Scientific Data Documentation
Fetal Death Detail Record, 1990
DSN: CC36.FETDTH90 Documentation of the Fetal Death Tape File for 1990 Data Information on the fetal death data tape file was abstracted from the Report of Fetal Death forms received in all the States and the District of Columbia, with a record on the data file for each report of a fetal death received. The data is provided to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program by the registration offices of all States, the District of Columbia, and New York City. Data from New York, excluding New York City, were submitted in machine readable form. All other 1989 data were coded and keyed by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Fetal death data are limited to deaths occurring within the United States to U.S. residents and nonresidents. Fetal deaths occurring to U.S. citizens outside the United States are not included in this data file. In NCHS tabulations by place of residence, fetal deaths to nonresidents of the United States are excluded. The foreign resident records can be identified by code 4 in tape location 7 of the data tape. In addition, the majority of fetal death tables published by NCHS include only those fetal deaths with stated or presumed gestation of 20 weeks or more (see the Technical Appendix). Those records identified with a 2 in tape location 5 are included in these tabulations. All other records are excluded. Effective January 1, 1989, a revised U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Death replaced the 1978 revision. The 1989 revision provides a wide variety of new information on maternal and fetal health characteristics. Questions on complications of labor and delivery and congenital anomalies of fetus were changed from an open-ended question to a checkbox format to improve reporting of information. Several new items were added that improve the data file's value for monitoring and research of factors affecting fetal mortality. NCHS has adopted a new policy on release of vital statistics unit record data files. This new policy is being implemented for the 1989 vital event files to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of individuals and institutions. As a result, this file does not contain the actual day of the death. The geographic detail is also restricted; only counties, cities, and SMSA's of 100,000 or more population based on the 1980 Census are identified. List of Data Elements and Tape Locations Tape Data Items Locations 1. General Data a. Data year 1-4 b. Tabulation flag 5 c. Record type 6 d. Resident status 7 2. Occurrence a. NCHS State 17-18 b. Expanded NCHS State 15-16 c. NCHS County 19-21 d. Population size - county 27 e. Division 13 f. Region 12 g. FIPS State 22-23 h. Fips County 24-26 3. Residence a. NCHS state 33-34 b. Expanded NCHS State 31-32 c. NCHS County 35-37 d. NCHS City 38-40 e. Population size - city 41 f. Population size county 59 g. NCHS SMSA 357-359 h. Met/Nonmet county 42 i. Division 29 j. Region 28 k. FIPS State 43-44 1. FIPS County 45-47 m. FIPS SMSA 55-58 4. Prenatal Care a. Month began 113-116 b. Number of visits 117-120 5. Fetus a. Sex 202-203 b. Race 204-206 c. Plurality 214-215 d. Weight at delivery 207-213 e. Gestation 197-201,216-217 f. Month/year of delivery 186-187,190-193 g. Day of week of delivery 194 6. Mother a. Age 69-76,87-88 b. Race 79-81 c. Marital status 86 d. Education 82-84 e. Hispanic origin 76-77 7. Pregnancy History a. Born alive, now living 98-99 b. Born alive, now dead 100-101 c. Other terminations 102-103 d. Total birth order 109-111 e. Live birth order 105-107 8. Father a. Age 160-164,173-174 b. Race 167-169 c. Education 170-172 d. Hispanic origin 165-166 9. Other Items a. Residence reporting flags 315-339 b. Attendant at delivery 10-11 c. Place of delivery 8-9 d. Interval since last live birth 135-139 10. Medical and Health Data a. Method of delivery 220-226 b. Medical risk factors 228-244 c. Other risk factors Tobacco 245-248 Alcohol 249-252 Weight gain during pregnancy 253-255 d. Obstetric procedures 256-262 e. Complications of labor and/or delivery 263-278 f. Congenital anomalies 279-300 Record Layout Item Item Variable Name Location Length Item and Code Outline 1-4 4 DATAYEAR Year of Delivery (Data Year) 1990 . . . 1990 5 1 TABFLAG Tabulation Inclusion Flag The majority of fetal death tables published by NCHS/DVS include only those fetal deaths with stated or presumed gestation of 20 weeks or more, see the Technical Appendix. This position is used to indicate which records to include in these tables. 1 ... Under 20 weeks (excluded) 2 ... 20 weeks or more (included) 6 1 RECTYPE Record Type 1 ... RESIDENTS: State and county of occurrence and residence are the same 2 ... NONRESIDENTS: State and/or county of occurrence and residence are different. 