Reengineering Vital Registration and Statistics Systems for the United States
For more than a hundred years, the United States has operated a decentralized vital statistics system as an essential component of public health. Statistics based on births and deaths registered in the United States are a primary source of data used to track health status, to plan, implement, and ev...
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| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2004-10-01
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| Series: | Preventing Chronic Disease |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2004/oct/04_0074.htm |