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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) captures all deaths from all causes across every state in the nation. These mortality data help us track the characteristics of those who died in the United States, help determine life expectancy, and allow comparisons of death trends with other countries. NVSS...
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•Vital Statistics Rapid Release Homepage – Timely estimates of important health indicators using provisional data
The NVSS’s COVID-19 mortality surveillance system releases real-time provisional death data through daily, weekly, and ad-hoc data files and analyses. Provisional data are nonfinal death certificate data that have been received, coded, and processed by NCHS but are subject to revision until data are finalized.
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NVSS is used to produce important health indicators from birth and death data, including teen births and birth rates, cesarean delivery, preterm birth and infant mortality rates, leading causes of death, and life expectancy.
Aug 12, 2022 · Overview. NVSS collects and publishes official national statistics on births, deaths, and, before 1996, marriages and divorces occurring in the United States, based on U.S. standard certificates. The vital statistics files—Birth, Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death, and Compressed Mortality—are detailed as follows. Coverage.