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National Center for Health Statistics
Health, United States, 2005
With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
Hyattsville, Maryland: 2005
Library of Congress Catalog Number 76–641496
For sale by Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20402
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
National Center for Health Statistics
Edward J. Sondik, Ph.D.
Director
Preface
Preface
Health, United States, 2005 is the 29th report on the health
status of the Nation and is submitted by the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services to the President
and Congress of the United States in compliance with Section
308 of the Public Health Service Act. This report was
compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics served in a
review capacity.
The Health, United States series presents national trends in
health statistics. Each report includes an executive summary,
highlights, a chartbook, trend tables, extensive appendixes,
and an index.
Chartbook
The fourth Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
updates and expands information from previous chartbooks
and introduces this year’s special feature on adults 55–64
years of age, a rapidly growing segment of the adult
population. The economic and health status of this age group
is of interest as the majority of its members are poised to
enter retirement and to become eligible for Medicare. The
chartbook assesses the Nation’s health by presenting trends
and current information on selected determinants and
measures of health status and utilization of health care.
Determinants of health considered in the chartbook include
demographic factors, poverty, health insurance coverage, and
health behaviors and risk factors, including obesity, cigarette
smoking, and physical activity. Additional risk factors this year
include teen seat belt use, drinking and driving, and multiple
cardiovascular risk factors for adults. Measures of health
status include prevalence of asthma attacks in children,
headache and lower back pain in adults, limitation of activity
due to chronic health conditions, and several measures of
mortality. A new section on health care utilization includes use
of mammography and Pap tests, visits to physician offices
and outpatient departments, injury-related visits by children to
emergency departments, and insertion of cardiac stents—an
increasingly common hospital procedure for treatment of
coronary artery disease, particularly for older persons. Many
measures are shown separately for persons of different ages
because of the strong effect of age on health. Selected
figures also highlight differences in determinants and
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measures of health status and utilization of health care by
such characteristics as sex, race, Hispanic origin, education,
and poverty status.
TrendTables
The chartbook section is followed by 156 trend tables
organized around four major subject areas: health status and
determinants, health care utilization, health care resources,
and health care expenditures. A major criterion used in
selecting the trend tables is availability of comparable national
data over a period of several years. The tables present data
for selected years to highlight major trends in health statistics.
Earlier editions of Health, United States may present data for
additional years that are not included in the current printed
report. Where possible, these additional years of data are
available in Excel spreadsheet files on the Health, United
States Web site. Tables with additional data years are listed
in Appendix III.
Racial and Ethnic Data
Many tables in Health, United States present data according
to race and Hispanic origin consistent with Department-wide
emphasis on expanding racial and ethnic detail when
presenting health data. Trend data on race and ethnicity are
presented in the greatest detail possible after taking into
account the quality of data, the amount of missing data, and
the number of observations. New standards for Federal data
on race and ethnicity are described in Appendix II under
Race.
Education and Income Data
Many tables in Health, United States present data according
to socioeconomic status, using education and poverty level as
proxy measures. Poverty level is based on family income
data and number of persons in the household. Data are
presented in the greatest detail possible after taking into
account the quality of data, the amount of missing data, and
the number of observations. Due to the complexity and
sensitivity of collecting education and income information, only
a few national data systems obtain data on education and
income, including the National Health Interview Survey
(NHIS), the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,
and the National Survey of Family Growth. Education and
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income are obtained directly from survey respondents, and
nonresponse rates, especially for income data, are particularly
high. NCHS imputes missing family income data for the NHIS
starting with data year 1990, and tables with NHIS data
shown in Health, United States utilize the imputed poverty
data. Education and income information are not generally
available from records-based data collection systems including
the National Health Care Surveys (see Appendix I). State vital
statistics systems currently report mother’s education on the
birth certificate and, based on information from an informant,
decedent’s education on the death certificate. See
Appendix II, Education; Family income; Poverty level.
Changes in This Edition
Each volume of Health, United States is prepared to
maximize its usefulness as a standard reference source while
maintaining its continuing relevance. Comparability is fostered
by including similar trend tables in each volume. Timeliness is
maintained by (1) adding new tables each year to reflect
emerging topics in public health and (2) improving the content
of ongoing tables. Health, United States, 2005 includes eight
new trend tables on multiple births (table 5) based on birth
certificate data; prevalence of respiratory conditions (table 56),
headache and low back pain (table 57), hearing and vision
limitations (table 59), leisure-time physical activity (table 72),
and adult vaccinations (table 76), all based on National Health
Interview Survey data; the nutritional status of the U.S.
population based on National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey data (table 71); and factors that affect
growth in personal health care expenditures (table 121) based
on data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Appendixes
Appendix I describes each data source used in the report and
provides references for further information about the sources.
Data sources are listed alphabetically within two broad
categories: (1) Government Sources and (2) Private and
Global Sources.
