Health, United States: With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
Publisher: National Center for Health Statistics 2017
Number of pages: 488
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Health, United States, is the report on the health status of the Nation and is submitted by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to the President and the Congress of the United States in compliance with Section 308 of the Public Health Service Act. The Health, United States series presents national trends in health statistics. Each report includes an executive summary, highlights, a chartbook, trend tables, extensive appendixes, and an index.
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