A. Mortality Detail Files (1990-1996). Documentation for these files is available at the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Resarch at the University of Michigan.

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/archive1.html

Search for files by Study Number

1991-#7632
1992-Use Multiple Cause of Death Codebook--1st 159 characters--#6546
1993-Use Multiple Cause of Death Codebook--1st 159 characters--#6799
1994-Use Multiple Cause of Death Codebook--1st 159 characters--#2201
1995-Use Multiple Cause of Death Codebook--1st 159 characters--#2392
1996-Use Multiple Cause of Death Codebook--1st 159 characters--#2702

Note that for 1990, the original National Center for Health Statistics file, rather than the ICPSR file, was used to create the SAS transport file. Since this file is different from the ICPSR file, the original NCHS codebook has been digitized and is available in the 90 subdirectory (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format).

These files contain a data record for all deaths processed by the National Center for Health Statistics. Each data record contains underlying cause and demographic data for a death.

Mortality Detail Files
ftp://mariah.ssc.wisc.edu/pub/SASXPT/mortality
Direct ftp:
ftp mariah.ssc.wisc.edu
login anonymous
password [your email address]
cd pub/SASXPT/mortality

B. Natality Detail Files (1978-1987, 1991 to 1995). Documentation for all files can be found in the same directories with the
data itself, with the exception of 1995.  Documentation is available in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format. For 1995, documentation is available (Microsoft Word format) at:

ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NVSS/Natality

For more information about the content of these files see:

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/catalogs/subject/natality/natality.htm

This collection provides demographic information on live births in the United States.

Natality Detail Files
ftp://mariah.ssc.wisc.edu/pub/SASXPT/natality
Direct ftp:
ftp mariah.ssc.wisc.edu
login anonymous
password [your email address]
cd pub/SASXPT/natality  

John Carlson, jcarlson@ssc.wisc.edu
Senior Special Librarian, CDE Information Services