title: Acute conditions incidence and associated disability, United States - july 1968-june 1969.
abstract: During the 12 months ending in June 1969, there was an estimated incidence of 406.2 million acute illnesses or injuries requiring either medical attention or reduced daily activity. This volume of new cases of acute conditions produced an annual incidence rate of 206.8 per 100 persons in the civilian, noninstitutional population of the United States, The rate for the current year was 9.2 percent higher than the estimate of 189.4 conditions per 100 persons per year during July 1967-June 1968. Contributing substantially to the increased incidence was the Hong Kong influenza epidemic in the latter part of 1968. This report from the Health Interview Survey is part of an annual series reporting on new cases of acute illnesses or injury during the year starting in July and ending in June. The last published report, Series 10, No. 54, covered the period July 1967-June 1968. During that period information was collected using two data collection procedures, the person approach for half of the sample and the condition approach for the other half. These procedures are described in Series 10, No, 54, and in the current estimates report for 1967, Series 10, No. 52. This report covers the period July 1968-June 1969, and the person approach was used as the data collection procedure. Data is being collected in the Health Inter-view Survey on a calendar year basis starting with 1968. However, because the epidemiologic year for acute respiratory illnesses peaks during the late fall and winter months, the series of reports on acute conditions will continue to cover the period from July of one year to June of the next. Acute condition data is also summarized in the current estimates reports, which are for the calendar year.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Wilder