------------------- NHIS LOG: DATA YEAR 1965 --------------------

June 30, 2008 -- Original Internet release:

   NHIS FILE TYPE       DATA FILE NAME    LENGTH  # RECS
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   PERSON               PERSON.DAT          156   138,988
   CONDITION            CONDITION.DAT       156   151,105
   HOSPITAL             HOSPITAL.DAT        156    18,873
   PRESCRIBED MEDICINE  PRESMED.DAT         156    23,107
   NON-PRESCRIBED
      MEDICINE          NPRESMED.DAT        156    59,910
   DIABETES             DIABETES.DAT        251     1,719

   NCHS recommends that data users verify the integrity of
   downloaded files by comparing the MD5 checksums of downloaded
   files to the reference values given below:

      C2C3B5DA90724F55B990D8F8E0299A64  condition.dat
      6DFCACBD2E3F96598A4FB2E26FB2EA27  diabetes.dat
      F76278B0AED1B5C305BF6E561EDCB924  hospital.dat
      FC2F9AD000B015EA95F2588536720D72  npresmed.dat
      CD37051EA0CFC006959F2A4B5D26E88C  person.dat
      988447710E5957C084FD99D6A60F6845  presmed.dat

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   site:
   ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NHIS/checksums.pdf

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