National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) – Vision and Eye Health Surveillance

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Vision & Eye Health

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United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Vision & Eye Health. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) – Vision and Eye Health Surveillance. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-01-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/E244147V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) – Vision and Eye Health Surveillance
Summary:  View help for Summary 1999-2008; 2005-2008. This dataset is a de-identified summary table of vision and eye health data indicators from NHANES, stratified by all available combinations of age group, race/ethnicity, sex, and risk factor. NHANES is a program of studies conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics at CDC designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the U.S, and combines interviews and physical examinations. NHANES stopped collecting vision and eye health data in 2008. Approximate sample size is 5,000 persons per year. NHANES data for VEHSS includes questions and examinations related to Visual Function, Vision Exam Measures, Eye Health Conditions, Service Utilization, and Examination Measures. Data were suppressed for cell sizes less than 30 persons, or where the relative standard error more than 30% of the mean. Detailed information on VEHSS NHANES analyses can be found on the VEHSS NHANES webpage (https://www.cdc.gov/visionhealth/vehss/data/national-surveys/national-health-and-nutrition-examination-survey.html). Additional information about NHANES can be found on the NHANES website (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/index.htm). The VEHSS NHANES dataset was last updated in June 2018. Read less
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://data.cdc.gov/Vision-Eye-Health/National-Health-and-Nutrition-Examination-Survey-N/tdbk-8ubw/about_data

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms nhanes; service utilization; vision exam measures; visual function; visual acuity; blind; glaucoma; cataract; diabetes
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