Description: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. The survey is unique in that it combines interviews and physical examinations. The NHANES interview includes demographic, socioeconomic, dietary, and health-related questions. The examination component consists of medical, dental, and physiological measurements, as well as laboratory tests administered by highly trained medical personnel.
Publisher: United States - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Timeframe: 1957 - Present
Geographic Coverage: United States

Subject Domain

Population Age

Child (2 years - 12 years)

Adolescent (13 years - 18 years)

Adult (19 years - 64 years)

Senior (65 years - 79 years)

Aged (80 years and over)

Keywords

Restrictions: Free to All
Instructions: NHANES data is available on the website and is organized by year. Each year of NHANES data provides users with analytic guidelines, response rates, population totals and a web tutorial. Users can download demographics, examination, laboratory, questionnaire, and limited access data directly from the website. Selecting a dataset using the DOC file will take users to a description of that dataset including the data documentation, codebook, frequencies. Selecting the Data file will download the dataset in .XPT or RDC format.; Access via NHANES

Data Type

Dataset Format(s)

SAS, PDF, SUDAAN

ZSOM Data Catalog

National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey