Health conditions among male workers in mining and other industries reliant on manual labor occupations: National Health Interview Survey, 2007–2018

The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is an annual cross-sectional survey that collects information on a broad range of health topics; it was developed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and is currently administered by the U.S. Census Bureau. NHIS datasets for the years 2007–2018 were combined to ensure an adequate sample size to study currently working male miners. During 2007–2018, the NHIS included four core modules. The Family and Sample Adult core modules were used in the study. The Family core module collected health and sociodemographic information on each member of each family within the household. The Sample Adult core module collected health and industry and occupation information for the randomly chosen sample adult from each household interviewed.