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Section 3. Health and Nutrition

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Section 3. Health and Nutrition

Report Number: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008 (127th Edition)

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This section presents statistics on health expenditures and insurance coverage, including Medicare and Medicaid, medical personnel, hospitals, nursing homes and other care facilities, injuries, diseases, disability status, nutritional intake of the population, and food consumption.

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Food Consumption And Nutrition

202 - Households and Persons Having Problems with Access to Food: 2000 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
203 - Per Capita Consumption of Selected Beverages by Type: 1980 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
204 - Nutrition-Nutrients in Foods Available for Civilian Consumption Per Capita Per Day: 1970 to 2004 [<1.0 MB]
205 - Per Capita Consumption Of Major Food Commodities: 1980 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
206 - Per Capita Utilization Of Commercially-Produced Fruits and Vegetables: 1980 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]

Health Care Resources

151 - Annual Receipts/Revenue for Health Care Industries: 2000 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
152 - Receipts for Selected Health Service Industries by Source of Revenue: 2000 and 2005 [<1.0 MB]
153 - Employment In The Health Service Industries: 1990 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
154 - Active Physicians - 2005 and Nurses - 2004, by State [<1.0 MB]
155 - Physicians by Sex and Specialty: 1980 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
163 - Hospitals--Summary Characteristics: 1980 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
164 - Average Cost To Community Hospitals Per Patient: 1980 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
165 - Community Hospitals--States: 2000 and 2005 [<1.0 MB]
183 - Nursing Homes--Selected Characteristics: 2004 [<1.0 MB]
194 - Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities and Clients: 1995 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]

Health Care Utilization

131 - Prescription Drug Use in the Past Month by Sex, Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1998-1994 and 1999-2002 [<1.0 MB]
156 - Percent Distribution of Number of Visits to Health Care Professionals, by Selected Characteristics: 2000 and 2005 [<1.0 MB]
157 - Ambulatory Care Visits To Physicians' Offices and Hospital Outpatient and Emergency Departments: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
158 - Visits To Office-Based Physicians and Hospital Outpatient Departments by Diagnosis: 2000 and 2005 [<1.0 MB]
159 - Visits To Hospital Emergency Departments by Diagnosis: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
160 - Procedures For Inpatients Discharged From Short-Stay Hospitals: 1990 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
161 - Selected Cosmetic Procedures: 2000 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
162 - Organ Transplants And Grafts: 1990 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
166 - Hospital Use Rates by Type of Hospital: 1980 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
167 - Hospital Utilization Rates by Sex: 1990 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
168 - Hospital Utilization Measures For HIV Patients: 1990 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
169 - Hospital Discharges and Days of Care: 2002 and 2005 [<1.0 MB]
170 - Hospital Discharges And Days of Care by Sex: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
182 - Persons 65 Years Old and Over With Limitation of Activity Caused by Chronic Conditions: 2000 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
191 - Use Of Mammography For Women 40 Years Old and Over by Patient Characteristics: 1990 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]

Health Conditions, Diseases

171 - Cancer--Estimated New Cases, 2007, and Survival Rates, 1987-1989 to 1996-2003 [<1.0 MB]
172 - Cancer--Estimated New Cases and Deaths by State: 2007 [<1.0 MB]
173 - Selected Notifiable Diseases--Cases Reported: 1980 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
174 - AIDS, Syphilis, and Tuberculosis Cases Reported by State: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
175 - Reported AIDS Cases for Adults and Adolescents, by Transmission Category and Sex: Cumulative Through 2005 [<1.0 MB]
176 - Estimated Number of Persons Living With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) by Year and Selected Characteristics: 2000 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
177 - Children Immunized Against Specified Diseases: 1995 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
178 - Learning Disability or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for Children 3 to 17 Years of Age, by Selected Characteristics: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
179 - Asthma Incidence Among Children Under 18 Years of Age, by Selected Characteristics: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
180 - Number of Persons With a Disability by Age Group and by State: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
181 - Persons With Limitation of Activity Caused by Chronic Conditions: 2000 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
184 - Injury and Poisoning Episodes and Conditions by Age and Sex: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
185- Injuries Associated With Consumer Products: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
186 - Costs Of Unintentional Injuries: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
187 - Persons 18 Years and Over With Selected Diseases and Conditions, by Selected Characteristics: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
188 - Persons 18 Years of Age and Over with Selected Circulatory Diseases, by Selected Characteristics: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
189 - Selected Respiratory Diseases Among Persons 18 Years of Age and Over, by Selected Characteristics: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
190 - Persons 18 Years of Age and Over with Migraines and Pains in the Neck, Lower Back, Face or Jaw, by Selected Characteristics: 2005 [<1.0 MB]