7 1 RESTATUS Resident Status ... RESIDENTS: State and county of occurrence and residence are the same. ... INTRASTATE NONRESIDENTS: State of occurrence and residence are the same, but county is different. ... INTERSTATE NONRESIDENTS: State of occurrence and residence are different, but both are in the U.S. ... FOREIGH RESIDENTS: State of occurrence is one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia, but place of residence of mother is outside of the U.S. 8 1 PLDEL Place or Facility of Delivery 1 ... Hospital delivery 2 ... Doctor's offices, mother's residence, Fire Department, public place, etc. 3 ... Delivery occurred en route to or on arrival at a facility 9 ... Unknown or not stated 9 1 PLDEL2 Place or Facility of Delivery Recode 1 ... In hospital 2 ... Not in a hospital (includes unknown) 10 1 FATTND Attendant at Delivery 1 ... Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) 2 ... Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) 3 ... Certified Nurse Midwife (C.N.M.) 4 ... Other Midwife 5 ... Other 9 ... Unknown or not stated 11 1 FATTNDR Attendant at Delivery Recode 1 ... Physician 2 ... Midwife 3 ... Other 9 ... Unknown or not stated Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 12-27 16 FOCCUR Place of Occurrence Refer to the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document for a detailed list of areas and codes. 12-14 3 RDSSCOCC Region, Division, and State Subcode of Occurrence 12 1 REGNOCC Region of Occurrence 13 1 DIVOCC Division of Occurrence 14 1 STSUBOCC State Subcode of Occurrence States are coded within division and the code structure is designed to sequence the States as they appear in NCHS publications. 1 NORTHEAST 1 New Enqland 1 Maine 2 New Hampshire 3 Vermont 4 Massachusetts 5 Rhode Island 6 Connecticut 2 Middle Atlantic 1 New York 2 New Jersey 3 Pennsylvania 2 MIDWEST 3 East North Central 1 Ohio 2 Indiana 3 Illinois 4 Michigan 5 Wisconsin 4 West North Central 1 Minnesota 2 Iowa 3 Missouri 4 North Dakota 5 South Dakota 6 Nebraska 7 Kansas 12-14 3 RDSSCOCC Region, Division, State Subcode of Occurrence (Cont'd) 3 SOUTH 5 South Atlantic 1 Delaware 2 Maryland 3 District of Columbia 4 Virginia 5 West Virginia 6 North Carolina 7 South Carolina 8 Georgia 9 Florida 6 East South Central 1 Kentucky 2 Tennessee 3 Alabama 4 Mississippi 7 West South Central 1 Arkansas 2 Louisiana 3 Oklahoma 4 Texas 4 WEST 8 Mountain 1 Montana 2 Idaho 3 Wyoming 4 Colorado 5 New Mexico 6 Arizona 7 Utah 8 Nevada 9 Pacific 1 Washington 2 Oregon 3 California 4 Alaska 5 Hawaii 15-16 2 STFETEXP Expanded State of Occurrence This item is designed to separately identify New York city records from other New York State records. 01 Alabama 02 Alaska 03 Arizona 04 Arkansas 05 California 06 Colorado 07 Connecticut 08 Delaware 09 District of Columbia 10 Florida 11 Georgia 12 Hawaii 13 Idaho 14 illinois 15 Indiana 16 Iowa 17 Kansas 18 Kentucky 19 Louisiana 20 Maine 21 Maryland 22 Massachusetts 23 Michigan 24 Minnesota 25 Mississippi 26 Missouri 27 Montana 28 Nebraska 29 Nevada 30 New Hampshire 31 New Jersey 32 New Mexico 33 New York 34 New York city 35 North Carolina 36 North Dakota 37 Ohio 38 Oklahoma Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 15-16 2 STFETEXP Expanded State of Occurrence Cont'd 39 Oregon 40 Pennsylvania 41 Rhode Island 42 South Carolina 43 South Dakota 44 Tennessee 45 Texas 46 Utah 47 Vermont 48 Virginia 49 Washington 50 West Virginia 51 Wisconsin 52 Wyoming 17-18 2 STATEFET State of Occurrence 01 Alabama 02 Alaska 03 Arizona 04 Arkansas 05 California 06 Colorado 07 Connecticut 08 Delaware 09 District of Columbia 10 Florida 11 Georgia 12 Hawaii 13 Idaho 14 Illinois 15 Indiana 16 Iowa 17 Kansas 18 Kentucky 19 Louisiana 20 Maine 21 Maryland 22 Massachusetts 23 Michigan 24 Minnesota 17-18 2 STATEFET State of Occurrence Cont'd 25 Mississippi 26 Missouri 27 Montana 28 Nebraska 29 Nevada 30 New Hampshire 31 New Jersey 32 New Mexico 33 New York 34 North Carolina 35 North Dakota 36 Ohio 37 Oklahoma 38 Oregon 39 Pennsylvania 40 Rhode Island 41 South Carolina 42 South Dakota 43 Tennessee 44 Texas 45 Utah 46 Vermont 47 Virginia 48 Washington 49 West Virginia 50 Wisconsin 51 Wyoming 19-21 3 CNTYFET County of Occurrence OOl-nnn ... Counties and county equivalents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each State and identify each county with a population of 100,000 or more in 1980. (Note: to Uniquely identify a county, both and State and county codes must be used.) A complete list of counties is shown in the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document. 22-26 5 FIPSOCC Federal Information Processin.q Standards (FIPS) Geographic Codes (Occurrence) Refer to the Geographic Code Outline Further back in this document for a detailed list of areas and codes. For an explanation of FIPS codes, reference should be made to various National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publications. 22-23 2 STOCCFIP State of Occurrence (FIPS) 01 Alabama 02 Alaska 04 Arizona 05 Arkansas 06 California 08 Colorado 09 Connecticut 10 Delaware 11 District of Columbia 12 Florida 13 Georgia 15 Hawaii 16 Idaho 17 Illinois 18 Indiana 19 Iowa 20 Kansas 21 Kentucky 22 Louisiana 23 Maine 24 Maryland 25 Massachusetts 26 Michigan 27 Minnesota 28 Mississippi 29 Missouri 30 Montana 31 Nebraska 32 Nevada 33 New Hampshire Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 22-23 2 STOCCFIP Sate of Occurrence (Cont'd) 34 New Jersey 35 New Mexico 36 New York 37 North Carolina 38 North Dakota 39 Ohio 40 Oklahoma 41 Oregon 42 Pennsylvania 44 Rhode Island 45 South Carolina 46 South Dakota 47 Tennessee 48 Texas 49 Utah 50 Vermont 51 Virginia 53 Washington 54 West Virginia 55 Wisconsin 56 Wyoming 24-26 3 CNTOCFIP County of Occurrence (FIPS) OOl-nnn ... Counties and county equivalents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each State and identify each county with a population of 100,000 or more in 1980. (Note: To uniquely identify a county, both the State and county codes must be used.) A complete list of counties is shown in the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document. 