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NVSS Mortality/Natality Public Use Files

CDC / NCHS

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Access tierBULK-DOWNLOAD Files to download and parse locally.
Access methodBulk download
AuthenticationNone
RegionUnited States
Topicsmortality natality cause-of-death
Finest geographynational
Update cadenceannual
Statusverified · last checked 2026-08-08
Registry idnvss-mortality

Quirks & gotchas

Fixed-width ZIPs, individual-level. Public files strip state/county — sub-national via DUA or provisional Socrata series.

Related sources on the same topics

CDC WONDER
CDC / NCHS
WHO Global Health Observatory
WHO
WHO Mortality Database
WHO
DHS Program (Demographic & Health Surveys)
ICF
Human Mortality Database
UC Berkeley / MPIDR / INED
US Cancer Statistics / NPCR
CDC + NCI

Provenance

Catalog contents: 114 public health data sources
Source of record: registry/sources.yaml in the HealthDataWhiz repository
Built: 2026-08-09
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Last verified: 2026-08-08

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