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The Death Master File (DMF) is a computer database file made available by the United States Social Security Administration since 1980. It is known commercially as the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).
Social Security Death Index. The Social Security Death Index ( SSDI) was a database of death records created from the United States Social Security Administration 's Death Master File until 2014. Since 2014, public access to the updated Death Master File has been via the Limited Access Death Master File certification program instituted under ...
Jun 17, 2019 · Executive summary. The Death Master File (DMF), a file extracted from the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) database of Social Security number holders, contains the death reports that SSA collects to administer its programs; the DMF has been a lightning rod for criticism for nearly a decade. 1 SSA uses the death data it receives to ...
The Death Master File (DMF) from the Social Security Administration (SSA) currently contains over 94 million records. The file is created from internal SSA records of deceased persons possessing social security numbers and whose deaths were reported to the SSA.
Death Records; Death Records. 3 FAQs Shown Can you provide a copy of a deceased person’s Social Security number application for genealogical research? Where can I get a copy of the Death Master File? What should I do if I am incorrectly listed as deceased in Social Security’s records? ...
FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 6 October 2023. Citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). Name index to deaths recorded by the Social Security Administration beginning in 1962.
Summary. We examine the completeness of death reporting in the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File (DMF) through comparison with deaths by year and age group reported in official U.S. vital statistics. For most years since 1973, results suggest that the DMF includes 93 percent to 96 percent of deaths of individuals aged 65 or ...
