/* SHORT TITLE:  NCHS DATA USE RESTRICTIONS! */
/* SHORT TITLE:  USERS ARE REQUIRED TO READ AND AGREE TO CONDITIONS  */

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       !WARNING -- DATA USE RESTRICTIONS!
         READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USING
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The Public Health Service Act (Section 308 (d)) provides that the data
collected by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), may be used only for the
purpose of health statistical reporting and analysis.  Any effort to 
determine the identity of any reported case is prohibited by this law.

NCHS does all it can to assure that the identity of data subjects cannot be
disclosed. All direct identifiers, as well as any characteristics that
might lead to identification, are omitted from the dataset. Any intentional
identification or disclosure of a person or establishment violates the
assurances of confidentiality given to the providers of the information.
Therefore, users will:

1. Use the data in this dataset for statistical reporting and analysis
only.

2. Make no use of the identity of any person or establishment discovered 
inadvertently and advise the Director, NCHS, of any such discovery.

3. Not link this dataset with individually identifiable data from other
NCHS or non-NCHS datasets.

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         BY USING THESE DATA, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR AGREEMENT TO COMPLY 
            WITH THE ABOVE-STATED STATUTORILY-BASED AGREEMENTS.
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