Vital Statistics Mortality Data at the NBER
The National
Vital Statistics System of the National Center
for Health Statistics collects vital statistics data for the U.S. Government
which can be used by researchers and policymakers to monitor and improve the
Nation's health. NBER has a collection of vital statistics death microdata available for
download.
- 1985-1991, 1995-2001 Birth Cohort Linked Birth/Infant Death Data
includes all births in a given calendar year occuring within the United States
and all deaths for the infants born during that calendar year who
died before reaching one year of age. The data from the birth certificates
and the death certificates are useful for studying infant mortality.
More recent Linked Birth/Infant Death Data are included in the Perinatal Mortality
Data File below.
- 1968-1988 Compressed Mortality File Data
consists of a mortality data file and a population
data file.
The mortality file contains the following seven variables:
state and county of residence, year of death (rather than the full date of death),
race (recoded to white, black, other races), sex,
age group at death (specific age recoded to 16 age groups),
underlying cause-of-death (4-digit ICD code), 69 or 72 cause-of-death recode.
The population file contains Census
national, state and county population estimates.
The age, race, and sex detail of the population file matches the mortality file.
- 1959-2005 Multiple Cause of Death Data.
provides mortality data by multiple cause of death for all deaths
occuring within the United States. The data are based on information abstracted from death
certificates filed in vital statistics offices of each State and District of Columbia.
Causes of death were coded according to the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth
Revision. Variables describing infant cause of death and infant age are included.
U.S. Territories (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam) are included on separate
data files beginning in 1994.
- 1995-2002 Perinatal Mortality Data.
combines the Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data and the Fetal Death Data.
Infant deaths and fetal deaths can be distinguished using the variable OUTCOME.
The Fetal Death Data File includes all fetal deaths in a given calendar year
occuring in the United States and the District of Columbia.
U.S. Territories data (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands,
and Guam) are included on separate data files. Fetal death registration requirements
vary; however, most areas require reporting of fetal deaths of gestations of 20 weeks
or more.
- Vital Statistics Books
has PDFs of pre-1968 vital statistics tables.
Death Certificates
1949 Revision
U.S. Standard Population data is taken from National Vital Statistics Reports
Volume 47, Number 3
SEER provides helpful
U.S. Population data
for 1969 on.
To report errors, or if you have comments, suggestions, or data from previous years e-mail
jroth@nber.org
| Last Update: June 26, 2007 |
Created by Jean Roth December 10, 2000 |
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