Works referring to the datasets or codebooks should contain a citation in the following style:
National Center for Health Statistics (Issue Year). Data File Documentations, Issue Name, Data Year (machine readable data file and documentation, CD-ROM Series Series Number, No. No.), National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland.
where the italicized fields are filled in with the appropriate information below:
| Issue Name | Data Year | Issue Year |
Series Number |
No. |
| Birth Cohort Linked Birth/Infant Death | 1985 | 1995 | 20 | 4 |
| 1986 | 1995 | 20 | 3 | |
| 1987 | 1994 | 20 | 1 | |
| 1988 | 1995 | 20 | 2 | |
| 1989 | 1996 | 20 | 8 | |
| 1990 | 1996 | 20 | 6 | |
| 1991 | 1996 | 20 | 7 | |
| 1995 | October, 2001 | 20 | 12a | |
| 1996 | September, 1999 | 20 | 14a | |
| 1997 | August, 2000 | 20 | 15a | |
| 1998 | October, 2002 | 20 | 16a | |
| 1999 | May, 2003 | 20 | 17a | |
| 2000 | Jan, 2004 | 20 | 18a -- ASCII | |
| 2001 | Dec, 2005 | 20 | 19a -- ASCII | |
| 2002 | Nov, 2006 | 20 | 20a -- ASCII | |
| Compressed Mortality File | 1968-1988 | 2000 | 20 | 2A |
| Divorce | 1968-1988 | 2002 | 21 | 33H |
| Marriage | 1968-1988 | 2002 | 21 | 34H |
| Marriage and Divorce | 1989-1995 | 1997 | 21 | 6 |
| Matched Multiple Birth | 1995-1998 | January 2003 | 21 | 13a |
| 1995-1997 | 2000 | 21 | 12 | |
| Multiple Cause-of-Death | 1980 | 2001 | 20 | 25H |
| 1988 | 2001 | 20 | 33H | |
| 1991 | 1997 | 20 | 9 | |
| 1992 | 1997 | 20 | 10 | |
| 1993 | 1997 | 20 | 11 | |
| 1994 | 1999 | 20 | 13 | |
| 1995 | 1999 | 20 | 16 | |
| 1996 |
NTIS Order No: PB99-500308 |
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| 1997 | 2002-03-07 |
NTIS Order No: PB99-501918 |
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| 1998 |
NTIS Order No: PB2000-500128 |
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| Natality | 1989 | January 2002 | 21 | 23H -- ASCII |
| 1990 | January 2002 | 21 | 24H -- ASCII | |
| 1991 | January 2002 | 21 | 25H -- ASCII | |
| 1991 ( SETS version ) | July 1997 | 21 | 5 -- SETS | |
| 1992 | January 2002 | 21 | 26H -- ASCII | |
| 1992 | October 1996 | 21 | 2 -- SETS | |
| 1993 | January 2002 | 21 | 27H -- ASCII | |
| 1993 | February 1997 | 21 | 3 -- SETS | |
| 1994 | January 2002 | 21 | 28H -- ASCII | |
| 1994 | May 1997 | 21 | 4 -- SETS | |
| 1995 | March 1998 | 21 | 6 -- SETS | |
| 1998 | 2000 | 21 | 11 | |
| 1999 | June, 2001 | 21 | 12H | |
| 2000 | November, 2002 | 21 | 14 | |
| National Health and Nutrition Examination Survery, III | 1988-1994 | 1997 | 11 | 1A |
| National Hospital Discharge Survey | 1979-2000 | June, 2002 | 13 | 20A |
| National Mortality Followback Survey Provisional Data | 1993 | April, 1998 | 20 | ASCII |
| Perinatal Mortality | 1995 | 1998 (SETS version) | 20 | 12 |
| 1996 | 1998 (SETS version) | 20 | 14 | |
| 1997 | 1999 (SETS version) | 20 | 15 | |
| 1998 | December 2000 (SETS Version) | 20 | 18 | |
| 1999 | April 2002 (SETS version) | 20 | 20 | |
| 2000 | February 2003 (SETS version) | 20 | 21 | |
| 2001 | February 2004 (SETS version) | 20 | 22 | |
| 2002 | January 2005 (SETS version) | 20 | 23 |
A published table derived from this data should have a cite like this:
Source: National Center for Health Statistics (span of years used)
The published material should also include a disclaimer that credits any analyses, interpretations, or conclusions reached to the author (recipient of the data file) and not to NCHS, which is responsible only for the initial data.
| Last Update: December 18, 2006 |
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