title: Linkage of 1986-2009 National Health Interview Survey with 1981-2010 Florida Cancer Data System.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  National survey data linked with state cancer registry data has the potential to create a valuable tool for cancer prevention and control research. A pilot project-developed in a collaboration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Florida Cancer Data System (FCDS) at the University of Miami -links the records of the 1986-2009 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the 1981-2010 FCDS. The project assesses the feasibility of performing a record linkage between NCHS survey data and a state-based cancer registry, as well as the value of the data produced. The linked NHIS-FCDS data allow researchers to follow NHIS survey participants longitudinally to examine factors associated with future cancer diagnosis, and to assess the characteristics and quality of life among cancer survivors.
  
  
  METHODS
  This report provides a preliminary evaluation of the linked national and state cancer data and examines both analytic issues and complications presented by the linkage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Residential mobility and the number of years of data linked in this project create some analytic challenges and limitations for the types of analyses that can be conducted. However, the linked data set offers the ability to conduct analyses not possible with either data set alone.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Health Statistics.
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: National Center for Health Statistics.
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: National Center for Health Statistics.
authors.forename: Dean H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Judson
authors.affiliation: National Center for Health Statistics.
authors.forename: Yulei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: National Center for Health Statistics.
authors.forename: Hannah R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Day
authors.affiliation: National Center for Health Statistics.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zevallos
authors.affiliation: National Center for Health Statistics.
authors.forename: Jennifer D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.affiliation: Florida Cancer Data System, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Jill A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: MacKinnon
authors.affiliation: Florida Cancer Data System, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Monique N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.affiliation: Florida Cancer Data System, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Brad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wohler
authors.affiliation: Florida Cancer Data System, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Recinda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.affiliation: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Christina A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.affiliation: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: McClure
authors.affiliation: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: LeBlanc
authors.affiliation: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Stacey L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Tannenbaum
authors.affiliation: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Diane D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Purdue University.
authors.forename: Sharon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Christ
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009309:National Center for Health Statistics, U.S.; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States