214390 National Vital Statistics System Death Data

Saturday, November 6, 2010 : 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Ari Minino, MPH , Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD
This presentation will highlight the mortality data available from the National Center for Health Statistics and describe how the data are collected and made available to researchers for their use. Examples of how the mortality data are used to inform public health programs and policy will be provided.

Learning Areas:
Epidemiology
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
1. List one example of the type of data collected on death certificates. 2. Describe two ways that NCHS makes mortality data available to data users.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked as a statistician with the Division of Vital Statistics/Mortality Statistics Branch since 1999.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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