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Author Siri, Michael J., author.

Title 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.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2009]

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xiii, 128 pages)) : illustrations (some color), forms
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Title from PDF title page.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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). The U.S. vital statistics system relies on the original information reported by myriad individuals, channeled through varying state and local information systems, and coordinated and processed by a federal statistical agency that has experienced relatively flat funding for many years. The challenges facing the vital statistics system and the continuing importance of the resulting data make it an important topic for examination. A workshop, held by the National Academies and summarized in this volume, considered the importance of adequate vital statistics. In particular, the workshop assessed both current and emerging uses of the data, considered the methodological and organizational features of compiling vital data, and identified possible visions for the vital statistics program.
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.
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Subject National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
Demographic surveys -- United States -- Evaluation.
Demographic surveys.
United States.
Evaluation.
Public welfare -- United States -- Statistical methods.
Public welfare.
Statistics.
United States -- Statistics -- Evaluation.
Genre/Form Statistics.
Subject United States -- Statistics, Vital.
United States -- Census, 2010 -- Evaluation.
Vital Statistics.
Data Collection -- standards.
Quality Improvement.
United States.
Genre/Form Congress.
Vital statistics.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Statistics.
Vital statistics.
Added Author Cork, Daniel L., author.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics, issuing body.
Workshop on Vital Data for National Needs (2008 : Washington, D.C.)
Other Form: Print version:Siri, Michael J. Vital statistics. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009 0309141648 (OCoLC)458319546
ISBN 9780309141659 electronic book
0309141656 electronic book
9780309141642
0309141648
1282412523
9781282412521