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Data Briefs
Data Briefs are statistical publications that provide information about current public health topics. Each report takes a complex data subject and summarizes it in text and graphics that provide readers with easily comprehensible information in a compact publication (PDF) and webpage. This list of all Data Briefs that have been released to date is presented in an interactive, searchable, and sortable data tables format.
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| Data Brief Number | Year | Month | Authors | Data Collection System | Title | Keywords |
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| 526 | 2025 | March | Sally C. Curtin, M.A. | National Vital Statistics System | Trends in Death Rates for Leading Methods of Injury: United States, 2003–2023 [PDF – 459 KB] | accident, intentional self-harm, death certificate, underlying cause of death, National Vital Statistics System |
| 525 | 2025 | March | Joyce A. Martin, M.P.H., and Michelle J.K. Osterman, M.H.S. | National Vital Statistics System | Increases in Neonatal Intensive Care Admissions in the United States, 2016–2023 [PDF – 459 KB] | maternal age, race and Hispanic origin, gestational age, state, National Vital Statistics System |
| 524 | 2025 | January | Anjel Vahratian, Ph.D., M.P.H., Elizabeth M. Briones, Ph.D., Ahmed Jamal, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., and Kristy L. Marynak, Ph.D., M.P.P. | National Health Interview Survey | Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adults in the United States, 2019–2023 [PDF – 459 KB] | vaping, young adult, National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) |
| 523 | 2025 | January | Michelle J.K. Osterman, M.H.S., and Maria M. Juiz Gallego, M.P.H.E., C.H.E.S. | National Vital Statistics System | Differences in Cesarean Delivery Rates for Puerto Rican Mothers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Mainland, 2023 [PDF – 1,083 KB] | method of delivery, gestational age, age of mother, National Vital Statistics System |
| 522 | 2024 | December | Matthew F. Garnett, M.P.H., and Arialdi M. Minino, M.P.H. | National Vital Statistics System | Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2003–2023 [PDF – 527 KB] | opioids, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality |
| 521 | 2024 | December | Sherry L. Murphy, B.S., Kenneth D. Kochanek, M.A., Jiaquan Xu, M.D., and Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D. | National Vital Statistics System | Mortality in the United States, 2023 [PDF – 522 KB] | life expectancy, leading cause, National Vital Statistics System, heart disease, infant mortality |
| 520 | 2024 | December | Gladys Martinez, Ph.D. | National Survey of Family Growth | Receipt of Family Planning Services in the United States: 2022–2023 [PDF – 591 KB] | birth control, contraception, sterilization, National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) |
| 519 | 2024 | December | Anne M. Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H., Nicholas Ansai, M.P.H., Namanjeet Ahluwalia, Ph.D., D.Sc., and Duong T. Nguyen, D.O. | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey | Anemia Prevalence: United States, August 2021–August 2023 [PDF – 443 KB] | hemoglobin, red blood cells, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) |
| 518 | 2024 | November | Jacqueline W. Lucas, M.P.H., and Inderbir Sohi, M.S.P.H. | National Health Interview Survey | Chronic Pain and High-impact Chronic Pain in U.S. Adults, 2023 [PDF – 472 KB] | pain, health disparities, urbanicity, National Health Interview Survey |
| 517 | 2024 | December | Susan M. Schappert, M.A., and Loredana Santo, M.D., M.P.H. | National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey | Emergency Department Visits With an Influenza Test Ordered or Provided: United States, 2013–2022 [PDF – 454 KB] | flu, diagnostic test, respiratory illness, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey |
| 516 | 2024 | November | Jane A. Gwira, M.D., M.P.H., Cheryl D. Fryar, M.S.P.H., and Qiuping Gu, M.D., Ph.D. | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey | Prevalence of Total, Diagnosed, and Undiagnosed Diabetes in Adults: United States, August 2021–August 2023 [PDF – 548 KB] | fasting plasma glucose, hemoglobin A1c, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) |
| 515 | 2024 | November | Margaret D. Carroll, M.S.P.H, Cheryl D. Fryar, M.S.P.H, Jane A. Gwira, M.D., M.P.H., and Marisol Iniguez, M.P.H. | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey | Total and High-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Adults: United States, August 2021–August 2023 [PDF – 454 KB] | trends, lipids, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) |
