yongping, Thun Michael J

“…</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Mortality data were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) for 1990–2001 for 50 states, the District of Columbia, and all counties. …”
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Data on cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases among smokers of menthol and non-menthol cigarettes compiled from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999–... by Cynthia Van Landingham, William Fuller, Greg Mariano, Kristin Marano, Geoffrey Curtin, Sandra I. Sulsky

“…Raw data may be downloaded from the National Center for Health Statistics. Results were not much affected by which covariates were included in the models, but depended strongly on the NHANES cycles included in the analysis. …”
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Cartografia do retardo estatural em escolares do Estado da Paraíba, Brasil by Alice T Carvalho, Maria JC Costa, Luiz OC Ferreira, Malaquias Batista Filho

“…MÉTODOS: Fez-se levantamento de caráter censitário da estatura de 50.144 escolares com idade de 6 a 9 anos, matriculados na primeira série do primeiro grau de todos municípios do Estado da Paraíba, considerando-se como déficit estatural os valores classificados abaixo de -2 "scores" z do padrão do National Center of Health Statistics. RESULTADOS: Em todo o Estado, 14,5% dos escolares foram considerados casos de nanismo, com uma distribuição heterogênea para as quatro mesorregiões fisiográficas estudadas: 18,7% no Sertão, 13,8% no Agreste, 11,9% na Borborema e 10,9% na Zona da Mata. …”
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Forced intercourse in America: a pandemic update by William G. Axinn, Brady T. West, Heather M. Schroeder

“…Abstract Background Measures of forced intercourse from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) indicate high prevalence among U.S. women, which is likely to produce unintended pregnancies. …”
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Nontuberculous mycobacterial disease mortality in the United States, 1999-2010: a population-based comparative study. by Mehdi Mirsaeidi, Roberto F Machado, Joe G N Garcia, Dean E Schraufnagel

“…In this study, we explored the geographical area of exposure and mortality and comorbid conditions of affected persons to determine environment, host, and host-pathogen interactive factors.We analyzed mortality related to nontuberculous mycobacterial infections from 1999 through 2010 by examining multiple-cause-of-death data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Among those who died with these diseases, we analyzed age-adjusted mortality rates, trends, associations with demographic variables, and comorbid conditions and correlated this information with similar data for tuberculosis-related mortality during the same time.From 1999 through 2010, nontuberculous mycobacterial disease was reported as an immediate cause of death in 2,990 people in the United States with a combined overall mean age-adjusted mortality rate of 0.1 per 100,000 person-years. …”
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Comparison of the 2005 growth charts for Saudi children and adolescents to the 2000 CDC growth charts by El Mouzan Mohammad, Al Herbish Abdullah, Al Salloum Abdullah, Foster Peter, Al Omar Ahmad, Qurachi Mansour, Kecojevic Tatjana

“…<b>Background and Objectives: </b> The 2000 CDC growth charts for the United States, a revision of the National Center for Health Statistics/World Health Organization (NCHS/WHO) growth charts, were released in 2002 to replace the NCHS/WHO charts. …”
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Estimated number of eligible Part B beneficiaries for the medicare diabetes prevention program at the county level and by urban-rural classification. by Boon Peng Ng, Yiling J Cheng, Stephanie Rutledge, Michael J Cannon, Ping Zhang, Bryce D Smith

“…The results from the predictive model were applied to 2015 Medicare Part B beneficiaries to estimate the number of MDPP-eligible beneficiaries. The National Center for Health Statistics' Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties from 2013 were used to define urban and rural categories.…”
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Follow-up of children and adolescents with short stature: the importance of the growth rate by Maria Wany Louzada Strufaldi, Edina Mariko Koga da Silva, Rosana Fiorini Puccini

“…METHODS: The study included 152 patients aged 2 to 15 years who had height for age of less than P5, on the National Center for Health Statistics curve. The children underwent nutritional evaluation, and several variables relating to height and growth rate were calculated to establish etiological diagnosis. …”
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Computations of Confidence Intervals for Estimates in the United States National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1979–2000 by Yao-Hua Luo, PhD, Matthew Zack, MD

“…Instead, calculating confidence intervals requires using the statistical methods and relative standard errors that the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics has provided. However, the relative standard error parameters differ by hospital, patient category, and group. …”
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Maternal and infant characteristics: differences and similarities between the Nordic countries and the US by Löfling L, Bröms G, Bahmanyar S, Kieler H

“…The data were obtained from the US National Center for Health Statistics and the official statistics data for the Nordic countries. …”
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Comprometimento do desenvolvimento pondo-estatural em crianças portadoras de cardiopatias congênitas com Shunt Cianogênico - doi:10.5020/18061230.2008.p98 by Denise Gonçalves Moura Pinheiro, Carlos Hermano da Justa Pinheiro, Maria de Jesus Ferreira Marinho

