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Child and Adolescent Injury: Data Sources
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| Data Set | National Vital Statistics System -- Current Mortality Sample |
| Alias | NVSSS |
| Data Collection Agency | National Centers for Health Statistics |
| Purpose | To collect, analyze, and publish data from a sample of death |
| certificates filed in state vital statistics offices |
| Description | Current mortality sample data |
| Special Features | Underlying cause of death, sex, race, age, date of death, state |
| of death, month death certificate was submitted |
| Subject Age Range | All |
| E-Coding Included | Yes |
| Population or Sample | Sample |
| Number of Cases |
| Geographic Area Covered | National |
| Years Available | Through 1997 |
| Years Owned by CHDL | None |
| CHDL ID# | 79 |