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Vital statistics : summary of a workshop / Michael J. Siri and Daniel L. Cork, rapporteurs; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Demographic surveys--United States--Evaluation.
- Demographic surveys.
- Public welfare--United States--Statistical methods.
- Public welfare.
- United States--Statistics--Evaluation.
- United States.
- United States--Statistics, Vital.
- United States--Census, 2010--Evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 128 pages) : illustrations (some color), forms
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Vital statistics, the records of birth and death, are a critical national information resource for understanding public health. Over the past few decades, the specific program that gathers the data has evolved into a complex cooperative program between the federal and state governments for social measurement. The Vital Statistics Cooperative Program (VSCP) is currently maintained by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Uses of vital statistics data
- The federal-state cooperative relationship
- Methodological issues and the 2003 revision of standard instruments
- Options for a 21st century vital statistics program.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-128).
- ISBN:
- 0-309-14615-1
- 1-282-41252-3
- 9786612412523
- 0-309-14165-6
- OCLC:
- 692288681
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