Read Me File for Specifications for Help Screens, Prompts, Quesries, and Processing Interface
on an Electronic Death Certificate (EDC) prepared by NCHS


In order to facilitate the standardization of cause of death in death registration systems, 
the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has prepared specifications for the 
format, structure, and content of the cause-of-death section to be incorporated into 
these systems.  The specifications are based upon existing guidelines.

The WordPerfect format is 240KB and the zipped version of the Wordperfect format is
54KB in size.  Questions and comments regarding these files should be addressed to 
the Mortality Statistics Branch, National Center for Health Statistics, Room 820, 
6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782.

This material is provided by NCHS which is a subunit of CDC/ATSDR.  It has been 
cleared for distribution by CDC/ATSDR and will be authentic if gotten from 
ftp://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.