Health, United States is an annual report on trends in health statistics. The report consists of two main sections: A chartbook containing text and figures that illustrates major trends in the health of Americans; and a trend tables section that contains 153 detailed data tables. The two main components are supplemented by an executive summary, a highlights section, an extensive appendix and reference section, and an index.

Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Executive Summary
  • Overall Health of the Nation
  • Special Feature: Drugs
  • References
• Highlights
  • Health Status and Determinants
  • Health Care Utilization and Health Care Resources
  • Health Care Expenditures
  • Special Feature: Drugs
• Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
  • Population
  • Health Insurance
  • Preventive Health Care
  • Health Risk Factors
  • Limitation of Activity
  • Mortality
  • Special Feature: Drugs
  • Technical Notes
  • List of Chartbook Figures
  • Data Tables for Figures 1–36
• Trend Tables
  • Summary List of Trend Tables by Topic
  • List of Trend Tables
• Appendices
  • Appendix I - Data Sources
  • Appendix II - Definitions and Methods
  • Appendix III - Additional Data Years Available

Suggested citation:

National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2004 With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans. Hyattsville, Maryland: 2004.