project

Target Population

• Adults in the United States

Source Population

• National Health, Nutrition and Examination Survey (NHANES)
• National Death Index
• Linkage of the two databases using Social Security Numbers
• NCHS
  • HEALTH_STATISTICS
    • NCHS
      • datalinkage
        • linked_mortality
          • NHANES_1999_2000_MORT_2019_PUBLIC.dat

Enumerated Population

• Continuous NHANES: 1999-2000