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Series 4. Documents and Committee Reports
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Final reports of major committees concerned with vital and health statistics and documents such as recommended model vital registration laws and revised birth and death certificates.
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No. 32. Integrating Measurements of Disability in Federal Surveys: Seminar Proceedings. 48 pp. (PHS) 2001-1469. [PDF – 3.2 MB]
No. 31. Methodological Issues for Vital Rates and Population Estimates: 1997 OMB Standards for Data on Race and Ethnicity. 36 pp. (PHS) 2001-1468. [PDF – 4.1 MB]
No. 30. Report of the Second Workshop on Age-Adjustment. 44 pp. (PHS) 99-1467. [PDF – 259 KB]
No. 29. Reconsidering Age Adjustment Procedures: Workshop Proceedings. Feinleib, M., Zarate, A. O., eds. October 1992. 83 pp. (PHS) 93-1466. PB93-127819. PC A05 MF A01. [PDF – 616 KB]
No. 28. The 1989 Revision of the U.S. Standard Certificates and Reports. Tolson, G. C., Barnes, J.M., Gay, G. A., Kowaleski, J. L. June 1991. 19 pp. (PHS) 91-1465. PB91-216556. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 1.9 MB]
No. 27. Dietary Survey Methodology Workshop for the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Briefel, R. R., Sempos, C. T. March 1992. 108 pp. (PHS) 91-1464. PB92-176601. PC A06 MF A02. [PDF – 12.1 MB]
No. 26. Proceedings of the Workshop on Needs and Resources for Occupational Mortality Data. August 1988. 70 pp. (PHS) 88-1463. PB90-245002. PC A04 MF A01. [PDF – 5.5 MB]
No. 25. Health of an Aging America. Issues on Data for Policy Analysis. Documents and Committee Reports. December 1988. 188 pp. (PHS) 89-1488. PB91-124602. PC A09 MF A09. [PDF – 18.2 MB]
No. 24. Statistical Aspects of Physician Payment Systems: A Report of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. January 1987. 44 pp. (PHS) 87-1461. PB90-268913. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 3.6 MB]
No. 23. The 1978 Revision of the U.S. Standard Certificates. Dundon, M. L., Gay, G. A., George, J. L. February 1983. 58 pp. (PHS) 83-1460. PB88-228655. PC A04 MF A01. [PDF – 3.9 MB]
No. 22. Issues Regarding Confidentiality of Data in the Cooperative Health Statistics Systems. Simmons, W. April 1980. 50 pp. (PHS) 80-1459. PB88-160023. PCA04 MF A01. [PDF – 3.8 MB]
No. 21. Model State Health Statistics Act: A Model State Law for the Collection, Sharing, and Confidentiality of Health Statistics. March 1980. 53 pp. (PHS) 80-1458. PB88-228937. PC A04 MF A01. [PDF – 4.5 MB]
No. 20. Statistics Needed for Determining the Effects of the Environment on Health (Report of the Technical Consultant Panel to the United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics). July 1977. 49 pp. (PHS) 79-1457. PB80-128093. PC A04 MF A01. [PDF – 4 MB]
No. 19. Cooperative Health Statistics System: Its Mission and Program. April 1977. 17 pp. (HRA) 77-1456. PB90-163817. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 2 MB]
No. 18. Statistics Needed for National Policies Related to Fertility (A Report of the United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics). January 1978. 154 pp. (PHS) 78-1455. PB80-128101. PC A08 MF A02. [PDF – 9.4 MB]
No. 17. Analytical Potential of NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics) Data for Health Care Systems: A Report of the United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. September 1975. 26 pp. (HRA) 76-1454. PB88-228929. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 2.4 MB]
No. 16. Ambulatory Medical Care Records: Uniform Minimum Basic Data Set (A Report of the Committee to Evaluate the National Center for Health Statistics). 16 pp. (HRA) 76-1453. PB-260418. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 1.8 MB]
No. 15. Health Statistics Today and Tomorrow (A Report of the Committee to Evaluate the National Center for Health Statistics). September 1972. 24 pp. (HRA) 75-1452. HRP-0005364. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 2.5 MB]
No. 14. Uniform Hospital Abstract: Minimum Basic Data Set (A Report of the United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics). December 1972. 17 pp. (HSM) 73-1451. HRP-0002712. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 1.8 MB]
No. 13. Report of the Twentieth Anniversary Conference of the United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. September 1970. 42 pp. (PHS) 1000. PB90-269952. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 4.3 MB]
No. 12. Needs for National Studies of Population Dynamics (A Report of the United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics). April 1970. 31 pp. PB-289217. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 3.1 MB]
No. 11. Use of Hospital Data for Epidemiologic and Medical-Care Research: A Report of the United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. June 1969. 9 pp. (PHS) 1000. PB90-269978. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 1.3 MB]
No. 10. Census and Vital Health Statistics, 1970: A Study Group Report of the Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics. April 1969. 17 pp. (PHS) 1000. PB90-269960. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 1.6 MB]
No. 9. Migration, Vital, and Health Statistics: A Report of the United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. November 1968. 28 pp. (PHS) 1000. PB88-228945. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 1.8 MB]
No. 8. The 1968 Revision of the Standard Certificates. Grove, R. D. June 1968. 47 pp. (PHS) 1000. PB-295768. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 4.1 MB]
No. 7. Use of Vital and Health Records in Epidemiologic Research: A Report of the United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. March 1968. 13 pp. (PHS) 1000. PB88-228762. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 1.6 MB]
No. 6. Report of the United States Delegation to the International Conference for the Eighth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases, Geneva, Switzerland, July 6-12, 1965. September 1966. 74 pp. (PHS) 1000. PB88-228804. PC A05 MF A01. [PDF – 4.8 MB]
No. 5. History of the United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics 1949-1964. Storck, J. June 1966. 42 pp. (PHS) 1000. PB-289273. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 4.6 MB]
No. 4. Report of the Fifteenth Anniversary Conference of the United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. June 1966. 26 pp. (PHS) 1000. PB88-228952 PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 2.5 MB]
No. 3. Report of the International Conference on the Perinatal and Infant Mortality Problem of the United States. Curran, E. W. June 1966. 21 pp. (PHS) 1000. PB88-228952. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 2.8 MB]
No. 2. National Vital Statistics Needs (A Report of the United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. September 1965. 51 pp. (PHS) 1000. PB80-128085. PC A04 MF A01. [PDF – 4.2 MB]
No. 1. Fertility Measurement (A Report of the United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. Reprinted November 1965. 26 pp. (PHS) 1000. PB-281658. PC A03 MF A01. [PDF – 3 MB]