The National Vital Statistics System is the oldest and most successful example of inter-governmental data sharing in Public Health and the shared relationships, standards, and procedures form the mechanism by which NCHS collects and disseminates the Nation's official vital statistics. These data are provided through contracts between NCHS and vital registration systems operated in the various jurisdictions legally responsible for the registration of vital events – births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and fetal deaths.
How to get a birth, death, marriage, or divorce certificate
Need a birth, death, marriage, or divorce certificate? Use our state and territory specific information to find out where to write.
Notice
Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for 2009 will be the final issue of the monthly provisional data series.
See the NVSR Monthly Provisional Notice for more information.
What's New
eVitals Standards Initiatives
- Availability of HL7 Domain Analysis Models and Functional Profiles
- Update on Status of eVital Standards
Publications
- Death in the United States, 2010 (7/2012)
- Deaths: Final Data for 2009 [PDF - 2.05 MB] (6/2012)
- Estimated Pregnancy Rates and Rates of Pregnancy Outcomes for the United States, 1990–2008[PDF - 463 KB] (6/2012)
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2008 [PDF - 2.79 MB] (6/2012)
- Recent Trends in Births and Fertility Rates Through December 2011 (5/2012)
- Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2008 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set [PDF - 499 KB] (5/2012)
- Birth Rates for U.S. Teenagers Reach Historic Lows for All Age and Ethnic Groups (4/2012)
- 75 Years of Mortality in the United States, 1935–2010 (3/2012)
- Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2010 [PDF - 725 KB] (1/2012)
- Three Decades of Twin Births in the United States, 1980–2009 (1/2012)
- Drug Poisoning Deaths in the United States, 1980–2008 (12/2011)
- Deaths: Final Data for 2008 [PDF - 2.98 MB] (12/2011)
- Preliminary Birth Data for 2010 [PDF - 450 KB] (11/2011)
- Births: Final Data for 2009[PDF - 1.84 MB] (11/2011)
Data Releases
Contact Us:
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Division of Vital Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Rd
Hyattsville, MD 20782 - 1 (800) 232-4636
- cdcinfo@cdc.gov
