------------------- NHIS LOG: DATA YEAR 1966 --------------------

May 1, 2008 -- Original Internet release:

   NHIS FILE TYPE       DATA FILE NAME    LENGTH  # RECS
   -------------------  --------------    ------  -------                                             
   PERSON               PERSON.DAT          156   139,195
   CONDITION            CONDITION.DAT       156   163,029
   HOSPITAL             HOSPITAL.DAT        156    18,748
   HOUSEHOLD            HOUSEHOLD.DAT       156    45,305
   MEDICAL CARE COSTS   MEDCARE.DAT         156    69,054

   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:

      B815CB33B16E91EB5086C8B7C0DE54C7  condition.dat
      9C9103FF2E77CF2DF4540BB89E6ACB6C  hospital.dat
      0A4A124DA4D925AC2124EDBB690F7C68  household.dat
      7619BE8A83E4DC4AFDB18151D62D2815  medcare.dat
      ED61CE753C441A00942F2D3218F411A9  person.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

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