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The National Vital Statistics System: Getting from Good to Great

The National Vital Statistics System: Getting from Good to Great. Everyone takes vital statistics for granted. Maybe even finds it dull. SEX and DEATH!. GRAPHIC Depictions Inside!. ALL ages, Races and Ethnicities!. NO ONE LEFT OUT!!. Marriage and Divorce CONFIDENTIAL!!.

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The National Vital Statistics System: Getting from Good to Great

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  1. The National Vital Statistics System:Getting from Good to Great

  2. Everyone takes vital statistics for granted Maybe even finds it dull...

  3. SEX and DEATH!

  4. GRAPHIC Depictions Inside!

  5. ALL ages, Races and Ethnicities!

  6. NO ONE LEFT OUT!!

  7. Marriage and Divorce CONFIDENTIAL!!

  8. Sneak peak at TEEN PREGNANCIES!

  9. This has been going on for YEARS!

  10. Information on you, your friends, neighbors and FAMILY!

  11. What the GOVERNMENT knows about us ALL!

  12. DETAILS on unmarried mothers!

  13. Special investigations linking infant deaths to births, and MORE!

  14. NOTHING held back!!

  15. How do we get from Dull to SPARKLY Good to GREAT

  16. Getting from good to great Improving the national system Establishing achievable goals Working through VSCP contracts NAPHSIS NCHS The states

  17. National Vital Statistics System 57 Vital Registration jurisdictions in the US 50 States 5 territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands) District of Columbia New York City

  18. States’ responsibilities Registration of births, deaths, pregnancy terminations, marriages, divorces Issuance of certified copies Public health data collection and analysis Timeliness Quality Fraud prevention

  19. What’s wrong with the system? Not timely Data Reports Not a single dataset 1989 v. 2003 revisions, esp. births Not high enough quality Not enough resources

  20. What’s going to change? More timely data for births, deaths, fetal deaths Faster data releases and publications by NCHS Improved quality

  21. How will this happen? Stronger partnership between NCHS and NAPHSIS NCHS will improve its systems VSCP contract will help states improve realistically Joint data quality studies Commitment by NCHS, NAPHSIS, states New Model Law and Regulations

  22. More effective monitoring of state performance Stronger and faster action to identify problem states Corrective Action Plans More funding for system and special projects Complete implementation of EBR, EDR

  23. NCHS will provide cause of death coding for all states All states on 2003 certificate revision by 2013 States sending and exchanging data faster NCHS will review and process faster More training tools to improve quality More resources

  24. What it means for you More timely, cleaner data More uniform data across states Better electronic systems Better fraud prevention More informed policy and decision making

  25. When? Five year VSCP contract period New model Law draft in 2011 New projects, system starting in 2011 All states on uniform dataset in 2013 Stronger partnership between NCHS and the states: NOW

  26. You saw it here FIRST!

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