Question
Do we have access to the Vital Statistics – Death Database? I have a researcher who’s looking for historic mortality rates (1930’s – 1970’s).
Answer
I confirmed that the RDC’s have access to the Vital Statistics – Death database.
- ICD-3 used from 1921 to 1930
- ICD-4 used from 1931 to 1940
- ICD-5 used from 1941 to 1949
- ICD-6 used from 1950 to 1957
- ICD-7 used from 1958 to 1968
- ICDA-8 used from 1969 to 1978
- ICD-9 used from 1979 to 1999
- ICD-10 used from 2000 to present
