Production and Provision of Policy Indicators from National Health Surveys
- Healthy lifestyle practice indicators for the 5th National Health Promotion Plan (HP2030)
- Smoking, drinking, nutrition, physical activity, etc.
- Adolescent health behavior indicators for the 2nd Master Plan for Student Health Promotion.
- Physical activity, dietary habits, mental health, smoking/drinking, etc.
- Performance indicators for the National Nutrition Management Plan
- Percentage of people with adequate intake of saturated fatty acids, sodium, sugar, and fruits/vegetables, rate of skipping breakfast, etc.
- Performance indicators for the Master Plan for Oral Health Projects
- Prevalence of periodontal disease, rate of complaints of chewing discomfort, etc.
- Calculation of statistics for comparing health levels between countries for the OECD and WHO
- Report on the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, international action plans for the prevention and management of chronic diseases, etc.
Linkage and Disclosure of Health Data with Other Institutions
- Establishment of a basis for multi-faceted analysis of major health issues by building a linked DB between KNHANES data and statistics from other institutions
- KNHANES - Cause of Death linkage ('07-'22): 69,855 persons (linkage rate 97.5%)
- KNHANES - Air Pollution linkage ('07–'22): 114,568 persons (linkage rate 100%)
- Provision of customized DB for researchers by linking KNHANES data with the DB held by government and public institutions in the healthcare sector through the integrated platform for healthcare big data
Disclosure of Raw Data and Operation of a Remote Data Analysis System
- Disclosure of the raw data DB and user guides
- Strengthening support for academic research by providing undisclosed raw data through a remote data analysis system
| Category | 2023 | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of requesters (persons) | Number of requests (cases) | Number of requesters (persons) | Number of requests (cases) | |
| Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey | 6,614 | 20,307 | 5,638 | 18,338 |
| Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey | 1,941 | 4,178 | 1,740 | 4,254 |
Utilization in Academic Research
- Over 3,400 academic papers using National Health Survey data have been published (based on PubMed ( http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ))
- The introductory paper on the KNHANES (published by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency) has been selected as the most cited paper in the general social sciences field for 5 consecutive years ('20–'24).