National Center for Health Statistics

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is a sub agency of the Centers for Disease Control under the Executive Agency the US Department of Health. NCHS is the principal resource for statistical health information in the USA. The agency has long published such important reference books as the annual Health, United States. Following the trend in US Government agencies, NCHS has been online for several years, and their web site has made it possible to access this important data without having to find the cumbersome paper copy at your depository library. The agency has made every attempt to...