27 1 CNTOCPOP Population Size of County of Occurrence Based on the results of the 1980 Census 0 ... County of 1,000,000 or more 1 ... County of 500,000 to 1,000,000 2 ... County of 250,000 to 500,000 3 ... County of 100,000 to 250,000 9 ... County of Less than 100,000 28-59 32 FRESID Place of Residence Refer to the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document for a detailed list of areas and codes. 28-30 3 RDSCRES Region, Division, and State Subcode of Residence 28 1 REGNRES Region of Residence 29 1 DIVRES Division of Residence 30 1 STSUBRES State Subcode of Residence States are coded wiEhin Division and the code structure is designed to sequence the States as they appear in NCHS publications. 000 Foreiqn residents 1 NORTHEAST 1 New Enqland 1 Maine 2 New Hampshire 3 Vermont 4 Massachusetts 5 Rhode Island 6 Connecticut 2 Middle Atlantic 1 New York 2 New Jersey 3 Pennsylvania 2 MIDWEST 3 East North Central 1 Ohio 2 Indiana 3 Illinois 4 Michigan 5 Wisconsin 4 West North Central 1 Minnesota 2 Iowa 3 Missouri 4 North Dakota 5 South Dakota 6 Nebraska 7 Kansas 28-30 3 RDSCRES Region, Division, State Subcode of Residence (Cont'd) 3 SOUTH 5 South Atlantic 1 Delaware 2 Maryland 3 District of Columbia 4 Virginia 5 West Virginia 6 North Carolina 7 South Carolina 8 Georgia 9 Florida 6 East South Central 1 Kentucky 2 Tennessee 3 Alabama 4 Mississippi 7 West South Central 1 Arkansas 2 Louisiana 3 Oklahoma 4 Texas 4 WEST 8 Mountain 1 Montana 2 Idaho 3 Wyoming 4 Colorado 5 New Mexico 6 Arizona 7 Utah 8 Nevada 9 Pacific 1 Washington 2 Oregon 3 California 4 Alaska 5 Hawaii Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 31-32 2 STRESEXP Expanded State of Residence This item is designed to separately identify New York city records from other New York State records. 01 Alabama 02 Alaska 03 Arizona 04 Arkansas 05 California 06 Colorado 07 Connecticut 08 Delaware 09 District of Columbia 10 Florida 11 Georgia 12 Hawaii 13 Idaho 14 illinois 15 Indiana 16 iowa 17 Kansas 18 Kentucky 19 Louisiana 20 Maine 21 Maryland 22 Massachusetts 23 Michigan 24 Minnesota 25 Mississippi 26 Missouri 27 Montana 28 Nebraska 29 Nevada 30 New Hampshire 31 New Jersey 32 New Mexico 33 New York 34 New York city 35 North Carolina Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 31-32 2 STRESEXP Expanded State of Residence Cont'd 36 North Dakota 37 Ohio 38 Oklahoma 39 Oregon 40 Pennsylvania 41 Rhode Island 42 South Carolina 43 South Dakota 44 Tennessee 45 Texas 46 Utah 47 Vermont 48 Virginia 49 Washington 50 West Virginia 51 Wisconsin 52 Wyoming 53-58,60 Foreign Residents 53 Puerto Rico 54 Virgin Islands 55 Guam 56 Canada 57 Cuba 58 Mexico 60 Remainder of the world 33-34 2 STATERES State of Residence 01 Alabama 02 Alaska 03 Arizona 04 Arkansas 05 California 06 Colorado 07 Connecticut 08 Delaware 09 District of Columbia 10 Florida 11 Georgia 12 Hawaii 13 Idaho 14 Illinois 15 Indiana 16 Iowa 17 Kansas 18 Kentucky 19 Louisiana 20 Maine 21 Maryland 22 Massachusetts 23 Michigan 24 Minnesota 25 Mississippi 26 Missouri 27 Montana 28 Nebraska 29 Nevada 30 New Hampshire 31 New Jersey 32 New Mexico 33 New York 34 North Carolina 35 North Dakota 36 Ohio 37 Oklahoma 38 Oregon 39 Pennsylvania 40 Rhode Island 41 South Carolina 42 South Dakota 33-34 2 STATERES State of Residence Cont'd 43 Tennessee 44 Texas 45 Utah 46 Vermont 47 Virginia 48 Washington 49 West Virginia 50 Wisconsin 51 Wyoming 52-57,59 Foreign Residents 52 Puerto Rico 53 Virgin Islands 54 Guam 55 Canada 56 Cuba 57 Mexico 59 Remainder of the world 35-37 3 CNTYRES County of Residence A complete list of counties is shown in the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document. OOl-nnn ... Counties and county equivalents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each State and identify each county with a population of 100,000 or more in 1980. (Note: To uniquely identify a county, both the State and county codes must be used.) ZZZ ... Foreign Residents 38-40 3 CITYRES City of Residence A complete list of cities is shown in the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document. OOl-nnn ... Cities are numbered alphabetically within each State and identify each city with a population of 100,000 or more in 1980. (Note: To uniquely identify a city, both the State and city codes must be used. State, county and city codes may also be used.) 999 ... Balance of county ZZZ ... Foreign residents Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 41 1 CITRSPOP Population Size of City of Residence Based on the results of the 1980 census 0 Place of 1,000,000 or more 1 Place of 500,000 to 1,000,000 2 Place of 250,000 to 500,000 3 Place of 100,000 to 250,000 9 All other areas in zhe U.S. Z Foreign residents 42 1 METRORES Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan County of Residence 1 Metropolitan county 2 Nonmetropolitan county Z Foreign residents 43-58 16 FIPSRES Federal Information Processin,q Standards (FIPS) Geographic Codes (Residence) Refer to the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document for a detailed list of areas and codes. For an explanation of FIPS codes, reference should be made to various National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publications. 