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Abstract #301119

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Activity Number: 293
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #301119
Title: National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality File
Author(s): Christine S. Cox*+
Companies: National Center for Health Statistics
Address: 3311 Toledo Rd., Hyattsville, MD, 21774,
Keywords: mortality ; National Health Interview Survey ; record linkage ; National Death Index
Abstract:

Periodically, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) links the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) with potential mortality information from the National Death Index (NDI) using a standard record linkage procedure. The resulting linked file includes death information for every NHIS respondent with a potential linked death certificate, along with an indication of the strength of the link. More detailed death certificate information is available on a restricted basis in the Research Data Center (RDC) in Hyattsville, Maryland. The present linkage covers survey years 1986 through 1999 with deaths from NDI years 1986-2001. The wealth of health, social, and economic data from the NHIS combined with mortality and cause of death information provides a unique picture of the factors influencing mortality across a wide spectrum of the population in the U.S.

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