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A Vital Statistics Office is responsible for issuing and maintaining birth and death information for people in its assigned area. It receives information from physicians and hospitals.

Examples

Maine Bureau of Health, Office of Data Research and Vital Statistics purchases statewide personal hospital discharge data from at least ME [source]. See more information about the fields of data shared, an example of matching real names to the records in statewide discharge data, and which states use standards less than the HIPAA standard.

  

Population Reference Bureau purchases statewide personal hospital discharge data from at least CA [source]. See more information about the fields of data shared, an example of matching real names to the records in statewide discharge data, and which states use standards less than the HIPAA standard.

  

Williamson County & Cities Health District purchases statewide personal hospital discharge data from at least TX [source]. See more information about the fields of data shared, an example of matching real names to the records in statewide discharge data, and which states use standards less than the HIPAA standard.

  

Yakima Health District purchases statewide personal hospital discharge data from at least WA [source]. See more information about the fields of data shared, an example of matching real names to the records in statewide discharge data, and which states use standards less than the HIPAA standard.

  
  

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