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**Change in the Reporting of    Marriage and Divorce Statistics**

Information on the total numbers and    rates of marriages and divorces at the national and State levels are published in the NCHS    **National Vital Statistics    Reports**.  The collection of detailed data was suspended beginning in    January 1996 **(See Federal    Register Notice, Dec. 15, 1995)**.  Limitations in the information    collected by the States as well as budgetary considerations necessitated this action.      The most recent comprehensive analyses of detailed marriage and divorce data are    published in **Advance Report of    Final Marriage Statistics, 1989-90** and **Advance Report of    Final Divorce Statistics, 1989-90**. 

The U.S. Bureau of the Census is    another Federal source of marriage and divorce statistics. Census data are survey- rather    than records-based and cover many aspects of marriage and divorce patterns in the United    States.  For further information on this subject, please contact either|

Data Dissemination Branch, Room    1064    Division of  Data Services    National Center Health Statistics    Phone: 301-458-4636    E-mail: **[email protected]**

or

Public Affairs Office, Room 1050    Phone:  at 301-458-4800    E-mail: **[email protected]**

Other Federal marriage and divorce    statistics are available from the **U.S. Bureau of    the Census**, 301-457-2465. 

 
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This page last reviewed September 12, 2000

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