The Vital Statistics Division of the Bureau of the Census was transferred to the Public Health Service on July 16, 1946, and its name was changed at that time to National Office of Vital Statistics. In 1954 the latter, absorbed by the Service's newly created Division of General Health Services, continued under the same name as one of its branches. When the National Center for Health Statistics was established in 1961, the National Office of Vital Statistics became the Center's National Vital Statistics Division. The name of the division was changed in Sept. 1963 to Division of Vital Statistics. Works by this body are found under the following headings according to the name used at the time of publication: United States. Bureau of the Census. Vital Statistics Division. United States. Division of Vital Statistics. United States. National Office of Vital Statistics. United States. National Vital Statistics Division. SUBJECT ENTRY: Works about this body are entered under the name used during the latest period covered.