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1.63 National Health Statistics The Centers for Dis- ease Control and Prevention (CDC) administers a large number of survey programs for monitor- ing the status of health and health care in the US. One of these programs is the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which interviews and examines a random sample of about 5000 people in the US each year. The sur- vey includes questions about health, nutrition, and behavior, while the examination includes physical measurements and lab tests. Another program is the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Sur- vey (NHAMCS), which includes information from hospital records for a random sample of individu- als treated in hospital emergency rooms around the country. (a) To what population can we reasonably general- ize findings from the NHANES? (b) To what population can we reasonably general- ize findings from the NHAMCS? (c) For each of the questions below, indicate which survey, NHANES or NHAMCS, would proba- bly be more appropriate to address the issue. i. Are overweight people more likely to develop diabetes?