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- Infant Mortality in the United States, 2021: Data From the Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File [PDF - 634]
- Physician’s Handbook on Medical Certification of Death [PDF - 1,786 KB]
- Births in the United States, 20228/23/2023
- Drug Overdose Mortality by Usual Occupation and Industry: 46 U.S. States and New York City, 2020 [PDF - 657 KB]
- Homicides Among Infants in the United States, 2017–2020 [PDF - 343 KB]
- Fetal Mortality: United States, 2021 [PDF - 550 KB]
- Co-involvement of Opioids in Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine and Psychostimulants, 2011–2021
- Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Xylazine: United States, 2018–2021 [PDF - 661 KB]
- Trends in Characteristics of Mothers with Confirmed or Presumed COVID-19 During Pregnancy: 14 States and District of Columbia, July 2020–June 2022 [PDF - 589 KB]
- Suicide and Homicide Death Rates Among Youth and Young Adults Aged 10–24: United States, 2001–20216/15/2023
- Births: Provisional Data for 2022 [PDF - 485 KB]6/1/2023
- Provisional Estimates for Selected Maternal and Infant Outcomes by Month, 2019-20226/1/2023
- Trends and Characteristics in Prepregnancy Diabetes: United States, 2016-2021 [PDF - 431]5/31/2023
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