Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults provide annual estimates of selected health topics for adults aged 18 years and over based on final data from the National Health Interview Survey.

2014-15 merged, 2016-17 merged. This dataset is a de-identified summary table of vision and eye health data indicators from NHIS, stratified by all available combinations of age group, race/ethnicity, gender, and risk factor. NHIS is an annual household survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics at CDC that monitors trends in illness, disabilities, and progress towards national health objectives. Approximate sample size is 35,000 households and 87,500 persons annually. NHIS data for VEHSS includes questions related to Visual Function. Data were suppressed for cell sizes less than 30 persons, or where the relative standard error more than 30% of the mean. Data will be updated as it becomes available. Detailed information on VEHSS NHIS analyses can be found on the VEHSS NHIS webpage (link). Additional information about NHIS can be found on the NHIS website (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/about_nhis.htm). The VEHSS NHIS dataset was last updated in November 2019.

Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Teens provide estimates of selected health topics for youth aged 12-17 years based on final data from the National Health Interview Survey— Teen.

Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Children provide annual estimates of selected health topics for children under age 18 years based on final data from the National Health Interview Survey.

Interactive Biannual Early Release Estimates provide health statistics based on data from the 2019-2021 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for selected health topics for adults aged 18 years and over. All estimates are unadjusted percentages based on preliminary data files and are released prior to final data editing and final weighting to provide access to the most recent information from the NHIS. Estimates can be grouped by demographic characteristics (such as age, race and Hispanic origin, or sex). Estimates based on 2019-2020 NHIS quarterly data are available in Interactive Quarterly Early Release Estimates. Estimates based on the 1997–2018 NHIS can be found in Previous Early Release Reports on Key Health Indicators.

Interactive Quarterly Early Release Estimates provide health statistics based on data from the 2019-2022 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for selected health topics for adults aged 18 years and over. All estimates are unadjusted percentages based on preliminary data files and are released prior to final data editing and final weighting to provide access to the most recent information from the NHIS. Estimates presented here are based on quarterly data. Estimates based on half-year data, with groupings by demographic characteristics, are available in the Interactive Biannual Early Release Estimates. Estimates based on the 1997–2018 NHIS can be found in Previous Early Release Reports on Key Health Indicators.

Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults, by Detailed Race and Ethnicity provide estimates as three-year averages of selected health topics for adults aged 18 years and over based on final data from the National Health Interview Survey.

List of footnotes, notes, and source information for NHIS Adult Summary Statistics. Each row of this dataset contains the accompanying text for a footnote found in the NHIS Adults Summary Statistics Dataset.

Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults provide annual estimates of selected health topics for adults aged 18 years and over based on final data from the National Health Interview Survey.
Search, visualize, and download these and other estimates from over 120 health topics with the NCHS Data Query System (DQS), available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/dataquery/index.htm.

Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Children provide annual estimates of selected health topics for children under age 18 years based on final data from the National Health Interview Survey.
Search, visualize, and download these and other estimates from over 120 health topics with the NCHS Data Query System (DQS), available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/dataquery/index.htm.