Vital Statistics, Natality Data, 1995 Public-use Data File Documentation WARNING - DATA USE RESTRICTIONS! Read Carefully before Using The Public Health Service Act (Section 308 (d)) provides that the data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), may be used only for the purpose of health statistical reporting and analysis. Any effort to determine the identity of any reported case is prohibited by this law. NCHS does all it can to assure that the identity of data subjects cannot be disclosed. All direct identifiers, as well as any characteristics that might lead to identification, are omitted from the data set. Any intentional identification or disclosure of a person or establishment violates the assurances of confidentiality given to the providers of the information. Therefore, users will: 1. Use the data in this data set for statistical reporting and analysis only. 2. Make no use of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently and advise the Director, NCHS, of any such discovery. 3. Not link this data set with individually identifiable data from other NCHS or non-NCHS data sets. By using these data, you signify your agreement to comply with the above-stated statutorily based requirements. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Introduction The 1995 Natality, Public-use Data File Documentation contains the necessary documentation, including file content and technical information, needed to access the natality data from the 1995 Natality Public-use Data File. The Natality public-use data file includes all births occurring within the United States. Births occurring to U.S. citizens outside the United States are not included. The 1995 file includes one record for each birth in the sample. Starting in 1989, the detailed file format includes data for cities, counties, and metropolitan areas with a population of 100,000 or more. Date of infant's birth and dates of birth of the mother and father and birth certificate numbers are excluded from this file. Beginning in 1994, the same detail is available on a separate file for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. More details about Natality data from the National Vital Statistics System is available on the NCHS Home Page at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/about/major/natality/natality.htm and http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/products/catalogs/subject/natality/natality.htm The documentation file is in WordPerfect 6.1 format and is located in: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NVSS/Natality 1995 Natality Data File Size (bytes) File Name File Description Uncompressed NAT95DO2.WPD Data File Documentation 281kb For questions, suggestions, or comments concerning Natality data, or to receive additional information about other NCHS data products and services contact the: Data Dissemination Branch, NCHS 3311 Toledo Road Hyattsville, MD 20782 Tel: (301)458-4636 E-mail: nchsquery@cdc.gov Internet: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww Statement of Authenticity This material has been cleared for public distribution by CDC/ATSDR and will be authentic if obtained directly from ftp.cdc.gov. CDC/ATSDR takes all effort to assure the authenticity of electronically distributed documents. However, in all instances where the electronic and official agency record differ, the authenticity of the official agency record is controlling.