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**Mortality Data from the      National Vital Statistics SystemDescription    | News Releases and Fact Sheets      | Data HighlightsMethods | Publications    | Tabulated data      | Micro-dataInternational Activities | Links to Related Sites      | Search NCHSContact Us**
**Description**

**News    Releases and Fact SheetsDeaths:    Final Data for 1998**(7/24/2000)**AIDS Falls From Top Fifteen Causes of    Death; TeenBirths, Homicides    Decline; But No Change in Infant Mortality**(10/5/1999)**Infant Mortality Rates Vary by Race and    Ethnicity New Report Examines Contributing Causes**(8/5/1999)**Latest Final Mortality Statistics    Available**(6/30/1999)

**Data    Highlights**Leading Causes of Death**View/download PDF** 58KBLife Expectancy**View/download PDF**15KB****Infant Mortality**View/download PDF**10KB****National Vital Statistics on    Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces for October 1999**View/download PDF******43KB
**Methods****Data collection**U.S. Standard Death    Certificate**View/Download PDF** 187 KB**Electronic Death Registration****Writing cause of death statements****Data processing****Instruction ManualsInternational Classification of Diseases, Ninth    Revision (ICD-9)International Classification of Diseases, Tenth    Revision (ICD-10)Medical softwarePublic-use data file documentation****Mortality Technical    Appendix****View/Download PDF** 226 KB

**Publications****Data about death****National Vital Statistics Report (NVSR)Monthly Vital Statistics Report (MVSR)Vital and Health Statistics, Series    20Vital Statistics of the United States,    Volume II****Data about life expectancy****Vital Statistics of the United States,    Volume II, Part A (U.S. Life Tables)****Miscellaneous Reports****Atlas Mortality of the United StatesHealth, United StatesReport of the Second    Workshop on Age-AdjustmentU.S. Vital Statistics    System Major Activities and Developments: 1950-95ICE Report**

**Tabulated    dataStatistical tables about death and life    expectancy**

**Micro-dataCompressed FilesFetal DeathLinked FilesMortality Data, Multiple    Cause-of-DeathMortality Data, Underlying    Cause-of-Death**

**International ActivitiesICE on Automating MortalityNosology**

**Links to Related SitesAtlas of Cancer    Mortality in the United StatesBirth    Data from the National Vital Statistics SystemCDC WONDERNational Association for Public Health Statistics and    Information Systems (NAPHSIS)National Mortality Followback SurveyNational Institute for Occupational Safety and    HealthState Health DepartmentsStatistics Canada and other    International Statistical OrganizationsWeb-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting    SystemFERRET**

**Mortality Data from the      National Vital Statistics SystemDescription    | News Releases and Fact Sheets      | Data HighlightsMethods | Publications    | Tabulated data      | Micro-dataInternational Activities | Links to Related Sites      | Search NCHSContact Us**
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This page last reviewed September 12, 2000

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