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Datasets and Related Documentation for Mortality Data

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  • Methods
  • Micro-data

Methods

Data Collection

  • Electronic Death Registration System Online Reference Manual: A Resource for Jurisdictions [PDF – 2 MB]
  • Revisions of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Death
    • U.S. Standard Death Certificate, 1989 Revision [PDF – 187 KB]
    • U.S. Standard Death Certificate, 2003 Revision [PDF – 74 KB]
  • Reengineering
  • Writing Cause-of-Death Statements

Data Processing

  • Instruction Manuals
  • MedCoder
  • International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10)
  • World Health Organization (WHO) ICD Website – Online Version of ICD-10
  • Comparability of Cause of Death Between ICD Revisions

Information for Data Analysis

  • Public-use Data File Documentation
  • Mortality Technical Appendix
  • U.S. Census Population with Bridged Race Categories
  • U.S. Intercensal Population Estimates by Specified Hispanic Origin Groups

 

Micro-data

Data Release Policy

Compressed Files Description

Access

  • Vital Statistics Downloadable Data
  • CDC WONDER (underlying cause of death; multiple cause of death)
  • Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
  • DataFerrett
Last Reviewed: December 19, 2016
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