TRANSAX: The NCHS System for Producing Multiple Cause-of-Death Statistics - 1968-78

Details

• Personal Author:
  Chamblee, Ronald, F. ; Evans, Marshall, C.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Public health report describing the characteristics of the TRANSAX (for Translation of AXis) computer software developed by the National Center for Health Statistics to translate multiple cause-of-death data contained on death certificates from a condition (entity) axis of classification to a person (record) axis of classification. System development, implementation, benefits, features, and applications are discussed.
• Subjects:
  Data Collection Health Care Surveys Health Surveys Vital Statistics
• Keywords:
  computer software, causes of death, death certificates, mortality, vital statistics, data collection, NCHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Translation of AXis, Vital and Health Statistics
• Source:
  Other NCHS Survey or Data System
• Series:
  NCHS Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  89 Pages
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  20
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:101e22479498ae76b646495462db2eb054f8ef4f0b94bbccbef2f25763fdcb2ecc0a66895f555126df74d98ace8aa4ddeece48a549d93a2c7fb005d3acd8a204
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/253280/cdc_253280_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 13.33 MB ]