National Mortality Followback Survey, 1993

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Label

National Mortality Followback Survey, 1993

Statement of responsibility

United States Department of Health and HumanServices. National Center for Health Statistics

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Subject

• Population trends
• Homicide
• Medical history
• Statistics
• Death records
• Disabilities
• Risk factors
• Medical care
• Injuries
• Health care utilization
• Disease
• Health
• Vital statistics
• Mortality rates
• Health care access
• Demographic characteristics
• Suicide
• Causes of death
• Accidents

Genre

• Statistics

Language

eng

Summary

The National Mortality Followback Survey (NMFS) Program, begun in the 1960s by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), uses a sample of United States residents who die in a given year, supplementing information derived from the death certificate with information from the next of kin or another person familiar with the decedent's life history. This information, sometimes enhanced by administrative records, is collected in order to study the etiology of disease, demographic trends in mortality, and other health issues. The 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey (NMFS) sampled individuals aged 15 years and over who died in 1993. Forty-nine of the 50 state vital registration areas, as well as the independent vital registration areas of the District of Columbia and New York City, granted approval to sample their death certificates. (South Dakota declined to participate due to a state law restricting the use of death certificate information.) A sample of 22,957 death certificates from 1993 was then drawn. To obtain reliable numbers for important population subgroups, such as persons under age 35, women, and the Black population, death certificates from those subgroups were oversampled. The 1993 NMFS survey focused on five subject areas: (1) socioeconomic differentials in mortality, (2) associations between risk factors and cause of death (use of tobacco, alcohol, drugs, firearms, motor vehicles), (3) disability (medical condition and cognitive functioning during the last year of life), (4) access and utilization of health care facilities during the last year of life (number of doctor visits, days bedridden, nursing home experiences, use of assistive medical devices, availability of health insurance), and (5) reliability of certain items reported on the death certificate. Demographic variables include age, gender, race, marital status, birthplace, education, occ... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02900

Member of

• National Mortality Followback Survey Series (Series), 2900
• ICPSR (Series), 2900

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Also available as downloadable files.

Cataloging source

ICPSR

Characteristic

combination

Geographic coverage

United States.

Government publication

unknown if item is government publication

Series statement

• ICPSR
• National Mortality Followback Survey Series

Series volume

• 2900
• 2900

Target audience

specialized