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Datasets Available in Health Services

Listed by Subject and Survey
This is a guide to the data files available in the Health Services Information Center. Each link will take you to a page with a holdings statement. Most are Public Use Data Files available from the National Center for Health Statistics, but there are also a few additional datasets from other sources.
The years in parentheses are given as a quick guide to holdings, but it is recommended that you look at the detailed linking page for full information.

Aging
Longitudinal Study of Aging (1984-90)

Births (Natality)
Natality data Natality Data Set (1991-1992, 1996, 1998) and Natality Detail (1968-2003)

Deaths (Mortality)
Compressed Mortality File (not owned, see NCHS)
Fetal death data (1983-1995)
Linked Birth and Infant Death Data (1983-2003)
Mortality data, Underlying Cause-of-Death (1970-77, 1989, 1994-2003)
Mortality data, Multiple Cause-of-Death (1968-2002)
National Health Interview Survey, Multiple Cause-of-Death (not owned, see NCHS)
NHANES II Mortality Study, 1992 (not owned, see NCHS)
Perinatal Mortality Data File (1995-98, 2001)

Health Care and Health Services Utilization
Inventory of Long-Term Care Places/National Master Facility Inventory (not owned, see NCHS)
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (1991-1992, 1998)
  NOTE: Data for 1993-2003 can be downloaded from the CDC/FTP server.
National Home and Hospice Care Survey (not owned, see NCHS)
  NOTE: Data for 1996, 1998, 2000 can be downloaded from the CDC/FTP server
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (1992-95, 1998)
  NOTE: Data for 1993-2003 can be downloaded from the CDC/FTP server.
National Health Provider Inventory (not owned, see NCHS)
National Hospital Discharge Survey (1979-1999)
  NOTE: Data from 1996-2001 can be downloaded from the CDC/FTP server.
National Nursing Home Survey (1995)
  NOTE: Data for 1995, 1997, 1999 can be downloaded from the CDC/FTP server.
National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (1994-1997,1999)
  NOTE: Data from 1994-1996 can be downloaded from the CDC/FTP server.

Health Care Utilization and Expenditures
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (AHRQ)
Medical Expenditure Panel Suvey (AHRQ, NCHS)
  NOTE: MEPS data can be downloaded from this AHRQ webpage.
National Medical Care Expenditure Survey (not owned, see info page)
National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey (not owned, see NCHS)
National Medical Expenditure Survey (not owned, see info page)

Health and Nutrition
Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III, 1988-94 and update)
Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II, 1976-80) some files available
First National Health and Nutrition Examination (NHANES I, 1971-75) some files available
NHANES I Epidemiologic Followup Study (1982-84) (Telephone interviews: 1986, 1987)
  NOTE: Data from the 1992 telephone interview can be downloaded from the CDC/FTP server.
NHANES I - Radiographic Absorptiometry Bone Density Data (not owned, see NCHS)
Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (not owned, see NCHS)
National Health Examination Survey, Cycle III   (1966-1970)
National Health Examination Survey, Cycle II   (1963-1965)
National Health Examination Survey, Cycle I   (1959-1962)

Health Status
National Health Interview Survey (1971, 1976-81, 1984-85, 1987-97)
  NOTE: Data from 1997-2004 can be downloaded from the CDC/FTP server.
National Health Interview Survey, Current Health Topics (1977, 1981, 1984-85, 1987-93)
National Health Interview Survey on Disability (1994)
National Health Interview Survey, Multiple Cause-of-Death (not owned, see NCHS)
National Health Interview Survey, State Data (not owned, see NCHS)

Marriage and Divorce
Divorce Detail (1968-1990)
Marriage Detail (1968-1988)

Maternal and Child Health
Longitudinal Followup to the 1988 NMIHS (1991)
National Maternal and Infant Health Survey (NMIHS) (1988)

Reproductive Health and Behavior
National Survey of Family Growth (1973, 1990 reinterview, 1995)

Risk Factors
Linked Birth and Infant Death Data (1983-2004)

Safety Net
Safety Net Monitoring (AHRQ)

Washington State
Vital Registration System Annual Statistical Files (1980-2000)


Medical coding

International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9, ICD-10)

Software

SETS Statistical Export and Tabulation System Designer Kit


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