title: The 1989 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificates and Reports.
abstract: This report examines the procedures followed in the 1989 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificates of Live Birth and Death; License and Certificate of Marriage; Certificate of Divorce, Dissolution of Marriage, or Annulment; and Reports of Fetal Death and Induced Termination of Pregnancy. It outlines the history and basic principles of the standard certificates and reports and describes the principal additions, modifications, and deletions of items. In addition, it discusses changes in the format of the standard certificates and reports as well as the implementation of the new certificates and reporting forms.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Tolson
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kowaleski
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D001719:Birth Certificates; D003644:Death Certificates; D004243:Divorce; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards*; D005313:Fetal Death; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D014481:United States; D014798:Vital Statistics