Summary Table - Core and Supplement Changes

2015 NHIS Removals/New Questions
Removals:
Name/Topic
Family Health Insurance (FHI)
Sample Child and Sample Adult
Access and Utilization (CAU and
AAU sections)
Sample Child and Sample Adult
Hearing (CHS and ACN sections)
Heart Disease (Sample Adult ACN
section)
Arthritis (Sample Adult ACN
section)
Tobacco Products (Sample Adult
AHB section)
NIPRCS-National Immunization
Provider Record Check Survey
(IPV)

Sponsoring Agency

Approx. # of
questions
Removed

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE), HHS

14

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE), HHS

1 CAU and 14
AAU

National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders (NIDCD, NIH)
National Center For Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP, CDC)
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH,
CDC)

50 CHS/70
ACN
15
5

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

9

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory
Diseases (NCIRD), CDC

60

Sponsoring Agency

Approx. # of
questions

New Supplements:
Name/Topic
Occupational Health (Sample
Adult ASD and ACN)
Cancer Control (Sample Adult
Adult NAC, NAE, NAF, NAG,
NAH sections)

National Institute of Occupational Health and
Safety (NIOSH, CDC)

Epilepsy (Sample Adult ACN
section)
Crohn’s Disease/Colitis (Sample
Adult ACN section)
Infrequent Tobacco Use (Sample
Adult AHB section)

Natl Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), CDC
Natl Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), CDC

National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, and the
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

39
15 minutes

5
1
6

Continuing Supplements from 2014
Name/Topic

Sponsoring Agency

Approx. # of
questions
10
75 (reduction
of approx. 25
questions
from 2014)

Family Food Security

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Affordable Care Act (CAU, AAU,
FHI)

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE), HHS

Adult & Child Immunization
(CHS, AAU)

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory
Diseases (NCIRD), CDC

22

Internet and Email Usage (AWB)

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation (ASPE), HHS

7

ABCs of Heart Disease and Stroke
Prevention (ACN)

National Center for Health Statistics

6

-2Child Mental Health (Brief
Strengths and Difficulties
Questionnaire)
Disability Questions Test/Adult
Functioning and Disability (FDB &
AFD)
Hepatitis B/C Screening

Center for Mental Health Services (SAMHSA)

5

National Center for Health Statistics

50

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD,
and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)

3