Understand how state death records reach CDC's National Vital Statistics System via STEVE
domain: cdc.gov · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Confirm your state/jurisdiction vital records office is a NAPHSIS member participating in STEVE (State and Territorial Exchange of Vital Events)
State EDRS systems export finalized statistical death records for transmission
Records move through STEVE's secure exchange infrastructure to NCHS/NVSS without manual file transfer
Since 2021, NSSP and CSTE also receive routed STEVE mortality data for syndromic surveillance
CDC/NCHS aggregates the incoming records into national mortality statistics and reporting
Known gotchas
This is a state-to-federal government pipeline; individual funeral homes and vendors cannot connect to it directly
Participation is restricted to state health agencies and federal partners under NAPHSIS governance
No public developer documentation or API exists for third parties to query STEVE directly
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