National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Public Use Data Release NHIS Survey Description

1997 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Public Use Data Release NHIS Survey Description Division of Health Interview Statistics National Center for Health Statistics Hyattsville, MD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S. Department of Health and Human Services February 2000 The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a multi-purpose health survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and is the principal source of information on the health of the civilian, noninstitutionalized, household population of the United States. The NHIS has been conducted continuously since its beginning in 1957 . . .