National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Reports and Publications

The National Center for Health Statistics is the U.S.'s principal health statistics agency, dedicated to compiling statistical information, identifying health problems and disparities, monitoring trends in health status and health care delivery, and evaluating the impact of health policies and programs.

• Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Children Aged 3‒19 Years With and Without Asthma in the United States, 1999‒2010
• National Center for Health Statistics Health E-Stat: Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use and Mortality 2003-2005
• Asthma prevalence, health care use, and mortality: United States, 2005–2009. [PDF - 221 KB]
  Statistical Report: Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use and Mortality, 2005-2009.
• Trends in Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use, and Mortality in the United States, 2001–2010. [PDF - 680 KB]
• Changes to NHIS asthma survey
  Two documents from the Federal Liaison Group on Asthma regarding changes in National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) methodology in 1997.
• The State of Childhood Asthma, United States, 1980–2005 [PDF - 365 KB]
  Historical data on asthma among children 0–17 years of age, by state, for the period 2001–2005.
• National Asthma Survey Data
  The State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS) examines the health, socioeconomic, behavioral, and environmental predictors that relate to better control of asthma and explores the health care experiences of persons with asthma.
• National Health Interview Survey
  The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has been a principal source of information on the health of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the U.S. since 1957.
  • Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2004 [PDF - 1.56 MB]
    A 94-page report summarizing data from the 2004 NHIS.
    • Press Release: Nine Million U.S. Children Diagnosed with Asthma, New Report Finds
      Press release concerning Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2002.
• National Health Interview Survey Early Release Asthma-specific Tables
• National Vital Statistics System
  The National Vital Statistics System is the oldest example of inter-governmental data sharing in public health; the shared relationships, standards, and procedures form the mechanism by which NCHS collects and disseminates the nation's official vital statistics.