UMB Data Catalog
A project of the Health Sciences and Human Services LibraryNational Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Alternate Titles(s): NHANES
UID: 57
- 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. Participants are selected via a random sampling method. 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
- Local Experts
Adult (19 years to 64 years)
Child (2 years to 12 years)
Senior (65 years to 79 years)
Adolescent (13 years to 18 years)
Elderly (80 years and over)
Infant (1 to 23 months of age)
Infant, Newborn (first 28 days after birth)
- Access Restrictions
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Unrestricted access
- Access 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.
- Data Type
- Software Used
- Study Type
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Observational
- Dataset Format(s)
- PDF, SAS, SUDAAN
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