title: Death data as input to policy-making.
abstract: United States and international mortality statistics are analyzed for various applications because of their importance for identifying and monitoring health problems, developing programs for disease prevention and health promotion, and for portraying trends and patterns. Since public and corporate policy is significantly affected by vital statistics data, the quality of the information on the death certificate should be as accurate and complete as possible.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Virginia Beach, VA.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D003625:Data Collection; D003644:Death Certificates; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D011050:Policy Making; D014481:United States