Beyond the Public Use File: Confidentiality of Archival Records. A Case Study, the National Center for Health Statistics by Cynthia G. Fox

“…A Case Study, the National Center for Health Statistics…”
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Extrahepatic causes of death in cirrhosis compared to other chronic conditions in the United States, 1999-2017 by Nagasri Shankar, Azaan Ramani, Connor Griffin, Uchenna Agbim, Donghee Kim, Aijaz Ahmed, Sumeet K. Asrani

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Nutritional status of breastfed infants in rural Zambia: comparison of the National Center for Health Statistics growth reference versus the WHO 12-month breastfed pooled data set by J.L.A. Hautvast, A. Pandor, J. Burema, J.J.M. Tolboom, N. Chishimba, L.A.H. Monnens, W.A. van Staveren

“…Cross-sectional data for breastfed infants in rural Zambia were used to evaluate the effect of applying two different data sets as a reference, i.e. the WHO 12-month breastfed pooled data set and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth reference in terms of prevalence of malnutrition (stunting, underweight, and wasting). …”
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Administrative, legal, and organizational hurdles in data linkage: Experiences and lessons from the recent National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) data linkage project by Jon Sperling, Patricia Lloyd, Veronica Helms, James Brittain

“…Background As the principal health statistics agency in the United States, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) collects and disseminates statistical information that guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. …”
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Ranking of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia among the leading causes of death in the US varies depending on NCHS or WHO definitions by Shu‐Yu Tai, Ying‐Chen Chi, Yu‐Tai Lo, Yu‐Wen Chien, Ichiro Kwachi, Tsung‐Hsueh Lu

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Assessing consent for and response to health survey components in an era of falling response rates: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011-2018 by Geraldine McQuillan, Deanna Kruszon-Moran, Hua Di, Denise Schaar, Susan Lukacs, Tala Fakhouri, Eric Tolliver, Ryne Paulose-Ram

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Prevalence of Diabetes by BMI: China Nutrition and Health Surveillance (2015–2017) and U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2015–2018) by Dongmei Yu, PhD, Crescent B. Martin, MA, MPH, Cheryl D. Fryar, MSPH, Craig M. Hales, MD, Mark S. Eberhardt, PhD, Margaret D. Carroll, MSPH, Liyun Zhao, MPH, Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD

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A method for calculating BMI z-scores and percentiles above the 95th percentile of the CDC growth charts by Rong Wei, Cynthia L. Ogden, Van L. Parsons, David S. Freedman, Craig M. Hales

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Prevalence of Obesity and CKD Among Adults in the United States, 2017-2020 by Allon N. Friedman, MD, Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD, Craig M. Hales, MD

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Excess all-cause mortality in the USA and Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 and 2021 by Lauren M. Rossen, Sarah K. Nørgaard, Paul D. Sutton, Tyra G. Krause, Farida B. Ahmad, Lasse S. Vestergaard, Kåre Mølbak, Robert N. Anderson, Jens Nielsen

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Differential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excess mortality and life expectancy loss within the Hispanic population by Elizabeth Arias, Betzaida Tejada-Vera

“…<b>Methods</b>: We use final 2019 and 2020 mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics and population estimates based on the 2019 and 2020 American Community Survey. …”
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Data Confidentiality: The Next Five Years Summary and Guide to Papers by Satkartar K. Kinney, Alan F. Karr, Joe Fred Gonzalez Jr.

“…On May 1–2, 2008, the National Center for Health Statistics/CDC (NCHS) and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) co-sponsored a workshop “Data Confi- dentiality: The Next Five Years,” which was held at NCHS’ headquarters in Hyattsville, MD. …”
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Evaluation of four gamma-based methods for calculating confidence intervals for age-adjusted mortality rates when data are sparse by Makram Talih, Robert N. Anderson, Jennifer D. Parker

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Use of Administrative Records and the Privacy-Confidentiality Trade-off by Jennifer H. Madans

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A comprehensive analysis of the mortality experience of hispanic subgroups in the United States: Variation by age, country of origin, and nativity by Andrew Fenelon, Juanita J. Chinn, Robert N. Anderson

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Racial disparities in mortality in the adult hispanic population by Elizabeth Arias, Norman J. Johnson, Betzaida Tejada Vera

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Question evaluation for real-time surveys: Lessons from COVID-19 data collection by Stephanie Willson, Paul Scanlon, Kristen Miller

“…To account for this challenge, the National Center for Health Statistics adopted an iterative, two-component, mixed-method approach to question design and evaluation. …”
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Níveis plasmáticos de zinco e antropometria de crianças da periferia de centro urbano no Brasil Plasma zinc levels and the anthropometry of children on the outskirts of the urban c... by Rosa Maria Duarte Fávaro, Helio Vannucchi

“…Weight for age, height for age and weight/height ratio were below 90% of the 50th percentile of National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in 42.9%, 6.3% and 9.5% of children, respectively. …”
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Measuring child functioning:the Unicef/ Washington Group Module by Mitchell Loeb, Claudia Cappa, Roberta Crialesi, Elena De Palma

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Approaches to the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections in patients with allergic diseases by Y. A. Gornostaeva

“…For example, in the United States, sinusitis is now the most widespread disease the incidence of which is higher than that of hypertension and arthritis (according to the National Center for Health Statistics, USA). This is caused by overcrowded cities, poor environment, greater population mobility, insufficient vaccination coverage, poor personal hygiene standards and malnutrition.…”
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