The Linkage of National Center for Health Statistics Survey Data to the National Death Index – 2015 Linked Mortality File (LMF): Methodology Overview and Analytic Considerations

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The Linkage of National Center for Health Statistics Survey Data to the National Death Index – 2015 Linked Mortality File (LMF): Methodology Overview and Analytic Considerations

April 11, 2019
By National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Office of Analysis and Epidemiology.
Series: National Center for Health Statistics data linkage

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National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Office of Analysis and Epidemiology.
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Data Release Date: November 6, 2017

Document Version Date: April 11, 2019

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has developed a record linkage program designed to maximize the scientific value of the Center’s population-based surveys. The linkage between the NCHS survey data and the National Death Index (NDI) is intended to maximize the scientific value of NCHS surveys without increasing respondent reporting burden. These data, collectively referred to as the Linked Mortality Files (LMFs), include mortality follow-up data through December 31, 2015.

The data used in this linkage were from the following populated-based NCHS health surveys and years:

• National Health Interview Survey (NHIS): 1985-2014

• Continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): 1999-2014

• NHANES III (1988-1994)

• NHANES II (1976-1980)

• NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (NHEFS)

• Second Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA II)

• Supplement on Aging (SOA)

• National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS): 2007

• National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS): 1985, 1995, 1997, 2004

These data were linked to the NDI, a centralized database of U.S. death records gathered from states’ vital statistics offices. The NDI contains death record information for each person dying in the United States or a U.S. territory from 1979 through 2015.

This document presents an overview of the methodology and analytic considerations for researchers using the restricted-use LMFs.

Suggested Citation: National Center for Health Statistics. Office of Analysis and Epidemiology. The Linkage of National Center for Health Statistics Survey Data to the National Death Index — 2015 Linked

Mortality File (LMF): Methodology Overview and Analytic Considerations, March 2019. Hyattsville, Maryland. Available at the following address: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data-linkage/mortality-methods.htm

LMF2015_Methodology_Analytic_Considerations.pdf
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