infant mortality rates

Electronic Birth Certificate Rollout Going Smoothly

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:56-07:00January 6th, 2014|Prevention|

We rolled out a new electronic birth certificate system this week that will be a game-changer for public health. Our system (which took about 18 months to plan, create & launch) will help us collect better surveillance data for our Winnable Battles like obesity, tobacco use, substance abuse, and better data about birth outcomes that will help [...]

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New Electronic Birth Certificate ‘Round the Corner

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:47-07:00December 26th, 2012|General|

Our Vital Records shop does a lot more than manage the State’s birth and death certificate system (which we’ve been doing since 1885). We’re also an integral part of the Nation’s Vital Statistics System, which serves as the backbone of national data sharing in public health. The data collected under the National Vital Statistics System works [...]

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