Appendix D. Major Health Data Systems in the United States
Appendix D. Major Health Data Systems in the United States
Note: For additional information on data systems see the sources listed just below the table.
Geographic Title
Air pollution
Environmental
Sampling and L
measurement Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
monitoring
Telephone interview N, S, Ci System Continuing Survey of Food Intake by
Behavior
Population survey
Personal interview N Individuals Fatal Analysis Reporting System
Nutrition
Population survey
Police, driving, and N, S, L care provider survey health records review HIV/AIDS Surveillance System
Fatal traffic crashes
Agency and health-
Reports by physicians N, S, L Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
HIV/AIDS
Disease notification
Health costs
Population and
Personal interview N
Telephone interview Monitoring the Future Study
provider surveys
School questionnaire N, S, Ci National Ambulatory Medical Care
Drug use
Population survey
Health-care provider Health record review N, R Survey
Ambulatory care
survey
National Crime Victimization Survey
Telephone interview N, S National Electronic Injury Surveillance
Victims of crime
Population survey
Health-care provider Reports by emergency N System
Consumer product-
department staff National Health and Nutrition
related injuries
survey
Personal interview and N Examination Survey
General health
Population survey
exam
National Health Interview Survey
Personal Interview N, R National Hospital Ambulatory Medical
General health
Population survey
Health-care provider Health record review N, R Care Survey
Ambulatory care
survey
National Hospital Discharge Survey
Hospitalizations
Health-care provider Health record review N, S
survey
Telephone interview N, S, L National Notifiable Disease Surveillance
National Immunization Survey
Immunizations
Population survey
Reports by physicians N, S, L System
Infectious diseases
Disease notification
and laboratories National Profile of Local Health
Mailed questionnaire N, L Departments
Local public health
Agency survey
agencies
National Program of Cancer Registries
Cancer incidence and
Registry
Health record review N, S
mortality
Personal interview N National Survey of Family Growth
National Survey on Drug Use and Health Drug use
Population survey
Pregnancy and
Population survey
Personal interview
women's health
National Vital Statistics System
Reports by physicians N, S, Co School Health Policies and Programs
Birth and Death
Vital registration
Mailed questionnaire S, L Study
School health policies
Administrative data
Personal interview State and Local Area Integrated
and programs
Population survey
Telephone interview N, S, L Telephone Survey State Tobacco Activities Tracking and
Health care
Population survey
S Evaluation System
STD Case Surveillance Reporting System Sexually transmitted
Disease notification
Reports by physicians N, S, L
diseases
STORET
Water quality
Environmental
Sampling and L
measurement Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End
monitoring
Health record review N, S, Ci Results
Cancer incidence and
Registry
survival
United States Renal Data System
End stage renal disease Multiple
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Behavior
School questionnaire N, S *N = national; R = regional; S = state; L = local (county, city, or town); Co = county; Ci = city.
Population survey
Sources: Healthy People 2010: Tracking Healthy People 2010 [Internet]. Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services; Part C. Major Data Sources for Healthy People 2010 [updated 2001 Jan 30; cited 2006 Jan 16]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hpdata2010/tracking_healthy_people/part_c.pdf . Stroup DF, Brookmeyer R, Kalsbeek WD. Public health surveillance in action: a framework. In: Brookmeyer R, Stroup DF (editors). Monitoring the Health of Populations: Statistical Principles and Methods for Public Health Surveillance. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2004, p. 1–35.