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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