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The National Vital Statistics System of the National Center for Health Statistics" (NCHS) 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. The NBER attempts to keep a comphrehensive collection, with some improvements in format or accessibility to research users. Original sources are noted below, but the NBER is responsible for the transformations offered here.

For Britain see here.

Tabular

NCHS
NCHS
Grant Miller
Norberg

Micro-level

NCHS
NCHS
NCHS

Denominator Sources

Census
Census

 

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