Appendix II is an alphabetical listing of terms used in the
report. It also presents standard populations used for age
adjustment (tables I, II, and III); ICD codes for causes of
death shown in Health, United States from the Sixth through
Tenth Revisions and the years when the Revisions were in
effect (tables IV and V); comparability ratios between ICD–9
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and ICD–10 for selected causes (table VI); ICD–9–CM codes
for external cause-of-injury, diagnostic, and procedure
categories (tables VII, IX, and X); industry codes according to
the 2002 North American Industry Classification System
(table VIII); National Drug Code (NDC) Therapeutic Class
recodes of generic analgesic drugs (table XI); and sample
tabulations of NHIS data comparing the 1977 and 1997
Standards for Federal data on race and Hispanic origin
(tables XII and XIII).
Appendix III lists tables for which additional years of trend
data are available electronically in Excel spreadsheet files on
the Health, United States Web site and CD-ROM, described
below under Electronic Access.
Index
The Index to Trend Tables and Chartbook Figures is a useful
tool for locating data by topic. Tables are cross-referenced by
such topics as Child and adolescent health; Elderly population
age 65 years and over; Women’s health; Men’s health; State
data; American Indian, Asian, Black, and Hispanic origin
populations; Education; Poverty status; Disability; and
Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan data.
Electronic Access
Health, United States may be accessed in its entirety on the
World Wide Web at www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm. From the
Health, United States Web site, one may also register for the
Health, United States electronic mailing list to receive
announcements about release dates and notices of updates
to tables.
Health, United States, 2005, the chartbook, and each of the
trend tables are available as Acrobat .pdf files on the Web.
Chartbook figures are available as downloadable PowerPointT
slides. Trend tables and chartbook data tables are available
as downloadable Excel spreadsheet files. Trend tables listed
in Appendix III include additional years of data not shown in
the printed report or .pdf files. Both .pdf and spreadsheet files
for selected tables will be updated on the Web if more
current data become available near the time when the printed
report is released. Readers who register with the electronic
mailing list will be notified of these table updates. Previous
editions of Health, United States and chartbooks, starting with
Health, United States, 2005
the 1993 edition, also may be accessed from the Health,
United States Web site.
Health, United States is also available on CD-ROM, where it
can be viewed, searched, printed, and saved using Adobe
Acrobat software on the CD-ROM.
Copies of the Report
Copies of Health, United States, 2005, and the CD-ROM can
be purchased from the Government Printing Office (GPO)
through links to GPO on the National Center for Health
Statistics Web site, Publications and Information Products
page.
Questions?
Preface
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Office of Information Services
Information Dissemination Staff
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3311 Toledo Road, Fifth Floor
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Acknowledgments
Overall responsibility for planning and coordinating the content
of this volume rested with the Office of Analysis and
Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS),
under the direction of Amy B. Bernstein and Diane M. Makuc.
Production of Health, United States, 2005, highlights, trend
tables, and appendixes was managed by Kate Prager. Trend
tables were prepared by Amy B. Bernstein, Alan J. Cohen,
Margaret A. Cooke, La-Tonya D. Curl, Catherine R. Duran,
Sheila Franco, Virginia M. Freid, Ji-Eun Lee, Andrea P.
MacKay, Mitchell B. Pierre, Jr., Rebecca A. Placek, Kate
Prager, Laura A. Pratt, and Henry Xia, with assistance from
Stephanie N. Gray. Appendix II tables and the index were
assembled by Anita L. Powell. Production planning and
coordination of trend tables were managed by Rebecca A.
Placek. Administrative and word processing assistance were
provided by Carole J. Hunt, Lillie C. Featherstone, and
Brenda L. Wolfrey.
Production of the Chartbook on Trends in the Health of
Americans was managed by Virginia M. Freid. Production of
the Special Feature on Adults 55-–64 Years of Age was
managed by Amy B. Bernstein. Data and analysis for specific
charts were provided by Amy B. Bernstein, Margaret A.
Cooke, Sheila Franco, Virginia M. Freid, Deborah D. Ingram,
Ellen A. Kramarow, Ji-Eun Lee, Andrea P. MacKay, Patricia N.
Pastor, and Kate Prager. Graphs were drafted by La-Tonya D.
Curl and data tables were prepared by Rebecca A. Placek.
Technical assistance and programming were provided by Lara
Akinbami, Alan J. Cohen, Catherine R. Duran, Lois Fingerhut,
Richard F. Gillum, Mitchell B. Pierre, Jr., Henry Xia, and Marc
W. Zodet.
Publications management and editorial review were
provided by Demarius V. Miller. Oversight review for
publications and electronic products was provided by Linda L.
Bean. The designer was Sarah Hinkle. Production was done
by Jacqueline M. Davis and Zung T. Le. Printing was
managed by Patricia L. Wilson and Joan D. Burton.
Electronic access through the NCHS Internet site and
CD-ROM were provided by Christine J. Brown, Jacqueline M.
Davis, Dorothy Day, Zung T. Le, Demarius V. Miller, Sharon
L. Ramirez, and Patricia L. Wilson.
Data and technical assistance were provided by staff of the
following NCHS organizations: Division of Health Care
Statistics: Irma E. Arispe, Catharine W. Burt, Donald K.
