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COVID-19 Death Data and Reporting Guidance

  NVSS information and alerts related to COVID-19

Drug Overdose Death Counts

Latest monthly provisional counts of drug overdose deaths

Life Expectancy Visualization

First-of-its kind map shows life expectancy down to the census-tract level

Birth certificate e-learning

New e-learning course to help you fill out birth certificates

Cause-of-death Data from the Fetal Death Filepdf icon

Report includes 3 years of cause-of-fetal-death data and is the second ever released from the NVSS

2018 Maternal Mortality Reports

First release of U.S. maternal morality data in more than a decade

Births: Final Data for 2018pdf icon

Deaths: Final Data for 2017pdf icon

Downloadable Data Files (Software required)

• Birth
• Linked Birth and Infant Death
• Mortality Multiple Cause
• Fetal Death

A New View of Life Expectancy

Data Science Reveals Suicide Trends

Deaths of Despair: How Connecting Opioid Data Extends the Possibilities for Suicide Research

Applying Best Practices for Reporting Medical and Health Information on Birth Certificates

Guide to Completing the Facility Worksheets for the Certificate of Live Birth and Report of Fetal Death

Improving Cause of Death Reporting

A Reference Guide for Completing the Death Certificate for Drug Toxicity Deaths pdf icon

Funeral Director’s Handbook: Death Registration and Fetal Death Reportingpdf icon

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Mortality Rate of Infants Born to Teen Mothers: United States, 2017–2018 (7/2020)

Infant Mortality in the United States, 2018: Data From the Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File pdf icon[PDF – 1 MB] (7/2020)

State Teen Birth Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin: United States, 2017–2018 pdf icon[PDF – 648 KB] (7/2020)

Effects of Changes in Maternal Age Distribution and Maternal Age-specific Infant Mortality Rates on Infant Mortality Trends: United States, 2000–2017 pdf icon[PDF – 339 KB] (6/2020)

Cause-of-death Data From the Fetal Death File, 2015–2017pdf icon (4/2020)

Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (4/2020)

Guidance for Certifying Deaths Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pdf icon (4/2020)

Births in the United States, 2018

Trends and Characteristics of Sexually Transmitted Infections During Pregnancy: United States, 2016–2018 pdf icon (3/25/2020)

Recent Trends in Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery, 2016–2018 (03/5/2020)

Evaluation of the Pregnancy Status Checkbox on the Identification of Maternal Deaths pdf icon(01/30/2020)

Maternal Mortality in the United States: Changes in Coding, Publication, and Data Release, 2018pdf icon (01/30/2020)

The Impact of the Pregnancy Checkbox and Misclassification on Maternal Mortality Trends in the United States, 1999–2017 pdf icon (01/30/2020)

Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999–2018 (01/30/2020)

Changes in Life Expectancy at Birth, 2010–2018 (01/30/2020)

2018 Maternal Mortality Reports (01/30/2020)

Mortality in the United States, 2018 (01/30/2020)