DataSet

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC

NHEFS

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I (NHANES I) Epidemiologic Follow up Study (NHEFS) was designed to investigate the relationships between clinical, nutritional, and behavioral factors assessed in the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and subsequent morbidity, mortality, and hospital utilization, as well as changes in risk factors, functional limitation, and institutionalization.The NHEFS comprises a series of four follow up studies. The first wave of data collection was conducted for all members of the cohort from 1982 to 1984. It included tracing the cohort; conducting personal interviews with subjects or their proxies; measuring pulse rate, weight, and blood pressure of surviving participants; collecting hospital and nursing home records of overnight stays; and collecting death certificates of decedents. Continued follow-ups of the cohort were conducted in 1986, 1987, and 1992 using the same design and data collection procedures developed in the 1982-84 NHEFS, with the exception that a 30-minute computer-assisted telephone interview was administered rather than a personal interview and no physical measurements were taken. Public use files are available for all four follow up studies. NHEFS public use data filestapes contain information on vital and tracing status, subject and proxy interviews, health care facility stays in hospitals and nursing homes, and mortality data from death certificates.

Mortality; Chronic Disease; Cross-Sectional Studies; Follow-Up Studies; Risk Factors; Functional Limitations; NHANES

Updated InfoPac 2/22/10 per DMM CDC

nlm/crs

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

PHSR

1271