43-44 2 STRESFIP State of Residence (FIPS) 00 Foreign residents 01 Alabama 02 Alaska 04 Arizona 05 Arkansas 06 California 08 Colorado 09 Connecticut 10 Delaware Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 43-44 2 STRESFIP State of Residence (Cont'd) 11 District of Columbia 12 Florida 13 Georgia 15 Hawaii 16 Idaho 17 Illinois 18 Indiana 19 Iowa 20 Kansas 21 Kentucky 22 Louisiana 23 Maine 24 Maryland 25 Massachusetts 26 Michigan 27 Minnesota 28 Mississippi 29 Missouri 30 Montana 31 Nebraska 32 Nevada 33 New Hampshire 34 New Jersey 35 New Mexico 36 New York 37 North Carolina 38 North Dakota 39 Ohio 40 Oklahoma 41 Oregon 42 Pennsylvania 44 Rhode Island 45 South Carolina 46 South Dakota 47 Tennessee 48 Texas 49 Utah 50 Vermont 51 Virginia 53 Washington 54 West Virginia 55 Wisconsin 56 Wyoming 45-47 3 CNTYRFIP County of Residence (FIPS) 000 Foreign residents OOl-nnn Counties and county equivalents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each State and identify each county with a population of 100,000 or more in 1980. (Note: To uniquely identify a county, both the State and county codes must be used.) A complete list of counties is shown in the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document. 48-52 5 R1 Reserved Positions 53-54 2 CMSA CMSA of Residence (FIPS) Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas are groupings of certain Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas and are defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of June 30, 1990. 00 Not a CMSA 07 Boston Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH 10 Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY 14 Chicago - Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI 21 Cincinnati Hamilton, OH-KY-IN 28 Cleveland Akron-Lorain, OH 31 .. Dallas - Fort Worth, TX 34 .. Denver - Boulder, CO 35 ... Detroit Ann Arbor, MI 41 ... Hartford - New Britain-Middletown, CT 42 ... Houston Galveston-Brazoria, TX 49 ... Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA 56 ... Miami - Fort Lauderdale, FL 63 ... Milwaukee - Racine, WI 70 ... New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT 77 ... Philadelphia - Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD 78 ... Pittsburgh Beaver Valley, PA 79 ... Portland - Vancouver, OR-WA 80 ... Providence Pawtucket-Fall River, RI-MA 84 ... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA 91 ... Seattle Tacoma, WA Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 55-58 4 SMSARFIP PMSA/MSA of Residence (FIPS) Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Metropolitan Statistical Areas are those defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as of June 30, 1990. For New England, the New England County Metropolitan Areas (NE+MS's) are used. Further back in this document is a list of PMSA's, MSA's, NECMS s, and their component counties. 0000 .. Nonmetropolitan counties or foreign residents 0040-9360 .. Code range 9999 .. Area of less than 100,000 population 59 1 CNTRSPOP Population Size of County of Residence Based on the results of the 1980 Census. 0 . . County of 1,000,000 or more 1 . . County of 500,000 to 1,000,000 2 . . County of 250,000 to 500,000 3 . . County of 100,000 to 250,000 9 . . County of Less than 100,000 Z . . Foreign resident 60-68 9 R1A Reserved Positions 69 1 MAGERFLG Reported Age of Mother Used Flaq This position is flagged whenever the mother's reported age is used. The reported age is used, if valid, when age could not be computed or when the computed age is outside the 10-49 code range. Blank ... Reported age is not used 1 ... Reported age is used 70 1 MAGEIMP Age of Mother Imputation Flag Blank ... Age is not imputed 1 ... Age is imputed 71-72 2 DMAGE Age of Mother This item is: a) computed using dates of birth of mother and of delivery; b) reported; or c) imputed. This is the age item used in NCHS publications. 10-49 ... Age is single years 73-74 2 MAGE12 Age of Mother Recode 12 01 Under 15 years 02 15 years 03 16 years 04 17 years 05 18 years 06 19 years 07 20 - 24 years 08 25 - 29 years 09 30 - 34 years 10 35 - 39 years 11 40 - 44 years 12 45 - 49 years 75 1 MAGE8 Age of Mother Recode 8 1 Under 15 years 2 15 - 19 years 3 20 - 24 years 4 25 - 29 years 5 30 - 34 years 6 35 - 39 years 7 40 - 44 years 8 45 - 49 years 76 1 ORMOTH Hispanic Oriqin of Mother Origin is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 0 ... Non-Hispanic 1 ... Mexican 2 ... Puerto Rican 3 ... Cuban 4 ... Central or South American 5 ... Other and unknown Hispanic 9 ... Origin unknown or not stated Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 77 1 ORRACEM Hispanic Origin and Race of Mother Recode Origin's not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 1 ... Mexican 2 ... Puerto Rican 3 ... Cuban 4 .., Central or South American 5 ... Other and unknown Hispanic 6 ... Non-Hispanic White 7 ... Non-Hispanic Black 8 ... Non-Hispanic other races 9 ... Origin unknown or not stated 78 1 MRACEIMP Race of Mother Imputation Fla.q Blank ... Race is not imputed 1 ... Race is imputed 79-80 2 MRACE Race of Mother Race codes effective with 1989 data differ from previous years. 