| 514 | 2024 | October | Gelila Haile, M.P.H., Basilica Arockiaraj, M.P.H., Benjamin Zablotsky, Ph.D., and Amanda E. Ng, M.P.H., Ph.D. | National Health Interview Survey | Bullying Victimization Among Teenagers: United States, July 2021–December 2023 [PDF – 740 KB] | adolescent health, prevalence, schools, mental health, National Health Interview Survey–Teen (NHIS–Teen) |
| 513 | 2024 | October | Benjamin Zablotsky, Ph.D., Basilica Arockiaraj, M.P.H., Gelila Haile, M.P.H., and Amanda E. Ng, Ph.D., M.P.H. | National Health Interview Survey | Daily Screen Time Among Teenagers: United States, July 2021–December 2023 [PDF – 489 KB] | adolescent health, prevalence, anxiety, depression, National Health Interview Survey–Teen (NHIS–Teen) |
| 512 | 2024 | October | Joyce A. Martin, M.P.H., and Michelle J.K. Osterman, M.H.S. | National Vital Statistics System | Declines in Triplet and Higher-order Multiple Births in the United States, 1998–2023 [PDF – 484 KB] | maternal age, race and Hispanic origin, state, National Vital Statistics System |
| 511 | 2024 | October | Cheryl D. Fryar, M.S.P.H., Brian Kit, M.D., Margaret D. Carroll, M.S.P.H., and Joseph Afful, M.S. | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey | Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control Among Adults Age 18 and Older: United States, August 2021–August 2023 [PDF – 545 KB] | high blood pressure, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) |
| 510 | 2024 | October | Loredana Santo, M.D., M.P.H., Susan M. Schappert, M.A., and Brian W. Ward, Ph.D. | National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey | Emergency Department Visits by Adults Age 65 and Older With Alzheimer Disease: United States, 2020–2022 [PDF – 454 KB] | dementia, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey |
| 509 | 2024 | September | Matthew F. Garnett, M.P.H., and Sally C. Curtin, M.A. | National Vital Statistics System | Suicide Mortality in the United States, 2002–2022 [PDF – 454 KB] | intentional self-harm, mechanism, mental health, suicidology, National Vital Statistics System |
| 508 | 2024 | September | Samuel D. Emmerich, D.V.M., Cheryl D. Fryar, M.S.P.H., Bryan Stierman, M.D., M.P.H., and Cynthia L. Ogden, Ph.D., M.R.P. | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey | Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence in Adults: United States, August 2021–August 2023 [PDF – 409 KB] | body mass index (BMI), trends, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) |
| 507 | 2024 | August | Joyce A. Martin, M.P.H., Brady E. Hamilton Ph.D., and Michelle J.K. Osterman, M.H.S. | National Vital Statistics System | Births in the United States, 2023 [PDF – 545 KB] | general fertility rate, prenatal care, gestational age, National Vital Statistics System |
| 506 | 2024 | August | Amanuel Melekin, Ph.D., Manisha Sengupta, Ph.D., and Christine Caffrey, Ph.D. | Other or Collaboration | Residential Care Community Resident Characteristics: United States, 2022 [PDF – 740 KB] | assisted living, activities of daily living, chronic conditions, long-term services and supports, National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study |
| 505 | 2024 | August | Sally C. Curtin, M.A. | National Vital Statistics System | Stroke Death Rates Among Adults Ages 45–64 by Region and Race and Hispanic Origin: United States, 2002–2022 [PDF – 553 KB] | cerebrovascular disease, death certificate, underlying cause of death, National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) |
| 504 | 2024 | July | Dzifa Adjaye-Gbewonyo, Ph.D., and Elizabeth M. Briones, Ph.D. | National Health Interview Survey | Walking for Leisure and Transportation Among Adults: United States, 2022 [PDF – 553 KB] | physical activity, health behaviors, pedestrian, National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) |
| 503 | 2024 | August | Christopher Cairns, M.P.H., Jill J. Ashman, Ph.D., and Kai Kang, M.S. | National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey | Emergency Department Visit Rates by Selected Characteristics: United States, 2022 [PDF – 478 KB] | COVID-19, emergency care, patient characteristics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey |
| 502 | 2024 | July | Jessica P. Lendon, Ph.D., Priyanka Singh, M.P.H., and Zhaohui Lu, M.S. | Other or Collaboration | Adult Day Services Center Participant Characteristics: United States, 2022 [PDF – 498 KB] | Medicaid, activities of daily living (ADL), home and community-based services, chronic conditions, National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) |
Last Reviewed: January 27, 2025
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