68 National Vital Statistics
68.3 Description
- De-identified, patient-level, aggregate data
- Birth, Period-Linked Birth – Infant Death, Birth Cohort Linked Birth – Infant Death, Mortality Multiple Cause and Fetal Death files are available
- States and U.S. Territories data on separate files
- Request of customized micro-data files is possible by completing a project review form
- WONDER (https://wonder.cdc.gov/) allows querying of data online
68.4 Vintage/Release Frequency
Yearly, availability depends on measure (birth data and mortality data 1968 to current)
68.6 Collection Methodology
- Data obtained from birth and death certificates
- They provide guidelines to jurisdictions on how to complete certificates
- In 2010 they centralized coding at the NCHS
68.7 Available at
Free for download at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/vitalstatsonline.htm
68.8 User Guide/Data Dictionary
User guide available at same website as data download. Other documentation available at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/mortality_methods.htm