01 ... White 02 ... Black 03 ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 04 ... Chinese 05 ... Japanese 06 ... Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian) 07 ... Filipino 08 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander 09 ... All other Races 81 1 MRACE3 Race of Mother Recode 1 White 2 Races other than White or Black 3 Black 82-83 2 DMEDUC Education of Mother Education is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 00 No formal education 01-08 Years of elementary school 09 1 year of high school 10 2 years of high school 11 3 years of high school 12 4 years of high school 13 1 year of college 14 2 years of college 15 3 years of college 16 4 years of college 17 5 or more years of college 99 Not stated 84 1 MEDUC6 Education of Mother Recode Education is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 1 0 - 8 years 2 9 - 11 years 3 12 years 4 13 - 15 years 5 16 years and over 6 Not stated 85 1 R1C Reserved Position Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 86 1 DMAR Marital Status of Mother Marital status is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 1 ... Married 2 ... Unmarried 9 ... Unknown or not stated 87-88 2 DMAGERPT Reported Age of Mother 10-49 ... Age in single years 99 ... Unknown or not stated 89-97 9 R2 Reserved Positions 98-99 2 NLBNL Number of Live Birthsf Now Living 00-30 ... Stated number of children 99 ... Unknown or not stated 100-101 2 NLBND Number of Live Births, Now Dead 00-30 ... Stated number of children 99 ... Unknown or not stated 102-103 2 NOTERM Number of Other Terminations Includes spontaneous and induced at any time after conception. 00-30 ... Stated number of other terminations 99 ... Unknown or not stated 104 1 R2A Reserved Position 105-106 2 DLIVORD Detail Live Birth Order Sum of live births now living and now dead. If either item is unknown, this item is made unknown. 00-40 .. Number of children born alive to mother 99 .. Unknown live birth order 107 1 LIVORD9 Live Birth Order Recode 0 .. No children born alive to mother 1 .. One 2 .. Two 3 .. Three 4 .. Four 5 .. Five 6 .. Six 7 .. Seven 8 .. Eight or more 9 .. Unknown Live Birth Order 108 1 R2B Reserved Position 109-110 2 DTOTORD Detail Total Birth Order Sum of live birth order and other terminations of pregnancy plus one (for this pregnancy). If either item is unknown, this item is made unknown. 01-41 ... Number of live births and other terminations of pregnancy 99 ... Unknown total birth order 111 1 TOTORD9 Total Birth Order Recode 1 .. One 2 .. Two 3 .. Three 4 .. Four 5 .. Five 6 .. Six 7 .. Seven 8 .. Eight or more 9 .. Unknown Total Birth Order 112 1 R2C Reserved Position 113-114 2 MONPRE Detail Month of Pregnancy Prenatal Care Began Month prenatal care began is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 00 .. No prenatal care 01 .. Ist month 02 .. 2nd month 03 .. 3rd month 04 .. 4th month 05 .. 5th month 06 .. 6th month 07 .. 7th month 08 .. 8th month 09 .. 9th month 99 .. Unknown or not stated 115 1 MPRE6 Month Prenatal Care Began Recode 6 Month prenatal care began is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 1 .. Ist - 2nd month 2 .. 3rd month 3 .. 4th - 6th month 4 .. 7th - 9th month 5 .. No prenatal care 6 .. Unknown or not stated 116 1 MPRE5 Month Prenatal Care Began Recode 5 Month prenatal care began is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 1 ... Ist Trimester (Ist-3rd month) 2 ... 2nd Trimester (4th-6th month) 3 ... 3rd Trimester (7th-9th month) 4 ... No prenatal care 5 ... Unknown or not stated 117-118 2 NPREVIST Total Number of Prenatal Visits Number of prenatal visits is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags 00 No prenatal visits 01-48 Stated number of visits 49 49 or more visits 99 Unknown or not stated 119-120 2 NPREV12 Number of Prenatal Visits Recode Number of prenatal visits is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 01 No visits 02 1 - 2 visits 03 3 - 4 visits 04 5 - 6 visits 05 7 - 8 visits 06 9 - 10 visits 07 11 - 12 visits 08 13 - 14 visits 09 15 - 16 visits 10 17 - 18 visits 11 19 visits or more 12 Unknown or not stated Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 121-128 8 LMPDATE Date Last Normal Menses Began Date of last normal menses is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 121-122 2 LMPMON Month 01 January 02 February 03 March 04 April 05 May 06 June 07 July 08 August 09 September 10 October 11 November 12 December 99 Unknown or not stated month of LMP 123-124 2 LMPDAY Day 01-31 ... As applicable to month of LMP 99 ... Unknown or not stated day of LMP 125-128 4 LMPYR Year 1989 ... 1989 1990 ... 