“…Analisaram-se as variáveis prevalência de acometimento por sexo, tipo de malformação congênita e índices antropométricos (Peso/Idade, Altura/Idade e Peso/Altura) os quais foram comparados com valores padronizados e propostos para a idade de acordo com a tabela de desenvolvimento pondo-estatural (DPE) normal do National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Resultados: Houve um maior acometimento do gênero masculino sendo que as CCCs mais incidentes foram a Tetralogia de Fallot e a Dupla Transposição de Grandes Vasos da Base. …”
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Prevalence of malnutrition and its related factors among urban and rural primary school students, Abadan, in 2019 by Saeedeh Elhami, Nasim Hatefimoadab, Farshid Mohammad Mousaei, Samaneh Naeimi, Maryam Azizi, Daniyal Sayadi Moghadam, Marzieh Ghassemi

“…Furthermore, the indices of short stature for age (stunting), low weight for age (underweight), and low weight for height (wasting) in children were calculated and compared with the National Center for Health Statistics standard. Results: The results revealed that the average age of malnourished children was 9.56 years and the average age of normal children was 8.97 years. …”
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Identifying perinatal risk factors for infant maltreatment: an ecological approach by Hallisey Elaine J, Zhou Yueqin, Freymann Gordon R

“…U.S. states that routinely collect the variables the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) defines for birth certificates can easily identify areas that are at high risk for infant maltreatment. …”
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Nutritional status of adolescent girls residing in rural area: A community-based cross-sectional study by Sulakshana S Baliga, Vijaya A Naik, Maheshwar D Mallapur

“…For the comparison of anthropometric data, National Center for Health Statistics and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey standards were used. …”
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The public health exposome and pregnancy-related mortality in the United States: a high-dimensional computational analysis by E. W. Harville, S.K. Grady, MA Langston, P. J. Juarez, D. Vilda, M. E. Wallace

“…Methods The 2015–2018, 4-year total population, county-level, pregnancy-related mortality ratio (PRM; deaths per 100,000 live births; National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), restricted use mortality file) was linked with the Public Health Exposome (PHE). …”
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Racial and ethnic differences in foveal avascular zone in diabetic and nondiabetic eyes revealed by optical coherence tomography angiography by Sawarin Laotaweerungsawat, Catherine Psaras, Zeeshan Haq, Xiuyun Liu, Jay M. Stewart

“…Eight OCTA parameters relating to the foveal avascular zone (FAZ), superficial vascular perfusion, and deep vascular perfusion were analyzed for significant differences between race and ethnicity groups, self-reported by patients and organized according to National Center for Health Statistics groupings. Multiple regression was then used to adjust estimates for possible confounding by age, gender, hypertension, and last hemoglobin A1c level. …”
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Standard deviation of anthropometric Z-scores as a data quality assessment tool using the 2006 WHO growth standards: a cross country analysis by Zuguo Mei, Laurence M Grummer-Strawn

“…Based on the 1978 WHO/National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth reference, the World Health Organization has previously indicated that the standard deviation (SD) of Z-scores of these indicators is relatively constant across populations, irrespective of nutritional status. …”
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Nutritional status of pre-school children from low income families by de Oliveira Adriana G, Nascimento Viviane G, Valenti Vitor E, de Abreu Luiz, Shoeps Denise O, Gallo Paulo R, Wajnsztejn Rubens, Leone Claudio

“…Body weight (W), height (H) and body mass index (BMI) were classified according to the 2000 National Center for Health Statistics (CDC/NCHS). Cutoff points for nutritional disorders: -2 z scores and 2.5 and 10 percentiles for malnutrition risk, 85 to 95 percentile for overweight and above BMI 95 percentile for obesity. …”
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Anemia e peso ao nascer by Uchimura Taqueco T, Szarfarc Sophia C, Latorre Maria R D de O, Uchimura Nelson S, Souza Sonia Buongermino de

“…O estudo do crescimento para o indicador peso/idade e altura/idade teve como referência o padrão NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics). Para o diagnóstico da anemia, utilizou-se a dosagem bioquímica da concentração de hemoglobina pelo método colorimétrico direto, HemoCue. …”
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Valores percentilares de peso, talla e índice de masa corporal en escolares argelinos de la Wilaya de Djelfa Percentile values of weight, height and body mass index in Algerian sch... by Guillermo Manuel Vaillant Suárez, Libia Margarita López Nistal, Ada Lázara Lozano Leblanc

“…The investigation was based on determining the percentiles of weight, height and body mass index by age and sex of this population, according to the Cuban regulations and references of the World Health Organization and National Center for Health Statistics, from which results tables were made to evaluate the process of growth and nutritional status in children of those ages in this country.…”
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