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  Volume 
	8: No. 4, July 2011 
SPECIAL TOPICChronic Disease Surveillance Systems Within the US Associated Pacific Island Jurisdictions
	Figure 1 shows 2 primary groupings of potential data sources for chronic 
	disease surveillance: population-based sources and institution-based 
	sources. Population-based sources include census data, vital records, and 
	population health surveys. Institution-based sources include administrative 
	records, 
	health service records, and health system records. Figure. Potential chronic disease surveillance data 
	sources. Chronic disease surveillance may include both population-based and 
	institution-based data sources. Population-based sources include census 
	data, vital records, and population health surveys. Institution-based 
	sources include administrative records (eg, tax revenues), health service 
	recorts (eg, occupational health), and health system records (eg, disease 
	registries). Adapted from Health Metrics Network Framework 
	(www.who.int/healthmetrics/documents/hmn_framework200803.pdf).
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