1990 9999 ... Unknown or not stated year of LMP 129-134 6 LLBDATE Date of last Live Birth Date of last live birth is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 777777 No previous live birth 129-130 2 LLBMON Month of Last Live Birth 01 .. January 02 .. February 03 .. March 04 .. April 05 .. May 06 .. June 07 .. July 08 .. August 09 .. September 10 .. October 11 .. November 12 .. December 99 .. Unknown or not stated 131-134 4 LLBYR Year of Last Live Birth 1900-1990 ... Stated year 9999 ... Unknown or not stated 135-137 3 DISLLB Interval Since Last Live Birth This item is computed from date of delivery and date of last live birth. 777 .. No previous live birth 000 .. Zero months (plural birth) 001-500 .. One - five hundred monEhs 999 .. Unknown 138-139 2 ISLLBIO Interval Since Last Live Birth Recode 00 Not applicable (no previous live birth) 01 Zero months (plural birth) 02 1 - 11 months 03 12 - 17 months 04 18 - 23 months 05 24 - 35 months 06 36 - 47 months 07 48 59 months 08 60 71 months 09 72 months and over 10 Unknown 140-159 20 R3 Reserved Positions 160 1 FAGERFLG Reported Age of Father Used Flaq This position is flagged whenever the Father's reported age is used. The reported age is used, if valid, when age could not be computed or when the computed age is less than 10. Blank ... Reported age is not used 1 ... Reported age is used 161-162 2 DFAGE Age of Father This item is either computed from date of birth of father and date of delivery or is the reported age. This is the age item used in NCHS publications. 10-98 ... Age is single years 99 ... Unknown or not stated 163-164 2 FAGE11 Age of Father Recode 01 ... Under 15 years 02 ... 15 19 years 03 ... 20 24 years 04 ... 25 29 years 05 ... 30 34 years 06 ... 35 39 years 07 ... 40 44 years 08 ... 45 49 years 09 ... 50 54 years 10 ... 55 59 years 11 ... 60 98 years 12 ... Not stated 165 1 ORFATH Hispanic Origin of Father Origin is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 0 ... Non-Hispanic 1 ... Mexican 2 ... Puerto Rican 3 ... Cuban 4 ... Central or South American 5 ... Other and unknown Hispanic 9 ... Origin unknown or not stated Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 166 1 ORRACEF Hispanic Origin and Race of Father Recode Origin is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 1 .. Mexican 2 .. Puerto Rican 3 .. Cuban 4 .. Central or South American 5 .. Other and unknown Hispanic 6 .. Non-Hispanic White 7 .. Non-Hispanic Black 8 .. Non-Hispanic other or unknown race 9 .. Origin unknown or not stated 167-168 2 FRACE Race of Father Race codes effective with 1989 data differ from previous years. 01 .. White 02 .. Black 03 .. American indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 04 .. Chinese 05 .. Japanese 06 .. Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian) 07 .. Filipino 08 .. Other Asian or Pacific Islander 09 .. All other races 99 .. Unknown or not stated 169 1 FRACE4 Race of Father Recode 1 White 2 Race other than White, Black, or unknown 3 Black 4 Unknown or not 170-171 2 DFEDUC Education of Father Education is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags 00 ... No formal education 01-08 ... Years of elementary school 09 ... 1 year of high school 10 ... 2 years of high school 11 ... 3 years of high school 12 ... 4 years of high school 13 ... 1 year of college 14 ... 2 years of college 15 ... 3 years of college 16 ... 4 years of college 17 ... 5 or more years of college 99 ... Non stated 172 1 FEDUC6 Education of Father Recode Education is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags 1 ... 0 - 8 years 2 ... 9 - 11 years 3 ... 12 years 4 ... 13 - 15 years 5 ... 16 years and over 6 ... Not stated 173-174 2 DFAGERPT Reported Age of Father 10-98 ... Age in single years 99 ... Unknown or not stated 175-183 9 R4 Reserved Positions 184 1 FDODMIMP Month of Delivery Imputation Flay Blank ... Month is not imputed 1 ... Month is imputed 185 1 R4A Reserved Position 186-187 2 DELMON Month 01 January 02 February 03 March 04 April 05 May 06 June 07 July 08 August 09 September 10 October 11 November 12 December 188-189 2 R4B Reserved Positions 190-193 4 DELYR Year 1990 . . . 1990 194 1 WEEKDAY Day of Week of Delivery 1 ... Sunday 2 ... Monday 3 ... Tuesday 4 ... Wednesday 5 ... Thursday 6 ... Friday 7 ... Saturday 195 1 GESTESTM Clinical Estimate of Gestation Used Flag This Position is flagged whenever the clinical estimate of gestation is used. It is used whenever gestation could not be computed or when the computed gestation is outside the 02-47 code range. Blank 1 ... Clinical estimate is not used ... Clinical estimate is used 196 1 GESTIMP Gestation Imputation Flag Blank ... Gestation is not imputed 1 ... Gestation is imputed 197-198 2 DGESTAT Gestation This item is: a) computed using dates of delivery and last normal menses; b) the clinical estimate; c) imputed; or d) unknown when there is insufficient data to impute or no valid clinical estimate. This is the gestation item used in NCHS Publications. 02-47 ... 2nd through 47th week of gestation 99 ... Unknown 199-200 2 GESTAT12 Gestation Recode 12 01 Under 16 weeks 02 16-19 weeks 03 20-23 weeks 04 24-27 weeks 05 28-31 weeks 06 32-35 weeks 07 36 weeks 08 37-39 weeks 09 40 weeks 10 41 weeks 11 42 weeks and over 12 Unknown 201 1 GESTAT5 Gestation Recode 5 1 ... Under 20 weeks 2 ... 