About the Agency
The National Center for Health Statistics is the nation's source for official health statistics. As a principle statistical agency, NCHS collects, analyzes, and shares health data and statistics that are timely, accurate, and relevant.
NCHS provides important data and statistics to identify health problems. Policymakers, public health professionals, and others use our data and statistics to develop and manage policies and programs to address these problems.
Our statistics:
- Measure the health of the U.S. population and subpopulations
- Monitor trends in health characteristics Identify differences in health conditions and behaviors across groups
- Document access to and use of the healthcare system
- Support biomedical, public health, and health services research
- Provide data to guide public policies and programs
- Track the impact of major policy initiatives
For more information on National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) products and programs, email RDCA@cdc.gov.
Agency Application Details
Under Review
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166)
Changes Needed
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166)
Approved
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166)
Not Approved
4%
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166)
| Project Title | ID | Requested Data | Application Received |
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| Dylan Osborn NHANES Thesis Fa'26 | 55984 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present | |
| Reducing Administrative Burdens in Medicaid: Impacts on Early Life Racial, Ethnic, and Citizenship Inequalities | 8346 | CMS Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (TMSIS) American Community Survey NCHS - All-County Linked Births/Infant Deaths File with Exact Dates of Birth and Death |
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| Universal Free School Meals for America's Youth: Evidence from the Community Eligibility Provision on Food Spending, Diet Quality and Health | 8243 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present | |
| Developing Intrinsic Capacity Score for predicting 20-year health outcomes | 8048 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present | |
| Explaining Low Insurance Acceptance Among Mental Healthcare Providers | 7959 | National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, Restricted data, 1973, 1975-1981, 1985, 1989-2016, 2018-2019 | |
| Multi-Omic Predictions of Health Outcomes Validation Study | 7879 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Genetic Restricted Data National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: Prior to 1999 NCHS Survey Data Linked to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicaid Enrollment and Claims Files NCHS Survey Data Linked to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Data Files NCHS Survey Data Linked to National Death Index (NDI) Mortality Files |
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| Evaluating the relationship between paid sick leave and influenza vaccination in US healthcare workers. | 7621 | National Health Interview Survey | |
| Applicability of different healthy eating indexes and scores as predictors of cardiometabolic health by race/ethnicity | 6740 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present | |
| Veterans' Economic Well-being Study (VEWS) | 6732 | National Health Interview Survey NCHS Survey Data Linked to Department of Veterans Affairs Administrative Data Files |
| Project Title | ID | Requested Data | Application Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Understanding the Role of Long-term Economic Distress in the Growing Educational Gaps in U.S. Life Expectancy | 8486 | National Health Interview Survey | |
| Discharge by Design: Race, Payment Source, and the Political Economy of Hospital Abandonment in Post-DRG America, 1988–2010 | 8392 | National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) Restricted Data, 1965-2010 | |
| Chemical exposures and their impact on early-onset chronic diseases and cancers in US women and men | 8383 | NCHS Survey Data Linked to National Death Index (NDI) Mortality Files NCHS Survey Data Linked to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicaid Enrollment and Claims Files |
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| Factors Affecting Chronic Disease Patterns of People Living with HIV | 8379 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present | |
| State Insulin Copay Caps, Medication Access, and Mental Health Among Adults With Diabetes | 8297 | National Health Interview Survey | |
| Residential Tree Canopy and Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry in U.S. Adults: A Restricted-Data NHANES 2007–2012 Study | 8247 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present | |
| Hemoglobin adjustments for elevation in the US population | 8233 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present | |
| The Effect of Updated Parental Investment Beliefs on Very Low Birthweight Babies | 8123 | National Health Interview Survey | |
| Examining the Impact of U.S. Child Marriage Laws on Maternal and Child Health | 8109 | NCHS - All-County Natality File with Exact Date of Birth | |
| Contribution of modifiable risk factors to select early-onset cancers in U.S. adults aged 25-49, during 2009-2023 | 8080 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present | |
| How Parental Risk Behaviors Affect Child Health | 7988 | National Health Interview Survey | |
