| **National Center    for     Health Statistics            Division of Data     Services            6525 Belcrest Road     Hyattsville, MD     20782-2003     (301)458-4636      **

 **Initiatives and    Other ActivitiesHome | Search NCHS | Contact us**
**International Activities**

The National Center for Health    Statistics (NCHS) maintains international health statistics programs with both developed    and developing countries all around the world. These programs consist of cooperative    ventures and collaborative research on analytical and methodological issues, technical    assistance and consultation, training and information exchange, and joint activities with    multi-national agencies. In addition, NCHS sponsors international meetings and symposia,    and contributes to other international forums through scientific articles and    presentations. Through these efforts, NCHS seeks to improve the availability and quality    of health data in both the United States and other countries. 

The international research program is    carried out in collaboration with other countries and with other agencies of the Public    Health Service (PHS). An important part of this research is carried out through    International Collaborative Efforts (ICE's), which bring together domestic and foreign    experts to focus on specific health issues of mutual interest to the participating    countries. Research findings from these analytic research projects are used to provide    guidance to specific U.S. PHS programs and to improve the health statistical activities of    NCHS. Current topics included in these collaborative research projects are perinatal and    infant mortality, health and health care of the elderly, and **injuries**. Under development is a new ICE on the    automated classification of causes of death. 

The Center directly supports the World    Health Organization (WHO) in worldwide health statistics activities by promoting domestic    and international development and use of the International Classification of Diseases and    the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps. This is    accomplished through the WHO Collaborating Center for Classification of Diseases for North    America, housed at NCHS. NCHS also serves as the WHO Collaborating Center for Health and    Nutrition Examination Surveys, helping to disseminate its unique capabilities in complex    health survey design and health examination data collection and analysis. 

 

**Home | Search NCHS | Contact    us**
**CDC Home | Search    | Health Topics A-Z**
This page last reviewed May 12, 2000

**U.S.    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES****Centers    for Disease Control and Prevention**    National Center for Health Statistics    Division of Data Services     Hyattsville, MD    20782-2003    (301) 458-4636
  |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|