20-23 weeks 3 ... 24-27 weeks 4 ... 28 weeks and over 5 .,. Unknown 202 1 FSEXIMP Sex Imputation Flag Sex is imputed only for those records with stated or presumed period of gestation of 20 weeks or more. Blank ... Sex is not imputed 1 ... Sex is imputed 203 1 FSEX Sex 1 ... Male 2 ... Female 9 ... Unknown or not stated 204-205 2 RACEF Race of Fetus Race code effective with 1989 data differ from previous years. 01 ... White 02 ... Black 03 ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 04 ... Chinese 05 ... Japanese 06 ... Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian) 07 ... Filipino 08 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander 09 ... All other races 206 1 FRACE3 Race of Fetus Recode 1 ... White 2 ... Races other than White or Black 3 ... Black 207-210 4 DBIRWT Weight at Delivery 0000-8165 ... Number of grams 9999 ... Unknown or not stated 211-212 2 BIRWT14 Weight at Delivery Recode 14 01 .. 249 grams or less 02 .. 250-349 grams 03 .. 350-499 grams 04 .. 500-999 grams 05 .. 1000-1499 grams 06 .. 1500-1999 grams 07 .. 2000-2499 grams 08 .. 2500-2999 grams 09 .. 3000-3499 grams 10 .. 3500-3999 grams 11 .. 4000-4499 grams 12 .. 4500-4999 grams 13 .. 5000-8165 grams 14 .. Unknown or not stated Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 213 1 BIRWT4 Weiqht at Delivery Recode 4 1 ... 1499 grams or less 2 ... 1500-2499 grams 3 ... 2500 gram or more 4 ... Unknown or not stated 214 1 PLURIMP Plurality Imputation Flag Blank ... Plurality is not imputed 1 ... Plurality is imputed 215 1 DPLURAL Plurality Louisiana does not report plurality. 1 ... Single 2 ... Twin 3 ... Triplet 4 ... Quadruplet 5 ... Quadruplet or higher 9 ... Louisiana occurrence to resident 216-217 2 CLINGEST Clinical Estimate of Gestation Clinical estimate is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 02-47 ... Estimated gestation in weeks 99 ... Unknown or not stated 218-219 2 R5 Reserved Positions 220-314 95 MEDINFO Medical and Health Data Some States do not report an entire item while other States do not report all of the categories within an item. If an item is not reported, it is indicated by code zero in the appropriate reporting flag. If a category within an item is not reported it is indicated by code 8 in the position for that category. 220-226 7 DELMETH Method of Delivery Each method is assigned a separate position, and the code structure for each method (position) is: 1 ... The method was used 2 ... The method was not used 8 ... Method not on certificate 9 ... Method unknown or not stated 220 1 VAGINAL Vaginal 221 1 VIBAC Vaginal Birth After Previous C-Section 222 1 PRIMAC Primary C-Section 223 1 REPEAC Repeat C-Section 224 1 FORCEP Forceps 225 1 VACUUM Vacuum 226 1 HYSTER Hysterotomy/Hysterectomy Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 227 1 DELMETH6 Method of Delivery Recode 1 Vaginal (excludes Vaginal after previous C-section 2 Vaginal birth after Previous C-section 3 Primary C-section 4 Repeat C-Section 5 Hysterotorny/Hysterectomy 6 Not stated 228-244 17 MEDRISK Medical Risk Factors Each risk factor is assigned a separate Position and the code structure for each risk factor (Position) is: 1 Factor reported 2 Factor not reported 8 Factor not on certificate 9 Factor not classifiable 228 1 ANEMIA Anemia (Hct.<30/Hgb.<10) 229 1 CARDIAC Cardiac disease 230 1 LUNG Acute or chronic lung disease 231 1 DIABETES Diabetes 232 1 HERPES Genital herpes 233 1 HYDRA Hydramnios/Oligohydramnios 234 1 HEMO Hemoqlobinopathy Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 235 1 CHYPER Hypertension, chronic 236 1 PHYPER Hypertension, pregnancy-associated 237 1 ECLAMP Eclampsia 238 1 INCERVIX Incompetent cervix 239 1 PRE4000 Previous infant 4000+ grams 240 1 PRETERM Previous preterm or small-for-gestational-age infant 241 1 RENAL Renal disease 242 1 RH Rh sensitization 243 1 UTERINE Uterine bleeding 244 1 OTHERMR Other Medical Risk Factors 245-255 11 OTHERRSK Other Risk Factors For This Pregnancy 245-248 4 TOBACRSK Tobacco Risks 245 1 TOBACCO Tobacco Use During Pregnancy 1 ... Yes 2 ... No 9 ... Unknown or not stated 246-247 2 CIGAR Average Number of Cigarettes Per Day 00-97 ... As stated 98 ... 98 or more cigarettes per day 99 ... Unknown or not stated 248 1 CIGAR6 Average Number of Cigarettes Per Day Recode 0 ... Non smoker 1 ... 1-5 cigarettes per day 2 ... 6-10 cigarettes per day 3 ... 11-20 cigarettes per day 4 ... 21-40 cigarettes per day 5 ... 41 or more cigarettes per day 6 ... Unknown or not stated 249-252 4 ALCOHRSK Alcohol 249 1 ALCOHOL Alcohol Use Durinq Pregnancy 1 ... Yes 2 ... No 9 ... Unknown or not stated 250-251 2 DRINK Average Number of Drinks Per Week 00-97 As stated 98 98 or more drinks per week 99 Unknown or not stated 252 1 DRINK5 Average Number of Drinks Per Week Recode 0 Non drinker 1 1 drink per week 2 2 drinks per week 3 3-4 drinks per week 4 5 or more drinks per week 5 Unknown or not stated 253-255 3 WTGANRSK Weight Gain During Pregnancy 253-254 2 WTGAIN Weight Gain 00-97 ... Stated number of pounds 98 ... 