NCHS Mission, Vision, and Strategic Plan

Key points

  • The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) collects, analyzes and publishes timely, relevant, and accurate health data and statistics.
  • Our work builds on our core values of accuracy, integrity, objectivity, quality, and trust.
  • We are pursuing better and faster ways to collect health information.
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Mission

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) collects, analyzes, and disseminates timely, relevant, and accurate health data and statistics. Our products and services inform the public and guide program and policy decisions to improve our nation’s health.

Vision

NCHS will be a world-class innovator and provider of health data and statistics.

Core values

Our values are central to our mission and operations.

  • Accuracy: We ensure that our data and statistics are reliable sources of information.
  • Integrity: We uphold a high standard of transparency, accountability, and neutrality in our work.
  • Objectivity: We provide objective data and health statistics through credible methods.
  • Quality: We deliver products and services that are of the highest standards.
  • Trust: We promote collaboration among our partners and secure data sharing through data security, privacy, and confidentiality.

Strategic plan (fiscal years 2022–2025)

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Message from the NCHS Director

The NCHS strategic plan for fiscal years 2022–2025 cover features images of data graphs and a person on a laptop.
NCHS is working to expand our relevance and external engagement, accelerate our health data capabilities, and build on our workforce and operational excellence.

I came to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in 2020, when COVID-19 was first emerging in the United States. Soon after, the virus had spread to every corner of the globe. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the lead, public health sprung to action and has worked at a feverish pace ever since. NCHS has been an integral part of this effort from the beginning.

At NCHS, our ability to mobilize and adapt resources quickly to support COVID-19 was based on a strong history of scientific excellence. NCHS has expanded knowledge, catalyzed positive change, and advanced science to improve public health and wellness since 1960.

To now be at the helm of this important work is deeply humbling, especially during these challenging times, when new partnerships, discovery, and data are so desperately needed.

NCHS is meeting these demands by collecting, studying, and sharing COVID-19 data; pursuing better and faster ways to collect health information; and leveraging our team’s unique skills and experiences to move science and health in new, more equitable directions.

Our strategic plan—which was developed collaboratively with NCHS staff, CDC colleagues, and other partners—will drive these and other Center-wide efforts by creating a roadmap for NCHS to best achieve its mission and goals. It also outlines our core values of accuracy, integrity, objectivity, quality, and trust. Read on to learn more about NCHS’ vision for the future and how our strategic plan will get us there.

Brian C. Moyer, Ph.D.
Director, National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Keep Reading: NCHS Strategic Plan (FY 2022–2025)
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