Teaching/Training Modules on Trends in Health and Aging
Since January 1, 2003 the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the American Society on Aging (ASA), and the University of Michigan Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN), with support from the National Institute on Aging, have been developing teaching modules on trends in health-related behaviors, health status, health care utilization, functional status and disability, and health care expenditures of the United States aging population. The modules are based on and illustrated with data from the NCHS Data Warehouse on Trends in Health and Aging. The modules are designed for use by teachers at the secondary, undergraduate and graduate levels for courses in aging, sociology, demography, public health, medicine, and for self-study by health and aging professionals.
The following are currently available:
Be sure to click on only one module at a time, as each may take five minutes or more to download if you're on a slow internet connection. Click here for info on viewing PDF files.
- Module 1. NCHS Data Warehouse on Trends in Health and Aging: An Overview of the Value and Uses of These Data Sources Download [700 kb PDF]
- Module 3. Using Beyond 20/20 (browser) to Access the Data Warehouse Download [1200 kb PDF]
- Module 4. U.S. Population Structure: An Aging America Download [400 kb PDF]
- Module 5. Basic Measures and Statistics Used in the Data Warehouse Download [800 kb PDF]
- Module 6. Life Expectancy and Mortality Download [500 kb PDF]
- Module 7. Trends in Chronic Diseases among Aged Population Download [1500 kb PDF]
- Module 8. Disability Trends among the U.S. Aged Population Download [1000 kb PDF]
We will add modules to this site as they are ready for field-testing. We expect to post these modules very soon:
- Module 2. NCHS Data Warehouse on Trends in Health and Aging: A Resource Manual on Twelve Key Data Sources
- Module 9. Health Care Utilization for Older Persons (Short-Term Hospital Care)