NHIS Child Health Statistics with Annual Estimates and Confidence Intervals

Annual estimates of selected health topics for children under age 18 from the National Health Interview Survey. The data includes columns for Outcome, Group, Year, and Percentage. It is published on data.cdc.gov and was last updated on August 1, 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in child health indicators over time using the Year and Percentage columns.
• Comparing health outcomes across demographic groups using the Group and Outcome columns.
• Assessing the statistical reliability of health estimates using the Confidence Interval column.
• Identifying specific health topics for children using the Title and Description columns.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative National Health Interview Survey.
• Includes statistical confidence intervals for reported percentages.
• Last updated on 2025-08-01, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.cdc.gov

Collection Method

Based on final data from the National Health Interview Survey.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-08-01 09:36:04.

Geography

United States (inferred from source)