The National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) is an inter-governmental system of sharing data on the vital statistics of the

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. It involves coordination between the different state health departments of the US states and the National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the

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Data and publications

The National Vital Statistics System includes the following data sets and publications: * Vital Statistics of the United States: The data set goes back to 1890. * National Vital Statistics Report: This is a monthly report that goes back to January 1998. The earlier version of this report, called the Monthly Vital Statistics Report, goes back to July 1964. * Other reports All data is accessible online on the NVSS website.

Related programs

The following programs are related to the National Vital Statistics System: * Linked Birth and Infant Death Data Set *

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* Matched Multiple Birth Data Set * National Death Index * National Maternal and Infant Health Survey * National Mortality Followback Survey

Reception and impact

Academic research

Data from the National Vital Statistics System has been cited in academic research on many topics, including births and homicides. A 1995 paper by Weed for

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described the history of NVSS and how to prepare it for the next century.

Use as a standard source

Libraries and other link collections have pointed to the NVSS as an official data source for the vital statistics of the

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References

External links

* {{official website, https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm Statistical organizations in the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National statistical services Federal Statistical System of the United States