Other birth data available are Birth Cohort Linked Birth/Infant Death Data, Natality Data, and Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data, as part of the Perinatal Mortality Data. NCHS did not produce Linked Birth/Infant Death from 1992-1994.
SEER provides helpful U.S. Population data for 1969 on.
Use of this data signifies agreement with NCHS' data use rules. Works referring to the datasets or codebooks should contain a citation to NCHS. Published material derived from this data should include a citation such as this at the bottom of the table: "Source: National Center for Health Statistics (span of years used)"
The SAS, SPSS, and Stata files were created by data@nber.org to make access to Matched Multiple Birth data easier.
Data
| Year | Source | NBER Format |
|---|---|---|
| 1995-1998 | mmb.dat.Z, mmb.zip | mmb.sas, mmb.dct, mmb.do, mmb.sps |
Documentation
All Documentation Files Below, Pkzipped - 1995-1998.zip
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| Development of the Matched Multiple Birth File | methdoc |
| List of Data Elements and Locations | datael |
| Matched Multiple Birth File record documentation | link |
| Number of matched, unmatched, and incomplete records of twins and triplets by perinatal outcome: U.S., 1995-1998 | tab1 |
| Number of matched sets of twins by gender of set by perinatal outcome and by maternal age: U.S., 1995-1998 | tab2a |
| Number of matched sets of triplets by gender of set by perinatal outcome and by maternal age: U.S., 1995-1998 | tab2b |
| Number of matched sets of quadruplets by gender of set by perinatal outcome and by maternal age: U.S., 1995-1998 | tab2c |
| Technical Appendix -- Natality | tan |
| Technical Appendix -- Fetal Death | tafd |
| Introduction to the 1998 Linked Birth/Infant Death file | lbid |
| Percent of birth records on which specified items are not stated: each state, 1995 | tab95 |
| Percent of birth records on which specified items are not stated: each state, 1996 | tab96 |
| Percent of birth records on which specified items are not stated: each state, 1997 | tab97 |
| Percent of fetal death records on which specified items are not stated: United States, 1998 | fet98 |
| Standard Death Certificate | |
| Standard Birth Certificates |
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