Notices for Data Users National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) 1997 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Future Updates and User Cautions 07/20/2001 The following list describes known items that need to be updated or amended in the 1997 NHIS. Each entry uses the following format: Item number File / filename Section & question number Variable name(s) Description of problem Description of fix Date of notice 1 Injury Episode Data / INJEPSOD.DAT FIJ ECODE_1 and ICD9_1 Nine poisoning episode records were accidently left in the Injury Episode file. These poisoning episode records can be identified by the following: 1) eight poisoning episode records have E codes of E905.0-E905.9 (venomous animals and plants as the cause of poisoning and toxic reactions), and 2) one episode record has an ICD-9-CM code of 987.9 (toxic effect of unspecified gas, fume, or vapor). These nine poisoning episode records must be removed from the Injury Episode file prior to calculating national estimates of injuries. These E codes and ICD-9-CM codes can be found in ECODE_1 and ICD9_1. 10/25/00 2 Family Questionnaire / QFAMILYX.PDF FIJ.050 - At the top of page 8, the parenthetical statement "FIJ.051 to FIJ.295 are asked for each injury episode" gives the first question number incorrectly. The correct question number is FIJ.050. Replace question number FIJ.051 with FIJ.050 in the statement. 10/25/00 3 Survey Description Document / SRVYDESC.PDF FHS - In Table 3 on page 21, the ICD-9 code 250.6 assigned to the NHIS category "Diabetes" is incorrect. The correct ICD-9 code is 250. Replace ICD-9 code 250.6 with 250 in the table. 10/25/00 4 Survey Description Document / SRVYDESC.PDF FIJ - On pages 22-23, the numbers 980-999 in the sentences containing "nature-of-injury codes 800-959 and 980-999" are incorrect. It should read 990-999. Change numbers 980-999 to 990-999 in the documentation. 10/25/00 5 Survey Description Document / SRVYDESC.PDF ACN - Table 4 on page 33 needs to be revised. NHIS has provided a replacement table. Table filename: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/ Update_Notices/nhis/1997/ACN_TBL4.PDF 10/25/00 Contact information for questions on these updates: National Center for Health Statistics Division of Health Interview Statistics 6525 Belcrest RD, Rm. 850 Hyattsville, MD 20782 Voice : 301-458-4901 FAX : 301-458-4035 E-Mail: nhislist@cdc.gov