National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems

The National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS) is a non-profit national association whose members represent state and local vital records, health statistics and information system agencies. NAPHSIS is incorporated as a non-profit corporation in the District of Columbia, with offices in Silver Spring, Maryland.[1]

HISTORY[2]

First organized in 1933, NAPHSIS was originally known as the American Association of State Registration Executives. The organization has undergon many name changes since its inception, including

  • American Association of State and Provincial Registration Executives, 1938
  • American Association of Registration Executives (AARE), 1939
  • American Association for Vital Records and Public Health Statistics (AAVR-PHS), 1958
  • Association for Vital Records and Health Statistics (AVRHS), 1980
  • Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (APHSIS), 1995
  • National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS), 1996


References

  1. ↑ "Legal Status". National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "US Vital Statistics System: Major Activities and Developments, 1950-1995" (PDF). National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
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