National report available on trended health statistics

Health, United States, an annual report from the National Center for Health Statistics, was released earlier this year with 2010 data in partnership with the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). The report publishes trends in health statistics to provide an overall updated picture of the health of the nation, and includes 148 detailed trend tables and 41 charts. Some of the general categories with trended data include life expectancy and mortality, morbidity and risk factors, and healthcare utilization. A special feature on death and dying includes additional charts and information on the topic. Some of these series are also available for Grant County via the Trends site. The Health, United States page on the CDC's website also includes the charts as PowerPoint slides and the trend tables in Excel format so interested parties may easily include this information in presentations and reports. To see the report, and all supplemental information, point your browser to http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm.