Chapter 8 - Role of Data in Public Health

Question 1

What is the NCHS a part of?

Answer 1

The CDC

Question 2

Vital Statistics

Answer 2

Birthstone deaths, marriages and divorces, spontaneous fetal deaths, abortions

Question 3

Who conducts the census?

Answer 3

The US Census Bureau, part of the Department of Commerce

Question 4

How often is the census conducted?

Answer 4

Every 10 years

Question 5

What is the census?

Answer 5

Survey of the US population

Question 6

What specifically are some things the census surveys about?

Answer 6

Geography, age, sex, ethnic characteristics, education, housing, health insurance status…

Question 7

What are two problems with the census?

Answer 7

1. How do you count EVERY person?

2. Broad racial categories

Question 8

What is the census important for?

Answer 8

Calculating rates

Question 9

Follow-Back Surveys

Answer 9

Choosing a sample of vital statistics (such as a birth certificate) he sending a survey to learn more about the cases

Question 10

National center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

Answer 10

At the federal level, the primary agency that collects, analyzes, and reports American health data