Sex differences in health and use of medical care : United States, 1979 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Hing, Esther (Author), Rice, Dorothy P. (Author), Kovar, Mary Grace (Author)
Corporate Authors:	National Health Interview Survey (U.S.), National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (U.S.), National Hospital Discharge Survey (U.S.)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hyattsville, Md. : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics, 1983.
Series:	DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 83-1408. Vital and health statistics. Analytical and epidemiological studies ; no. 24.
Subjects:	Health surveys > United States. Sex factors in disease > United States > Statistics. Medical care > Utilization > Sex differences > United States > Statistics. Health behavior > Sex differences > United States > Statistics. United States > Statistics, Medical. Health surveys. Medical care > Utilization > Sex differences. Sex factors in disease. United States. Statistics. Statistics > Medical.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo116403

Description
Item Description:	"Statistics are presented on sex differences in the incidence and prevalence of illnesses among the civilian noninstitutionalized population and in the utilization of nonfederally employed office-based physicians and non-Federal short-stay hospitals. Estimates are based principally on data collected in the 1979 National Health Interview Survey, the 1979 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, and the 1979 National Hospital Discharge Survey." "September 1983."
Physical Description:	1 online resource (iv, 55 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-18).