...have declined 7 percent since 2007, from 4.3 million to about 4 million for 2010, according to the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.No one is quite sure why, but many people point to...

...of U.S. homes have dropped landline phone service and rely on mobile phones only, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.Verizon Wireless added 1.3 million wireless customers in the April-June quarter, for a total of...

...Hulton, who is single. The U.S. divorce rate is 47.9 percent, according to data provided by the National Center for Health Statistics reports. That figure, however, does not include California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana...

...Switzerland and Australia were also near the top. The estimate, released Wednesday, comes from the National Center for Health Statistics. It's a preliminary report of 2006 numbers, based on data from more than 95 percent of death certificates...

...fewer than six hours or more than nine hours are more likely to be obese. The study, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, took a door-to-door survey of 87,000...

...is based on door-to-door surveys of 87,000 U.S. adults from 2004 through 2006 conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Such surveys can't prove cause-effect relationships...

...crashes are the leading cause of death for 15-to 20-years-olds, according to 2004 figures from the National Center for Health Statistics, which are the latest available. Graduated programs have been shown to reduce the number of fatal crashes...

...noticing an improvement in their oral health," said the study's lead author, Dr. Bruce Dye of the National Center for Health Statistics. Experts are concerned about the prevalence of cavities in baby teeth of children ages 2 to 5. It increased...

...rate of twin births rose in the United States rose by two-thirds from 1980 to 2003, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, which also said that greater availability of fertility treatments and older childbearing ages increase...

...since 1990, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of overall births. According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics for 2003, the most recent year for which data is available, 8 percent of pregnant women in the U.S...