Tooth disorders accounted for an annual average of 1,944,000 emergency department visits during 2020 to 2022, according to a ...

The average age of moms giving birth in the U.S. continues to rise, hitting nearly 30 years old in 2023. In a report, published Friday by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, researchers ...

Deaths from drug overdoses fell by a quarter between summer 2023 and January 2025, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. The numbers have returned to the level they were at at ...

The National Center for Health Statistics is testing a virtual data enclave internally to make its sensitive data available to more researchers, with plans to onboard select pilot projects in the fall ...

Data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics shows there were 75,673 opioid overdose deaths for the 12 months ending in April 2021. This is up from 56,064 the year before.

Provisional data published Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics found there were 3,659,289 babies born in 2021, a 1% increase from 2020.

Nearly 10 percent of infants were admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit in the United States in 2023, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics, a 13 percent ...

The average weight for males in the United States ages 20 years and older is 199.8 pounds (lbs), according to data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics. The average waist ...

Average age also increased for first-time moms, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts say there are a few reasons why.