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 |