NHANES III Public-use Linked Mortality Files
Published: 28 April 2025| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/fvcmb2c44s.1
Contributors:
Meiyan Guo, Tianran Shen, Zilin Huang, Lifang MaoDescription
The NHANES III public use-related mortality file as of December 31, 2019, linked to the U.S. National Death Index (NDI) by National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) via a probabilistic matching algorithm. The files include a limited set of mortality variables for adult participants only. The public-use versions of the NCHS Linked Mortality Files were subjected to data perturbation techniques to reduce the risk of participant re-identification. For select records, synthetic data were substituted for follow-up time or underlying cause of death. Information regarding vital status was not perturbed.
Files
Institutions
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
Categories
Mortality