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Summary measures of population health : report of findings on methodologic and data issues.

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  • Physical Description: vii, 66 pages : digital, PDF file
  • Publisher: Hyattsville, Md. : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, [2003]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Healthy people 2010."
"November 2003."
GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Title from title screen (viewed on June 5, 2009).
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Summary measures of population health -- Methods for calculating healthy life expectancy -- Expected years of healthy life under various definitions of health -- Trends in life free of activity limitation: United States, 1985-95 -- The impact of incomplete data on healthy life expectancy estimates -- Summary and conclusion.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: Internet from the CDC web site. Address as of 6/5/09: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/misc/pophealth.pdf; current access is available via PURL.
Subject: Health status indicators > United States.
Medical statistics > Methodology.
Available in another form: Summary measures of population health