98 pounds or more 99 ... Unknown or not stated 255 1 WTGAIN8 Weight Gain Recode 1 ... Less than 10 pounds 2 ... 10-14 pounds 3 ... 15-19 pounds 4 ... 20-24 pounds 5 ... 25-29 pounds 6 ... 30-34 pounds 7 ... 35 or more pounds 8 ... Unknown or not stated Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 256-262 7 OBSTETRC Obstetric Procedures Each procedure is assigned a separate position, and the code structure for each procedure (position) is: 1 ... Procedure reported 2 ... Procedure not reported 8 ... Procedure not on certificate 9 ... Procedure not classifiable 256 1 AMNIO Amniocentesis 257 1 MONITOR Electronic fetal monitoring 258 1 INDUCT Induction of labor 259 1 STIMULA Stimulation of labor 260 1 TOCOL Tocolysis 261 1 ULTRAS Ultrasound 262 1 OTHEROB Other Obstetric Procedures 263-278 16 LABOR Complications of Labor and/or Delivery Each complication is assigned a separate position, and the code structure for each complication (position) is: 1 ... Complication reported 2 ... Complication not reported 8 ... Complication not on certificate 9 ... Complication not classifiable 263 1 FEBRILE Febrile (>100 degrees F. or 38 degrees C.) 264 1 MECONIUM Meconium 265 1 RUPTURE Premature rupture of membrane (>12 hours) 266 1 ABRUPTIO Abruptio placenta 267 1 PREPLACE Placenta previa 268 1 EXCEBLD Other excessive bleeding 269 1 SEIZURE Seizures during labor 270 1 PRECIP Precipitous labor (<3 hours) 271 1 PROLONG Prolonged labor (>20 hours) 272 1 DYSFUNC Dysfunctional labor 273 1 BREECH Breech/Malpresentation 274 1 CEPHALO Cephalopelvic disproportion 275 1 CORD Cord prolapse Item Item Variable Namer Location Length Item and Code Outline 276 1 ANESTHE Anesthetic complications 277 1 DISTRESS Fetal distress 278 1 OTHERLB Other Complication of Labor and/or Delivery 279-300 22 CONGENIT CONGENITAL ANOMALIES Each anomaly is assigned a separate position, and the code structure for each anomaly (position) is: 1 ... Anomaly reported 2 ... Anomaly not reported 8 ... Anomaly not on certificate 9 ... Anomaly not classifiable 279 1 ANEN Anencephalus 280 1 SPINA Spina bifida/Meningocele 281 1 HYDRO Hydrocephalus 282 1 MICROCE Microcephalus 283 1 NERVOUS Other central nervous system anomalies 284 1 HEART Heart malformations 285 1 CIRCUL Other circulatory/respiratory anomalies 286 1 RECTAL Rectal atresia/stenosis 287 1 TRACHEO Tracheo - esophageal fistula/Esophageal atresia 288 1 OMPHALO Omphalocele/Gastroschisis 289 1 GASTRO Other gastrointestinal anomalies 290 1 GENITAL Malformed genitalia 291 1 RENALAGE Renal agenesis 292 1 UROGEN Other urogenital anomalies 293 1 CLEFTLP Cleft lip/palate 294 1 ADACTYLY Polydactyly/Syndactyly/Adactyly 295 1 CLUBFOOT Club foot 296 1 HERNIA Diaphragmatic hernia 297 1 MUSCULO Other musculoskeletal/integumental anomalies 298 1 DOWNS Down's syndrome 299 1 CHROMO Other chromosomal anomalies 300 1 OTHERCON Other Congenital Anomalies 301-314 14 R5A Reserved Positions Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 315-339 25 FLRES REPORTING FLAGS FOR PLACE OF RESIDENCE These positions contain flags to indicate whether or not the specified item is included in the report of fetal death of the State of residence identified in positions 31-32. The code structure for each flag (position) is: 0 ... The item is not reported 1 ... The item is reported 315 1 GESTALL All Gestations Reported 316 1 ORIGM Origin of mother 317 1 ORIGF Origin of father 318 1 EDUCIM Education of mother 319 1 EDUCF Education of father 320 1 LLBF Date of last live birth 321 1 DMARF Marital status 322 1 DATELMP Date of last normal menses 323 1 PNCF Month prenatal care be,qan 324 1 PNVF Number of prenatal visits 325 1 GESTE Clinical estimate of gestation 326 1 DELMETRF Method of delivery 327 1 MEDRSK Medical risk factors Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 328 1 TOBUSE Tobacco use 329 1 CIGARSF Number of cigarettes 330 1 ALCUSE Alcohol use 331 1 DRINKSF Number of drinks 332 1 WTGN Weight gain 333 1 OBSTRC Obstetric procedures 334 1 CLABOR Complications of labor and/or delivery 335 1 CONGAN Congenital anomalies 336 1 UCF UnderIying cause 337 1 PLURALF Plurality 338-339 2 R8 Reserved positions 340 1 ALLGOCC ALL GESTATIONS REPORTING FLAG FOR PLACE OF OCCURRENCE This position indicates whether or not all gestation periods are reported by the State of occurrence identified in positions 15-16. 0 ... All gestations are not reported 1 ... All gestations are reported 341-356 16 R8A Reserved Positions 357-359 3 SMSARES NCHS Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) OF Residence Based on residence of the mother. Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Metropolitan Statistical Areas are those defined by the U.S. Office of Managemnt and Budget (OMB) as of June 30, 1990. For New England, the New England county Metropolitan Areas (NECMA's) are used. Further back in this document is a list of SMSA's and their component counties. 000 ... Nonmetropolitan counties 001-320 ... Code range 999 ... Area of less than 100,000 population ZZZ ... Foreigh residents 360 1 POPSMAS SMSA Population Size Based on the results of the 1980 Census. 1 ... SMSA of 250,000 and over 2 . .. SMSA of 100,000 to 250,000 9 ... SMSA of less than 100,000 or Nonmetropolitan area Z ... Foreigh resident