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**Overview**Welcome to the NCHS    electronic data warehouse on Trends in Health and Aging, your source for up-to-date    information on the health of older Americans. This site was developed by NCHS with the    support of the **National Institute on Aging**.  This site is      specifically designed to show trends in health-related behaviors, health status, health    care utilization, and cost of care for the older population in the United States. The list    of topics will grow and the data will be updated as soon as new figures are available.

You will find a wealth of    information in these trend data on the health of men and women of different ages and race    and ethnic groups. The notes accompanying each table provide important information on data    sources, statistical methods used to get the information, and references to corresponding    publications and supporting Internet sites.
The    site uses a data dissemination tool called Beyond 20/20� to retrieve and display tabular information.    There are two distinctly different ways to retrieve the trend data. If you are interested    only in one series of numbers for a particular measure and a single population group--for    example death rates from diabetes for older women--use our expedited **query**system (latest versions of**Netscape Navigator** or **Microsoft Explorer**). 
If    you plan to be a regular user of the data warehouse and want to access a full range of    options, including graphics, download the Beyond 20/20�**browser**. With the browser, you can    customize a table, combining the years and demographic groups that you want; print the    table or a graphic; or transfer the data into a variety of other common database or    spreadsheet packages. Once the browser is downloaded and saved in your hard drive you can    access the tables time and time again by clicking on them. Initially you will need 6 MB of    available space to download the Beyond 20/20� browser.
You    will be able to answer many of your data needs    using this site. Resources will expand tremendously during the first year, so please checkregularly to see what’s new.
Please    use the **Let    Us Know**feature, if you have any    comments, suggestions or questions about this website or other NCHS programs, activities,    products, and services.
**Reports and Special Features*****Health, United States, 1999***    with Health and Aging Chartbook**Series 1,    No. 21**. Supplement on Aging to the 1984 National Health Interview Survey.**View/download    PDF** 23.2 MB**Series 1,    No. 28**. The Longitudinal Study of Aging: 1984-90.**View/download PDF** 7.2 MB

 

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