Summary measures of population health
Subtitle: report of findings on methodologic and data issues.
Contributors: United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services.; National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
Series: DHHS publication ;; no. (PHS) 2004-1258
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Hyattsville, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
Subjects: Health status indicators -- United States.; Medical statistics -- Methodology.; Health Status Indicators -- United States.; Life Expectancy -- United States.; Population Surveillance -- methods -- United States.; Program Evaluation -- United States.; Systems Theory -- United States.
Other titles: Report of findings on methodologic and data issues
Description: Measures of population health -- Methods for calculating heatlhy 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"November 2003."
"Healthy people 2010"--Cover.