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Letters from the Division of Vital Statistics (DVS) to States
- Collecting and reporting race on vital certificates [PDF – 76 KB]
- Collecting and reporting the items on the death certificates [PDF – 70 KB]
- Collecting and reporting the items on the birth certificates [PDF – 101 KB]
- Comments we received concerning collecting and reporting items on the birth certificate [PDF – 101 KB]
- Comments we received concerning collecting and reporting the items on the death certificates as well as the race items on the birth and death certificates [PDF – 98 KB]
- Guidelines for electronic birth and death systems [PDF – 220 KB]
- HHS Secretary’s Notice of Approval of the 2003 Revisions of the U.S. Standard Certificates and Reports [PDF – 60 KB]