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Cherry, Carol J. DeFrances, Marni J. Hall, Esther Hing, Lola
Jean Kozak, Karen L. Lipkind, Linda F. McCaig, Robert
Pokras, Susan M. Schappert, Jane E. Sisk, and Genevieve
W. Strahan; Division of Health Examination Statistics: Lisa
Broitman, Margaret D. Carroll, Bruce Dye, and Clifford L.
Johnson; Division of Health Interview Statistics: Patricia F.
Adams, Veronica E. Benson, Barbara Bloom, Viona I. Brown,
Margaret L. Cejku, Pei-Lu Chiu, Robin A. Cohen, Richard H.
Coles, Marcie Cynamon, Achintya Dey, Cathy C. Hao, Kristina
Kotulak-Hays, Susan S. Jack, Jane B. Page, Eve
Powell-Griner, Jeannine Schiller, Charlotte A. Schoenborn,
Mira L. Shanks, Anne K. Stratton, and Luong Tonthat; Division
of Vital Statistics: Robert N. Anderson, Elizabeth Arias, Anjani
Chandra, Thomas D. Dunn, Brady E. Hamilton, Donna L.
Hoyert, Kenneth D. Kochanek, Marian F. MacDorman, Joyce
A. Martin, Gladys M. Martinez, T.J. Mathews, Arialdi M.
Minino, William D. Mosher, Sherry L. Murphy, Gail A. Parr,
Manju Sharma, Stephanie J. Ventura, and Jim Weed; Office
of Analysis and Epidemiology: Mark S. Eberhardt, Lois
Fingerhut, Deborah D. Ingram, Richard J. Klein, and Patricia
A. Knapp; and Office of International Statistics: Juan Rafael
Albertorio-Diaz and Francis C. Notzon.
Additional data and technical assistance were also provided
by the following organizations of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention: Epidemiology Program Office: Samuel
L. Groseclose and Patsy A. Hall; National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Joy Herndon,
Sherry Everett Jones, Laura K. Kann, Steve Kinchen, Shari L.
Shanklin, and Lilo T. Strauss; National Center for HIV, STD,
and TB Prevention: Melinda Flock and Luetta Schneider;
National Immunization Program: Natalie J. Darling and Meena
Khare; by the following organizations within the Department of
Health and Human Services: Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality: David Kashihara and Steven Machlin; Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services: Cathy A. Cowan, Cherron A.
Cox, Frank Eppig, Denise F. Franz, David A. Gibson,
Deborah W. Kidd, Helen C. Lazenby, Katharine R. Levit, Anna
Long, Joanne S. Mack, Anne B. Martin, and Carter S.
Warfield; National Institutes of Health: Jessica Campbell,
Catherine C. Cowie, and Lynn A. G. Ries; Office of the
Secretary, DHHS: Mitchell Goldstein; Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration: Daniel Foley, Joseph
C. Gfroerer, and Ronald Manderscheid; and by the following
governmental and nongovernmental organizations: U.S.
Bureau of the Census Bureau: Joseph Dalaker and
Bernadette D. Proctor; Bureau of Labor Statistics: Alan
Blostin, Stella Cromartie, Kay Ford, Daniel Ginsburg,
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Elizabeth Rogers, John Stinson, and Peggy Suarez;
Department of Veterans Affairs: Michael F. Grindstaff; Alan
Guttmacher Institute: Rebecca Wind; American Association of
Colleges of Pharmacy: Jennifer M. Patton; American
Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine: Carol E. Gill;
American Dental Education Association: Richard Weaver;
Association of Schools of Public Health: Mah-Sere K. Sow;
Cowles Research Group: C. McKeen Cowles; and InterStudy:
Richard Hamer.
All those associated with Health, United States would like to give their special thanks to
Dr. Kate Prager
who is retiring this year. In her capacity as Special Assistant for Health, United States for the past 13
years, Dr. Prager’s painstaking review of everything from the validity of the content to the formatting of
footnotes has ensured that all aspects of the book are accurate and accessible. She has performed the
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work of analyst, technical editor, manager, government liaison, and every other possible role involved in
producing a book of this scope and has done so with skill, dedication, and patience. We would like to
express our gratitude for all she has contributed to the publication over the years and wish her well in
her post-Health, United States life. She will be greatly missed.
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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
List of Chartbook Figures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
List of Trend Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Executive Summary and Highlights
Executive Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Health Status and Determinants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Health Care Utilization and Health Care Resources . . . . 13
Health Care Expenditures and Payors . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Special Feature: Adults 55–64 Years of Age. . . . . . . . 18
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Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Race and Ethnicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Health Insurance and Expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Health Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Health Care Expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Health Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Tobacco Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Teenagers and Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Physical Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Overweight and Obesity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Morbidity and Limitation of Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Asthma in Children Age 3–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Headache and Low Back Pain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Limitation of Activity: Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Limitation of Activity: Working-Age and Older Adults. . . . 50
Health Care Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Mammography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Pap Smear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits Among
Children and Adolescents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Visits to Physician Offices and Hospital Outpatient
Departments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .