QuickStats: Percentage of Persons Who Had a Cold in the Past 2 Weeks, by Age Group and Calendar Quarter — National Health Interview Survey, U.S. 2018

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• Alternative Title:
  Percentage of Persons Who Had a Cold in the Past 2 Weeks, by Age Group and Calendar Quarter — National Health Interview Survey, U.S. 2018
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Lessem, Sarah E. ; Alfier, Johanna M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  In 2018, the percentage of persons of all ages who had a cold during the past 2 weeks was 16.6% in January–March, 8.5% in April–June, 7.0% in July–September, and 13.7% in October–December. Across all calendar quarters, colds were more common in younger persons than in older persons. A higher percentage of persons in each age group had colds in the past 2 weeks in January–March and October–December than had colds in April–June or July–September 2018.
  
  Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2018 data. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm.
  
  Reported by: Sarah E. Lessem, PhD,; Johanna M. Alfier, MPH.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Notification Epidemiology Public Health Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 69(14):429
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  14
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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