New York State Gazetteer: Vital Records Registration Districts

A gazetteer prepared by the Bureau of Biometrics and Health Statistics identifies registration districts for the state's vital records system. The dataset includes columns such as Gazetteer Code, Registration District, Locality Name, County, and NYS Senate Districts. It was last updated on March 7, 2025, and is hosted by health.data.ny.gov.

Use Cases

• Geocoding vital records events using Location (address), Location (city), and Location (zip) columns.
• Mapping health statistics by administrative boundaries using Registration District, County, and NYS Senate Districts columns.
• Validating and standardizing locality names for data linkage using Gazetteer Code, Locality Name, and Recorded District Code columns.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 17 distinct columns for detailed geographic and administrative classification.
• Data is actively maintained, with a recent update timestamp of 2025-03-07 19:38:29.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Bureau of Biometrics and Health Statistics, New York State Department of Health (health.data.ny.gov).

Collection Method

Likely compiled for administrative use within the state's vital records registration system.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-03-07 19:38:29.

Geography

New York State, United States.