Health Expenditures

122 - National Health Expenditures--Summary, 1960 to 2005, and Projections, 2006 to 2016 [<1.0 MB]
123 - National Health Expenditures by Type: 1990 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
124 - National Health Expenditures by Object, 1990 to 2005, and Projections, 2006 [<1.0 MB]
125 - Health Services And Supplies--Per Capita Consumer Expenditures by Object: 1990 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
126 - Public Expenditures For Health Services And Supplies: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
127 - Personal Health Care--Third Party Payments And Private Consumer Expenditures, 1990 to 2005, and Projections, 2006 [<1.0 MB]
128 - Personal Health Care Expenditures by Object and Source of Payment: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
129 - Hospital Care, Physician and Clinical Services, Nursing Home Care, and Prescription Drug Expenditures by Source of Payment: 1990 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
130 - Retail Prescription Drug Sales: 1995 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
132 - Consumer Price Indexes of Medical Care Prices: 1980 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
133 - Average Annual Expenditures Per Consumer Unit For Health Care: 1990 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]

Health Insurance

144 - Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs): 1990 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
145 - Persons Enrolled in Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) by State: 2000 and 2006 [<1.0 MB]
146 - Health Insurance Coverage Status By Selected Characteristics: 2004 and 2005 [<1.0 MB]
147 - Persons With and Without Health Insurance Coverage By State: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
148 - People Without Health Insurance for the Entire Year by Selected Characteristics: 2004 and 2005 [<1.0 MB]
149 - Percent of Workers Participating in Health Care Benefit Programs and Percent of Participants Required to Contribute: 2006 [<1.0 MB]
150 - Medical Care Benefits of Workers by Type and Amount of Employee Contribution: 2006 [<1.0 MB]

Health Risk Factors

192 - Current Cigarette Smoking: 1990 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
193 - Current Cigarette Smoking by Sex and State: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
195 - Drug Use by Type of Drug and Age Group: 2002 and 2005 [<1.0 MB]
196 - Estimated Use of Selected Drugs by State: 2004-2005 [<1.0 MB]
197 - Cumulative Percent Distribution Of Population by Height And Sex: 2003-2004 [<1.0 MB]
198 - Cumulative Percent Distribution of Population by Weight and Sex: 2003-2004 [<1.0 MB]
199 - Age-adjusted Percent Distributions of Body Mass Index (BMI) Among Persons 18 Years Old and Over, by Selected Characteristics: 2003-2004 [<1.0 MB]
200 - Percentage Of Adults Engaging In Leisure-Time, Transportation-Related and Household-Related Physical Activity: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
201 - High School Students Engaged in Physical Activity by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 2005 [<1.0 MB]

Medicare, Medicaid

134 - Medicare Benefits by Type of Provider: 1990 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
135 - Medicare--Enrollment by State and Other Areas: 2000 to 2005 [<1.0 MB]
136 - Medicare Enrollees: 1980 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
137 - Medicare Disbursements by Type of Beneficiary: 1990 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
138 - Medicare Trust Funds: 1990 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]
139 - Medicaid--Selected Characteristics Of Persons Covered: 2005 [<1.0 MB]
140 - Medicaid--Beneficiaries and Payments: 2000 to 2004 [<1.0 MB]
141 - Medicaid--Summary by State: 2000 and 2004 [<1.0 MB]
142 - State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)--Enrollment and Expenditures by State: 2000 and 2006 [<1.0 MB]
143 - Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment By State And Other Areas: 1995 to 2006 [<1.0 MB]

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