“The National Survey of Family Growth gathers information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of birth control, sexual experience, and men’s and women’s health. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services uses the survey results. This information is used to plan health services and educational programs.” (Source: NCHS)
Included here are pdf files and some public use micro-data on various statistics regarding birth, marriage, and death. Some historical data is available from 1890 to the present but most datasets span from the late 1960’s/early 1970’s to the present
Provides information on U.S. immunization coverage and links to the National Immunization Survey and the School and Childcare Vaccination Surveys. (Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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This page was last updated Tuesday, March 20, 2007.
