National Vital Statistics System

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The National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) provides the most complete data on births and deaths in the United States

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Deaths: Leading Causes for 2019 pdf icon[PDF – 3 MB] (7/2021)

Deaths: Final Data for 2019 pdf icon[PDF – 2,606 KB] (7/2021)

Provisional Life Expectancy Estimates for 2020 pdf icon[PDF – 508 KB] (7/2021)

Unintentional Drowning Deaths Among Children Aged 0–17 Years: United States, 1999–2019 (7/2021)

Declines in Births by Month: United States, 2020 [PDF – 1 MB] pdf icon (6/2021)

Drug-involved Infant Deaths in the United States, 2015–2017 [PDF 329 KB] pdf icon[PDF – 329 KB] (6/2021)

Declines in Infant Mortality in Appalachia and the Delta: 1995–1996 Through 2017–2018  pdf icon[PDF – 231 KB](5/2021)

Data Visualization: U.S. Life Expectancy by State and Sex for 2018 (5/2021)

Deaths: Leading Causes for 2018 pdf icon[PDF – 3 MB] Supplemental Tables pdf icon[PDF – 3 MB] (5/2021)

Total Fertility Rates, by Maternal Educational Attainment and Race and Hispanic Origin: United States, 2019 [PDF – 237 KB] pdf icon   (5/2021)

Changes in Births to New York City Residents Occurring Outside New York City, by Race and Hispanic Origin of the Mother: 2018–2019 and 2019–2020 pdf icon[PDF – 364 KB] (5/2021)

Births: Provisional Data for 2020 pdf icon[PDF – 391 KB] (5/2021)

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Births

Birth data track important demographic and health trends, such as pregnancy risk factors, teen pregnancy, and preterm birth

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Deaths

Data from death certificates are the most comprehensive source of information on mortality, including cause of death

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Fetal Deaths

Fetal death data can help identify pregnancy risks and improve the health of mothers and infants

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Linked Birth/Infant Death

Linked birth/infant death data are used to explore relationships between infant death and risk factors present during pregnancy and at birth

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Life Expectancy

Life expectancy data provide a snapshot of population health and mortality in the United States

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Marriages and Divorces

Information on the total numbers and rates of marriages and divorces is collected at the national and state levels

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Vital Statistics Rapid Release

Find our latest provisional (preliminary) estimates on births and deaths, including deaths from drug overdoses and flu.

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Modernizing Vital Statistics

Explore our projects and initiatives to improve data timeliness and quality

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Training and Instruction
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Online trainings, mobile apps, guidance, and handbooks for those working with vital records

Where to Write
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Where to write for birth, death, marriage, or divorce certificates by state and territory

U.S. Standard Certificates
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Information for jurisdictions about certificates of birth, death, and fetal death

National Death Index
NDI

Resources to link death certificate information, including cause of death, to research datasets

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Page last reviewed: July 26, 2021
Content source: National Center for Health Statistics