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prevention of disease and risk factors associated with disease comes from many different
surveys and studies. National data on health-related behaviors are provided by the many
continuous or periodic surveys conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS), such as the National Health Interview Survey, the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey, and the National Mortality Followback Survey. For more detailed
information on data collection, publications, and public-use data files, go to the NCHS home page. Other agencies also conduct
national surveys on health behaviors, including the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
System, conducted by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (CDC) and the National Household Survey of Drug Abuse, conducted by the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The annual NCHS
report, Healthy People 2000 Review, is a source for a wide range of national data
on health-related behaviors. State data on selected risk behaviors are collected each year
by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a collaborative Federal/State survey
coordinated by CDC. A different prevention or risk variable from the data systems of CDC
and other PHS agencies will be featured periodically on the Social Statistics Briefing Room.
Many of these statistics have been published in the annual report Health, United
States, a report on the health status of the Nation submitted by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services to the President and the Congress. For more information on
prevention and risk, go to the CDC and SAMHSA home pages.
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