STATCASTS

2013

August 3, 2013

• STATCAST Q2 - 2013
  Second Quarter 2013 data highlights from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

May 23 , 2013

• STATCAST Q1 - 2013
  First Quarter 2013 data highlights from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

2010

October 13 , 2010

• STATCAST #20 [audio MP3 - 5.82 MB]
  Elizabeth Arias, PhD, a demographer with CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, discusses her new study, the first-ever life expectancy report on the U.S. hispanic population
• STATCAST #20 (Español) [audio MP3 - 5.6 MB]
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• United States Life Tables by Hispanic Origin [PDF - 770 KB]

September 15 , 2010

• STATCAST #19 [audio MP3 - 5.3 MB]
  Joyce Abma, PhD, a demographer with CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, discusses a new study she co-authored on sex education and teenagers in the U.S.
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• Educating Teenagers About Sex in the United States [PDF - 1 MB]

March 3, 2010

• STATCAST #18 [audio MP3 - 3.8 MB]
  Marian MacDorman, PhD, a statistician with the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, discusses her new study on trends in home births and other out-of-hospital births in the U.S.
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• Trends and Charactersistics of Home and Other Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States, 1990-2006 [PDF - 245 KB]

February 17, 2010

• STATCAST #16 [audio MP3 - 5.3 MB]
  Amy Bernstein, a health statistician with the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the latest annual report on the Nation's health, highlighting its special feature on medical technology.
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• Health United States 2009, with Special Feature on Medical Technology

2009

September 30, 2009

• STATCAST #15 [audio MP3 - 5.12 MB]
  Margaret Warner, PhD, Injury Epidemiologist with the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the alarming surge in poisoning fatalities linked to opioid painkillers in the U.S.
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• Increase in Fatal Poisonings Involving Opioid Analgesics in the United States, 1999-2006 [PDF - 1.2 MB]

August 19, 2009

• STATCAST #14 [audio MP3 - 5.23 MB]
  Robert Anderson, PhD, chief of the Mortality Statistics Branch with the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the latest trends in life expectancy and leading causes of death in the U.S.
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• Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2007 [PDF - 352 KB]

August 12, 2009

• STATCAST #13 [audio MP3 - 3.5 MB]
  T.J. Mathews, a demographer with the National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the results of a new report on U.S. women having their first child later in life.
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• Delayed Childbearing: More Women Are Having Their First Child Later in Life [PDF - 585 KB]

March 11, 2009

• STATCAST #12 [audio MP3 - 5 MB]
  Stephen Blumberg, a health statistician with the National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the results of a new report on wireless-only phone use by state.
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• Wireless Substitution: State-level Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January-December 2007 [PDF - 585 KB]

February 18, 2009

• STATCAST #11 [audio MP3 - 4.6 MB]
  Amy Bernstein, project lead on the annual report on the nation's health, discusses the health status of a frequently overlooked group: young adults aged 18 to 29.
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• Health, United States, 2008 [PDF - 12.4 MB]

2008

December 10, 2008

• STATCAST #10 [audio MP3 - 3.7 MB]
  Patricia Barnes, a health statistician with the National Center for Health Statistics, has collaborated with the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine on a new report about complementary and alternative medicine used by adults and children in the U.S.
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• Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults and Children: United States, 2007 [PDF - 418 KB]

October 22, 2008

• STATCAST #09 [audio MP3 - 3.4 MB]
  Amy Branum, a statistician with the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the findings in the first-ever NCHS report on food allergies among children in the U.S.
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• Food Allergy Among U.S. Children: Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations [PDF - 313 KB]

June 25, 2008

• STATCAST #08 [audio MP3 - 5.5 MB]
  Robin Cohen, a statistician with the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the findings in two new reports on state and national health insurance coverage in the U.S.
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• State, Regional, and National Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage for People under 65 years of age: National Health Interview Survey, 2004-2006 [PDF - 605 KB]
• Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2007 [PDF - 482 KB]

May 14, 2008

• STATCAST #07 [audio MP3 - 5.6 MB]
  Stephen Blumberg, a senior scientist with the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the growing reliance on wireless telephones in the U.S.
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• Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, July-December 2007 [PDF - 380 KB]

May 7, 2008

• STATCAST #06 [audio MP3 - 4 MB]
  Charlotte Schoenborn, a health statistician with the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the correlation between a lack of sleep and several adverse health behaviors.
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• Sleep Duration as a Correlate of Smoking, Alcohol Use, Leisure-Time Physical Inactivity, and Obesity among Adults: United States, 2004-06 [PDF - 185 KB]

April 30, 2008

• STATCAST #05 [audio MP3 - 4.7 MB]
  Margaret McDowell, a health statistician with the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the latest data on breastfeeding in the U.S.
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• Breastfeeding in the United States: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1999-2006 [PDF - 493 KB]

March 20, 2008

• STATCAST #04 [audio MP3 - 5.5 MB]
  Lois Fingerhut, an injury epidemiologist with the National Center for Health Statistics, discusses the trends in injury deaths in the U.S.
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• Leading Causes of Injury Mortality in the U.S., 1999-2005 [PDF - 74 KB]

2007

December 12, 2007

• STATCAST #03 [audio MP3 - 4.5 MB]
  Susan Schober, a senior epidemiologist with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, discusses the continued drop in cholesterol levels in the U.S.
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• High Serum Total Cholesterol - An Indicator for Monitoring Cholesterol Lowering Efforts: U.S. Adults, 2005-2006 [PDF - 271 KB]

December 5, 2007

• STATCAST #02 [audio MP3 - 5.1 MB]
  Stephanie Ventura, head of the Reproductive Statistics Branch, talks about the increase in teen births in the U.S., the first increase in 14 years.
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• Births: Preliminary Data for 2006 [PDF - 448 KB]

December 3, 2007

• STATCAST #01 [audio MP3 - 3.5 MB]
  Amy Bernstein, project lead on the annual report on the nation's health, discusses the new chartbook section on access to care.
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• Health, United States, 2007 [PDF - 6 MB]

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