What’s New at the NCHS Research Data Center

What’s New at the NCHS Research Data Center

What’s New at the NCHS Research Data Center

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent this bulletin at 01/24/2013 04:19 PM EST Learn More by accessing the complete issue>>
NCHS Research Data Center website. The following updates have been made:

News

• Linking Up with the RDC: January Entry One of our own RDC analysts provides personal insight for current and future RDC users regarding the use of original versus derived variables when preparing the public-use dataset for their analyst.
  
• Be sure to check out Linking Up with the RDC every month for new perspectives on various restricted NCHS data-related topics!

New Data Available through the RDC

    National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

• 2009-2010 Sodium, potassium, and chloride in casual urine Measurement of sodium, potassium, and chloride in a subset of stored casual urine samples from NHANES 2010.
  
• 1988-1994 Urine Electrolytes Measurement of sodium, potassium, and chloride in a subset of stored casual urine samples from NHANES III (1988-1994).
  
• 2003-2006 Urine Electrolytes Measurement of sodium, potassium, and chloride in a subset of stored casual urine samples from NHANES 2003-2006.
  

    National Health Care Surveys (NHCS)

• Data from the 2012 National Electronic Health Records Survey are now available. Please refer to NAMCS and NHAMCS Restricted Data Available at the NCHS Research Data Center, see the RDC file layout, visit the RDC website, or contact the Ambulatory and Hospital Care Statistics Branch for more information.
  

    National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

• Preliminary microdata file for the January–June 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) A preliminary microdata file for the January–June 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is now available through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Research Data Centers (RDCs). NHIS data users can analyze this file without having to wait for the final annual NHIS microdata files to be released (in about June following the end of the data collection year).
  

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New Publications

• Fernandez CA, McClure LA, Leblanc WG, et al. Comparison of Florida skin cancer screening rates with those in different US regions. Southern medical journal 2012;105(10):524-9.
• Jerschow E, McGinn AP, de Vos G, et al. Dichlorophenol-containing pesticides and allergies: results from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2006. Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2012;109(6):420-5.
• Kahn HS, Bullard KM, Barker LE, et al. Differences between Adiposity Indicators for Predicting All-Cause Mortality in a Representative Sample of United States Non-Elderly Adults. PloS one 2012;7(11):e50428.
• Liu JH, Jones SJ, Sun H, et al. Diet, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors as risk factors for childhood obesity: an urban and rural comparison. Childhood obesity 2012;8(5):440-8.
• Mainous AG, 3rd, Diaz VA, Knoll ME, et al. Transferrin Saturation and Hospital Length of Stay and Mortality in Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012.
• Pollack CE, Slaughter ME, Griffin BA, et al. Neighborhood socioeconomic status and coronary heart disease risk prediction in a nationally representative sample. Public health 2012;126(10):827-35.
• Reiter PL, Katz ML, Paskett ED. HPV Vaccination among Adolescent Females from Appalachia: Implications for Cervical Cancer Disparities. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2012.
• Stimpson JP, Pagan JA, Chen LW. Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer screening is likely to require more than access to care. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2012;31(12):2747-54.
• Tannenbaum SL, Kachan D, Fernandez CA, et al. State variations of chronic disease risk factors in older americans. Preventing chronic disease 2012;9:E177.
• Tillman B, Hardin-Young J, Shannon W, et al. Meeting the Need for Regenerative Therapies: Translation-Focused Analysis of U.S. Regenerative Medicine Opportunities in Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular Medicine Using Detailed Incidence Data. Tissue engineering Part B, Reviews 2012.
• Weaver KE, Geiger AM, Lu L, et al. Rural-urban disparities in health status among US cancer survivors. Cancer 2012.

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