SPH Library

CD-ROM Health Data Library

Please contact Helena VonVille for more information.  Be sure you take a look at the documents on Primary Collection of Data or Secondary Analysis of Data from Research Services.

Data Source  Years  Current Data Format 
Texas Vital Statistics: Birth Certificates (requires IRB approval) 1979-2003 ASCII/DBF/Access
Texas Vital Statistics: Death Certificates (requires IRB approval) 1979-2003 ASCII/DBF/Access
Texas Vital Statistics: Death Certificates (Multiple Causes of Death) (requires IRB approval) 1980-82, 1990-91 ASCII/DBF/Access
Natality Detail (CDC) 1968-1999 ASCII
Matched Multiple Births (CDC) 1995-2000 ASCII-SETS
Fetal Death (CDC) 1983-1995 ASCII
Birth Cohort Linked Birth/Infant Death (CDC) 1987 ASCII-SETS
Perinatal Mortality (CDC) 2002 ASCII-SETS
Multiple Cause of Death (CDC) 1968-1998 ASCII
Marriages (CDC) 1968-1988 ASCII
Divorces (CDC) 1968-1988 ASCII
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (CDC) 1969-1986
1987-1993,1997-98
ASCII-SETS
National Home and Hospice Care Survey (CDC) 1998 ASCII-SETS
National Hospital Discharge Survey (CDC) 1994-95,1998 ASCII-SETS
Longitudinal Study of Aging 1984-90 ASCII-SETS
American Community Survey 1997-98 Self-extracting
Health, United States (CDC) 2003 Self-extracting
National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle IV-- Telephone Reinterview 1990 ASCII-SETS
Census of Population and Housing- Texas 1990 Self-extracting
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards and Other Databases 1999 Self-extracting

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