How to Register Vital Events

Certificate of Live Birth Information

• Instructions on how to complete an EBRS Certificate of Live Birth (Word)
• Instructions on how to complete an EBRS Certificate of Live Birth (pdf)
• Instructions on how to complete an Out of Facility Certificate of Live Birth (paper version) (pdf)
• Parent Worksheet (Word)
• Parent Worksheet (pdf)
• Parent Worksheet Spanish (Word)
• Parent Worksheet Spanish (pdf)
• Facility Worksheet (Word)
• Facility Worksheet (pdf)

Paternity Information  

• Paternity Flow Chart (pdf)
• Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity Guidelines Instructions 45-21 (pdf)
• Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity Guidelines Instructions 45-31 (pdf)

Marriage Information  

• Instructions for Completing the Marriage Form (pdf)
• Officiants' Instructions for Completing their part of Marriage Form (pdf)
• Information Sheet for "Last Name Taken After Marriage" and form (pdf)

Fetal Death Instructions

• Instructions for completing the Oregon Report of Fetal Death (pdf)

Pregnancy Outcome - Instructions & Flow Chart 

• Pregnancy - Records and Reports Tree (pdf)

Death Record Information and Forms  

• Letter to Medical Certifiers (pdf) and Medical Information (pdf) on the Oregon Certificate of Death
• Reporting Causes of Death for the Elderly (pdf)
• Pneumonia Without an Underlying Cause of Death (pdf)
• Completing a Cause of Death Statement: Basic Concepts (pdf)
• Certifying External Causes of Death (pdf)
• How to Describe a Motor Vehicle Accident (pdf)

Help with the Death Certificate

• Death Certificate Instructions (Deaths after 12/31/05) (pdf)
• Race Status List (pdf)
• Education  and Marital Category List (pdf)
• Death Certificate Worksheet (pdf)
• Death Certificate Worksheet (Word, revise it and print it on your own letterhead)
• Vital Records Supplies Order Form (pdf)

Additonal instructions available:

• Definitions of Live Birth, Fetal Death, and Induced Termination of Pregnancy (pdf)

For Deaths that Occurred Prior to January 1, 2006

• Instructions for completing Oregon Death Certificates (pdf)
  • Instructions for completion of Medical Portion (pdf) of Oregon Death Certificates
• Physicians' Handbook on Medical Certification of Death (1.4 Mb pdf)
  From the National Center for Health Statistics, (PHS) 87-1108. 36 pp. (Reprinted 2003)

ITOP Reporting Form

Download induced termination of pregnancy reporting form (pdf) and/or instructions (pdf) for completing the form.

Funeral Directors' Numeric Billing List

Deaths registered with Oregon Vital Records by county location of funeral home

Death occurred in:	2008 (Excel)
	2007 (Excel)
	2006 (pdf)
Registration occurred in:	February, 2007 (pdf)
	October, 2006 (pdf) September, 2006 (pdf) August, 2006 (pdf) July, 2006 (pdf) June, 2006 (pdf) May, 2006 (pdf) April, 2006 (pdf) March, 2006 (pdf) February, 2006 (pdf) January, 2006 (pdf) December, 2005 (pdf) November, 2005 (pdf) October, 2005 (pdf) September, 2005 (pdf) August, 2005 (pdf) July, 2005 (pdf) June, 2005 (pdf) May, 2005 (pdf) April, 2005 (pdf) March, 2005 (pdf) February, 2005 (pdf) January, 2005 (pdf)

Funeral Directors' Chronological Billing List

Year-to-Date 2005 (pdf)

Year-to-Date 2004 (pdf)

Sample Forms from Appendix D. of the Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report

Appendix D. Volume 1

Certificate of Live Birth (pdf)

Report of Induced Termination (pdf)

Application, License, and Record of Marriage (pdf)

Record of Dissolution of Marriage, or Annulment (pdf)

Appendix D. Volume 2

Certificate of Death (pdf)

Report of Fetal Death (pdf)

Adolescent Suicide Attempt (ASAD) Report (pdf)

Zero Attempts ASAD Report (pdf)