[1] The fees for routine NDI searches consist of a $350.00 service charge plus $0.15 per user record for each year of death searched.
Fees for the NDI Plus service are slightly higher ($0.21) per record.
However, NDI Plus service offers further information on cause of death.
The index was initially approved during Dorothy P. Rice's tenure as director.
[2] In 2011, the National Death Index was linked to the General Social Survey, allowing for the analysis of societal attitudes and demographics, and their relationship to death.