Data are available for years 1983 to 1991 and 1995 and 1996. Data are available by State and county of residence. American Indian and Alaska Native records only.
Data are available through computer generated tabulations and specially produced computer files.
Requests for access to the data are handled on a request by request basis in accordance with appropriate confidentiality provisions. To access these files a confidentiality agreement must be completed by the requestor and submitted to NCHS, Division of Vital Statistics. Once approval to access these files is received by IHS from NCHS, access by the IHS will be granted. These publications contain summary information from the various IHS databases. IHS plans to create a separate Statistics Home Page which will provide access to certain data sets.