| Trends in racial disparities in cervical cancer mortality in the 50 most populous U.S. counties | 7927 | National Health Interview Survey | |
| Causal Relationship Between Gynecologic Infections and Ovarian Reserve Markers in Women: A NHANES-Based Analysis | 7915 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present | |
| Association Between Oral Health Status and Anxiety/Depression: A Study Based on the NHANES Database 2019-2020 | 7906 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present | |
| Applying an Exposome Approach to Investigate Environmental Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease and Health Outcomes | 7889 | National Health Interview Survey NCHS Survey Data Linked to National Death Index (NDI) Mortality Files |
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| Geospatial characterization of cancer risk factors among US young adults | 7867 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present | |
| Vision Difficulty and Mental Health Status Among U.S. Adults and Children: Analysis of the 2021-2023 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey | 7845 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present | |
| Structural Xenophobia, Maternal Health, and Birth Outcomes among Immigrants | 7482 | National Health Interview Survey | |
| Role of polypharmacy systemic disease in oral microbiome makeup | 7421 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present | |
| DNA methylation associated with heart and brain disease together | 7086 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Genetic Restricted Data | |
| Harvesting the Toll: Productivity Loss from Suicide in U.S. Agriculture | 6995 | National Health Interview Survey CMS Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (TMSIS) |
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| Update on Blood-Bassed and DNA Methylation Biological Aging Measures | 6945 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Genetic Restricted Data | |
| The association of housing assistance with Delay in CKD Progression | 6909 | NCHS Survey Data Linked to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) MAX Data NCHS Survey Data Linked to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Housing Assistance Program Files NCHS Survey Data Linked to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicaid Enrollment and Claims Files NCHS Survey Data Linked to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 1999-2013 Medicare Data NCHS Survey Data Linked to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Data Files NCHS Survey Data Linked to United States Renal Data System (USRDS) End-Stage Renal Disease Files NCHS Survey Data Linked to National Death Index (NDI) Mortality Files |
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| State and Municipal Policy Environments and their Association with Immigrant Behavioral Health | 6661 | National Health Interview Survey | |
| What Deaths Are Newsworthy? | 6047 | Restricted mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System | |
| The Dual Burden of Food Swamps and Social Vulnerability on Allostatic Load: An Analysis of NHANES Data from 1999 to 2023 | 4850 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present |
| Project Title | ID | Requested Data | Application Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depressive Symptoms, Arterial Stiffness, and Mortality in U.S. Adults with Cardiovascular Comorbidities: A Mediation Analysis Using Restricted-Use NHANES Linked Mortality Data | 8280 | Public-Use Linked Mortality Files | |
| Quantifying Cultures of Discrimination to Address Health Disparities among LGBTQ+ Individuals | 7517 | National Health Interview Survey | |
| Linking Frailty, Diet Quality, Socioeconomic Disadvantage, autoantibodies and Epigenetic Aging to Dementia and Mortality in U.S. Adults: A Longitudinal Study Using NHANES-Mortality and Medicare Data | 7114 | NCHS Survey Data Linked to National Death Index (NDI) Mortality Files NCHS Survey Data Linked to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Data Files National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Genetic Restricted Data National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present |
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| Using big data to understand the influence of extreme weather events on child health and development in the U.S. | 5650 | National Health Interview Survey National Survey of Children's Health Current Population Survey (CPS) Food Security Supplement NCHS - All-County Linked Births/Infant Deaths File with Exact Dates of Birth and Death |
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| Exploring the Causal Relationship Between PM2.5 Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Approach Using NHANES | 5524 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Genetic Restricted Data National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present |
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| Optimizing Care Pathways | 2047 | National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) linked to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Medicaid Data NCHS Survey Data Linked to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Data Files |
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| Exploring the Association of Oral Microbiome with Systemic Diseases | 1321 | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Restricted Data: 1999 to Present |