A proposed revamp of how the Department of Health logs and provides birth and death certificates has roiled researchers.

Although the process began again 2003, it left an eight-year gap in vital records. Other errors arise when an autopsy reveals that the original diagnosis on a death certificate was incorrect.

State Death Certificate Once states began to implement vital records systems, standard death certificates became common in ...

We know these records are essential ... of their life,” Mesa County Vital Registrar Sarah DeBrucque said in a press release.