National Death Index

Data set containing death record information from the state vital statistics office. Background The National Death Index is maintained by the National Center for Health Statistics at the Center for Disease control. The National Death Index contains a standard set of identifying information on each death to be used in searches of the file to identify and locate death records in the State offices. Information may include: first and last name, middle initial, father's surname, social security number, month, day, and year of birth, race, sex, marital status, state of residence, and state of birth. User functionality The National Death Index is available to investigators solely for statistical purposes in medical and health research. It is not accessible to organizations or the general public for legal, administrative, or genealogy purposes. To use the system, investigators first must submit a NDI application form to NCHS. Applicants should allow about 2 months for their applications to be reviewed and approved. Once approved, users may submit their study subjects' names, social security numbers, dates of birth, and related information to NCHS on diskette or CD-ROM. The fees for routine NDI searches consist of a $350.00 service charge plus $0.15 per user record for each year of death searched. For example, 1,000 records searched against 10 years would cost $350 + ($0.15 x 1,000 x 10) or $1,850. Fees for the NDI Plus service are slightly higher. Data Notes National death records are available starting in 1979. Data are collected from state vital statistics offices. New death records are added annually (roughly 12 months after a given calendar year). Currently deaths from 2008 are available, with death from 2009 becoming available in Spring 2011. Email [e-mail] to obtain a free NDI User's Manual and/or more information about the NDI. National Death Index Division of Vital Statistics National Center for Health Statist ics 3311 Toledo Road, Room 7316 Hyattsville, Maryland 20782 [phone] [e-mail]

本数据集包含来自各州生命统计办公室的死亡记录信息。
#### 背景
国家死亡索引（National Death Index, NDI）由美国疾病控制与预防中心（Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC）下属的国家卫生统计中心（National Center for Health Statistics, NCHS）维护。该索引收录了每份死亡记录的标准识别信息，用于检索文件以识别、定位各州生命统计办公室留存的死亡记录。可收录的信息包括：姓名（名、姓）、中间名首字母、父亲姓氏、社会保障号码、出生日期（月、日、年）、种族、性别、婚姻状况、居住州及出生州。
#### 用户使用功能说明
国家死亡索引仅向研究者开放，用于医学与健康研究的统计用途，任何组织或普通公众均不得将其用于法律、行政或家谱相关用途。使用者需先向NCHS提交NDI申请表，审核及批准流程约需2个月。申请获批后，用户可通过软盘或只读光盘（CD-ROM）向NCHS提交研究对象的姓名、社会保障号码、出生日期及相关检索信息。
常规NDI检索的费用包含350美元的服务费，再加上每条检索记录每年0.15美元。例如，对1000条记录进行10年跨度的检索，总费用为350 + (0.15×1000×10) = 1850美元。NDI增强版（NDI Plus）服务的费用略高。
#### 数据说明
美国国家死亡记录的可获取时间始于1979年，数据均采集自各州生命统计办公室。每年会新增死亡记录（通常于对应日历年结束后约12个月完成更新）。目前可获取2008年的死亡记录，2009年的死亡记录将于2011年春季开放。
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国家死亡索引
生命统计司
国家卫生统计中心
托莱多路3311号，7316室
马里兰州海茨维尔 20782
电话：[phone]
邮箱：[e-mail]

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集是美国国家死亡索引，由美国疾病控制与预防中心的国家卫生统计中心维护，包含自1979年以来的全国死亡记录信息，数据来源于各州生命统计办公室，每年更新。数据集提供标准化的个人身份信息，如姓名、社会保险号和出生日期等，主要用于医学和健康研究的统计目的，但需研究人员提交申请并支付费用，不向公众或组织开放。