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Contains information on the frequencies, percents, and rankings of both first and last names. Data were compiled from 41,003,766 death records stored in the National Death Index database for the 1979-1997 period. There are 8 ASCII text files that give national totals and list first and last names in rank and alphabetical order. Another folder contains 4 additional files with alphabetical listings of last names by state of death.
National expenditures for medical care in the months and days preceding death are enormous. But we do not know whether that money is buying good quality care or optimizing the quality of life of those dying, or whether the situation is getting better or worse over time. The information that exists "describing death" at a national level â€" though some of it is very informative â€" is fragmentary. This report recommends ways to fill the information gaps by better use of existing nationally-representative data, and through some new measures, in particular, a new, ongoing National Mortality Followback Survey. The aim is to allow us to benchmark where we are today as a society, and what goals we can set to minimize pain and suffering and maximize the quality of life of all of us who will die in the years to come.