Data Use Restrictions

Read Carefully Before Using

• All of CDC WONDER's datasets are covered by the following policy:
  
  Data Use Restrictions:
  
  These data are provided for the purpose of statistical reporting and analysis only. The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m(d)) provides that data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may be used only for the purpose for which they were obtained. Any effort to determine the identity of individuals and establishments violates the assurances of confidentiality provided by federal law. Therefore users will:
  
  
  • Abide by the terms of the data use restrictions and privacy protections for any data or statistics accessed from CDC WONDER.
  • Make no attempt to learn the identity of any person or establishment included in these data.
  • Not engage in any efforts to assess disclosure methodologies applied to protect individuals and establishments or any research on methods of re-identification of individuals and establishments.
  • Make no disclosure or other use of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Report any such discovery to the
    
    
    
    CDC Privacy and Confidentiality Unit
    Email: cdccoc@cdc.gov
  
  
  
• Data obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics, including Compressed Mortality, Fetal Deaths, Linked Birth / Infant Death records, Multiple Cause of Death, Natality, Provisional Mortality, Underlying Cause of Death, and other presentations of vital records data, are covered by the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m(d)), which provides that the data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) may be used only for the purpose for which they were obtained; and any effort to determine the identity of individuals and establishments violates the assurances of confidentiality provided by federal law. Therefore, users will:
  
  
  • Use these data for statistical reporting and analysis only.
  • Not present or publish statistics representing nine or fewer births or deaths, including rates based on counts of nine or fewer births or deaths, in figures, graphs, maps, tables etc.
  • Make no attempt to learn the identity of any person or establishment included in these data.
  • Not engage in any efforts to assess disclosure methodologies applied to protect individuals and establishments or any research on methods of re-identification of individuals and establishments.
  • Make no disclosure or other use of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently and advise the Confidentiality Officer, NCHS, of any such discovery.
    
    
    
    Confidentiality Officer
    National Center for Health Statistics
    3311 Toledo Road
    Hyattsville, MD 20782
    Phone: 888-642-4159
    Email: nchsconfidentiality@cdc.gov
  
  
  
• If you belive any information obtained from CDC WONDER is incorrect, please contact us.