title: Health characteristics of large metropolitan statistical areas: United States, 1988-89.
abstract: Annual average estimates of rates or percents of limitation of activity, respondent-assessed health status, restricted-activity days, bed-disability days, work-loss days, school-loss days, physician utilization, hospital utilization, incidence of selected acute conditions, and prevalence of selected chronic conditions are shown by geographic region for all large U.S. metropolitan statistical areas combined and for individual metropolitan statistical areas with populations of at least 1.1 million persons.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Hendershot
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000208:Acute Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014504:Urban Health