------------------- NHIS LOG: DATA YEAR 1968 -------------------- March 14, 2008 -- Original Internet release: NHIS FILE TYPE DATA FILE NAME LENGTH # RECS ------------------- -------------- ------ ------- PERSON (c) PERSONC.DAT 156 132,898 PERSON (f) PERSONF.DAT 156 139,294 CONDITION (c) CONDITIONC.DAT 156 88,086 CONDITION (f) CONDITIONF.DAT 156 114,920 HOSPITAL (c) HOSPITALC.DAT 156 16,873 HOSPITAL (f) HOSPITALF.DAT 156 17,920 DOCTOR VISIT (c) DRVISITC.DAT 156 145,155 DOCTOR VISIT (f) DRVISITF.DAT 156 138,434 MOTOR VEHICLE PERSON ACCIDENT (c) MVPACDNTC.DAT 166 929 MOTOR VEHICLE PERSON ACCIDENT (f) MVPACDNTF.DAT 166 890 HOME CARE (f) HOMECAREF.DAT 156 1,213 where (c) denotes calendar year, (f) denotes fiscal year 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: B6AABABED1174C220F1B34A802FDCD62 conditionc.dat 58EE6651557D8649C3B7494E40BCCA2C conditionf.dat 53A0F05741DFB8767D275B5DD0E4A67C drvisitc.dat BA0133F55C4284BAE81EE5851A152279 drvisitf.dat A53E59874AE4D330ED011169603951E1 homecaref.dat 7985CB3F5C6ADA53245FCB8163EF2D0B hospitalc.dat ACCBF4C38C7F10BCF7E06E191622EAB2 hospitalf.dat E2757152995692B0C5BA74EB8F43F253 mvpacdntc.dat 65B1A91C09550AAD2D667AAA4EA356B0 mvpacdntf.dat 030165976D86ED80F18D61D1EEBEE946 personc.dat 3A6192EDE18C0484E4FC4FA400AA24B6 personf.dat For more information on MD5 checksums, please refer to the ftp site: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NHIS/checksums.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------- To obtain the Internet release of the 1968 NHIS data, visit the NHIS home page: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm and click on: Questionnaires, Data Sets and Related Documentation ----------------------------------------------------------------- Users are encouraged to join the HISUSERS Listserv and receive E-mail announcements of updates to the NHIS files. To join the Listserv, visit the website at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/nhislist.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Questions about the NHIS? Contact: Division of Health Interview Statistics National Center for Health Statistics 3311 Toledo RD RM 2217 Hyattsville MD 20782 E-mail: nhislist@cdc.gov Voice: 301-458-4901 FAX: 301-458-4035 Home Page: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm -----------------------------------------------------------------