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Vital statistics


  • Official public records of births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and other life events. For official counts of the population of a place or ethnic group, sometimes including data relating to economic and social conditions, see [Census data.]
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    • Vital statistics
  • Variants

    • Records, Vital (Statistics)
    • Vital event statistics
    • Vital rates
    • Vital records (Statistics)
    • Vital statistics records
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    • found: MeSH(Vital Statistics. Used for general articles concerning statistics of births, deaths, marriages, etc. UF Vital Statistics Registrations. NT Life Expectancy; Life Tables; Morbidity; Mortality; Pregnancy Rate)
    • found: Reitz, J.M. ODLIS : online dictionary for library and information science, Aug. 8, 2014(vital records: Records essential to an agency in the ongoing conduct of its business or affairs, without which it would cease to function effectively, for example, the file of patron records used by a library in circulation transactions. For archivists, identifying and protecting vital records under every conceivable circumstance is a primary concern in records management and disaster planning. Also refers to the official records of births, deaths, and marriages maintained by an agency of local, state, or national government. Synonymous with vital statistics.)
    • found: Art & architecture thesaurus online, Aug. 8, 2014(vital statistics records. UF vital records (vital statistics records). Public records kept by a state, city, or other governmental subdivision, under a statutory provision, of births, deaths, marriages, diseases, divorces, and other life events; vital records (document genre). Generally, records of organizations which are vital to the continuity of a business in case of emergency or after a disaster. For public records of life events generated under government or other authority, use "vital statistics records.")
    • found: LCSH(Vital statistics. UF Vital event statistics; Vital rates. BT Statistics)
  • General Notes

    • Official public records of births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and other life events. For official counts of the population of a place or ethnic group, sometimes including data relating to economic and social conditions, see [Census data.]
  • Example Notes

    • Note under [Census data]
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  • Change Notes

    • 2014-12-01: new
    • 2015-12-01: revised
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