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The National Vital Statistics System is    responsible for the Nation's official vital statistics. These vital statistics are    provided through **State-operated    registration systems**. The registration of vital events--**births**, **deaths**, **marriages**, **divorces**, and **fetal deaths** -- is a State    function.

**Standard forms**    for the collection of the data and **model procedures**    for the uniform registration of the events are developed and recommended for State use    through cooperative activities of the States and the National Center for Health Statistics    (NCHS). NCHS shares the costs incurred by the States in providing vital statistics data    for national use. NCHS also produces **training**    and **instructional material**.

Additional programs related to the    National Vital Statistics System include the **Linked    Birth and Infant Death Data Set**, **National    Maternal and Infant Health Survey**, **National    Mortality Followback Survey**, the **National    Survey of Family Growth**, and the **National    Death Index**.

Through the National Vital Statistics    System, data on vital events are produced in both published and electronic form: **Vital Statistics of the United States**,    **National Vital Statistics Reports    (formerly the Monthly Vital Statistics Report**),    and other selected reports. **U.S. Vital    Statistics System** provides an overview of the data system. For details, see    related pages on specific vital events or related programs. Copies of birth, death,    marriage, and divorce certificates may be obtained directly from the States (**see Where to Write for Vital Records**).

 

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This page last reviewed September 12, 2000

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