... 0.5 percent of babies born in the U.S. weighing between 1.1 and 2.2 pounds, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Pophal went to Chandler Regional Hospital to visit Madeline where she was born and where she stayed ...

... chronic health problems in the United States, affecting more than 30 million adults, according to the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chronic sinusitis involves sinus problems that last ...

... data, released Wednesday, come from the National Center for Health Statistics. It's a preliminary report of 2006 numbers ... according to the report. On The Net: National Center for Health Statistics: ...

... its short form, but will continue to ask the question on the long form -- who knows for how long. The National Center for Health Statistics is also getting out of the business of collecting in-depth, yearly stats on marriage and divorce. What ...

AMHERST, Mass. -- Spurred by the latest federal recommendations, colleges are mounting a widening attack on meningococcal meningitis this fall with health advisories, educational campaigns and vaccination clinics.

... honoring single motherhood by choice. Illegitimacy is rising, according to the latest report from the National Center for Health Statistics. In 1998, "the number of births to unmarried women rose 3 percent to 1,293,567, the highest number ...

... very positive picture, but clearly problems do remain," said Dr. Edward J. Sondik, director of the National Center for Health Statistics. Among the report's findings: There are approximately 35 million people in the United States age 65 ...

The teen birth rate has fallen to its lowest level in 60 years, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Especially dramatic is the decline over the past decade, from 62.1 births per 1,000 females in 1991 to 49.6 last year ...

... rate in rural areas was 17.94 per 100,000 people in 1995, the most recent numbers available from the National Center for Health Statistics. In urban areas, the rate was 14.91. Nevada's overall rate last year was 20.18 per 100,000 ...

... relatively short period of time. Sometimes this is a cycle that continues for a lifetime. Recently the National Center for Health Statistics, which is under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, estimated that 61 percent of Americans ...