Presents national trends in health statistics. Includes a chartbook & detailed tables. This year socioeconomic status & health was selected as the subject of the chartbook, which includes sections on the population, children's health, & adults' health. The sections on health include subsections on health status, risk factors, & health care access & utilization. The chartbook is followed by 149 detailed tables organized around 4 major subject areas: health status & determinants, utilization of health resources, health care resources, & health care expenditures. The tables report data for selected years to highlight major trends in health statistics.

"Descriptive summary of current nutrition monitoring activities sponsored by various Federal agencies." Arranged under six sections, according to the categorized monitoring activities. Entries give such information as agency, target population, and control variables. Contains order information.