Scientific Data Documentation
Multiple Cause of Death, 1995
DSN: CC36.MCMORT95 CC36.MCMORT95.PS DOCUMENTATION OF THE MORTALITY TAPE FILE FOR 1995 DATA SPECIAL NOTICE THE GEOGRAPHIC CODES WERE CHANGED EFFECTIVE WITH 1994 DATA TO REFLECT THE RESULTS OF THE 1990 CENSUS DEATHS FOR PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND GUAM ARE INCLUDED IN A SEPARATE DATA SET IN THE PUBLIC-USE FILE 1995 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 1-2 2 Last 2 Digits of Current Data Year __________________________________ 95 ... 1995 3 1 Reserved Position _________________ 4-9 6 Certificate Number __________________ These positions are blank. 10-11 2 Reserved Positions __________________ 12-18 7 Sequence Number _______________ These positions are blank. 19 1 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. Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 20 1 Resident Status _______________ United States Occurrence 1 ... RESIDENTS State and County of Occurrence and Residence are the same. 2 ... INTRASTATE NONRESIDENTS State of Occurrence and Residence are the same, but County is different. 3 ... INTERSTATE NONRESIDENTS State of Occurrence and Residence are different, but both are in the U.S. 4 ... FOREIGN RESIDENTS State of Occurrence is one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia, but Place of Residence is outside of the U.S. Puerto Rico Occurrence 1 ... RESIDENTS State and County of Occurrence and Residence are the same. 2 ... INTRASTATE NONRESIDENTS State of Occurrence and Residence are the same, but County is different. 4 ... FOREIGN RESIDENTS Occurred in Puerto Rico to a resident of any other place. Virgin Islands Occurrence 1 ... RESIDENTS State and County of Occurrence and Residence are the same. 2 ... INTRASTATE NONRESIDENTS State of Occurrence and Residence are the same, but County is different. 4 ... FOREIGN RESIDENTS Occurred in Virgin Islands to a resident of any other place. Guam Occurrence 1 ... RESIDENTS Occurred in Guam to a resident of Guam or to a resident of the U.S. 4 ... FOREIGN RESIDENTS Occurred in Guam to a resident of any place other than Guam or ot the U.S. Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 21-30 10 PLACE OF OCCURRENCE ___________________ Refer to the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document for a detailed list of areas and codes. Some Geographic Codes have changed to reflect the results of the 1990 Census. 21-22 2 State of Occurrence ___________________ United States 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 43 ... Tennessee 44 ... Texas 45 ... Utah 46 ... Vermont 47 ... Virginia 48 ... Washington 49 ... West Virginia 50 ... Wisconsin 51 ... Wyoming Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 21-22 2 State of Occurrence - Con. ___________________________ Puerto Rico 52 ... Puerto Rico Virgin Islands 53 ... Virgin Islands Guam 54 ... Guam 23-25 3 County of Occurrence ____________________ 001-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 1990. (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. 999 ... County of less than 100,000 population Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 26 1 Region ______ 27-28 2 Division and State Subcode of Occurrence ________________________________________ States are coded within Division. 26 is Region. 27 is Division. 28 is State subcode. 000 ... Not applicable: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, or Guam occurrence. 1 ... NORTHEAST _________ 1 ... New England ___________ 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 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 Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 29-30 2 Expanded State of Occurrence Code _________________________________ This item is designed to separately identify New York City records from other New York State records. United States 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 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 Puerto Rico 53 ... Puerto Rico Virgin Islands 54 ... Virgin Islands Guam 55 ... Guam Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 31-48 18 PLACE OF RESIDENCE __________________ Refer to the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document for a detailed list of areas and codes. 31-32 2 State of Residence __________________ United States 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 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 52-57,59 ... Foreign residents 52 ... Puerto Rico 53 ... Virgin Islands 54 ... Guam 55 ... Canada 56 ... Cuba 57 ... Mexico 59 ... Remainder of the world Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 31-32 2 State of Residence - Con. __________________________ Puerto Rico Occurrence 52 ... Puerto Rico 01-51,53- 57,59 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Virgin Islands Occurrence 53 ... Virgin Islands 01-52,54- 57,59 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Guam Occurrence 54 ... Guam 01-51 ... U.S. Resident. Also considered a resident of Guam. 52,53,57, 59 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. 33-35 3 County of Residence ___________________ 001-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 1990. (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. ZZZ ... Foreign residents 999 ... County of less than 100,000 population 36-38 3 City of Residence _________________ 001-nnn ... Cities are numbered alphabetically within each State and identify each city with a population of 100,000 or more in 1990. (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; or city of less than 100,000 population ZZZ ... Foreign residents 39 1 Population Size of City of Residence ____________________________________ Based on the results of the 1990 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 the U.S. Z ... Foreign residents 40 1 Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan County of Residence __________________________________________________ NOTE: Guam and the Virgin Islands do not have any metropolitan areas. 1 ... Metropolitan county 2 ... Nonmetropolitan county Z ... Foreign residents Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 41 1 Region ______ 42-43 2 Division and State Subcode of Residence _______________________________________ States are coded within Division. 41 is Region. 42 is Division. 43 is State subcode. APPLICABLE TO U.S. ONLY. 000 ... Foreign residents 1 ... NORTHEAST _________ 1 ... New England ___________ 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 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 Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 44-45 2 Expanded State of Residence Code ________________________________ This item is designed to separately identify New York City records from other New York State records. United States 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 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 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 ... Puerto Rico 54 ... Virgin Islands 55 ... Guam 56 ... Canada 57 ... Cuba 58 ... Mexico 60 ... Remainder of the world Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 44-45 2 Expanded State of Residence Code - Con. ________________________________________ Puerto Rico Occurrence 53 ... Puerto Rico 01-52,54- 58,60 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Virgin Islands Occurrence 54 ... Virgin Islands 01-53,55- 58,60 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Guam Occurrence 55 ... Guam 01-52 ... U.S. Resident. Also considered a resident of Guam. 53,54,58, 60 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. 46-48 3 NCHS PSMA/MSA of Residence __________________________ Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Metropolitan Statistical Areas are those defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of 1990. For New England, the New England County Metropolitan Areas (NECMA) are used. Further back in this document is a list of PMSA's, MSA's, NECMA's, and their component counties. 000 ... Nonmetropolitan counties 001-311 ... Code range 999 ... Area of less than 100,000 population ZZZ ... Foreign residents 49 1 Population Size of County of Occurrence _______________________________________ Based on the results of the 1990 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 50 1 Population Size of County of Residence ______________________________________ Based on the results of the 1990 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 residents Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 51 1 PMSA/MSA Population Size ________________________ Based on the results of the 1990 Census. 1 ... Area of 250,000 or more 2 ... Area of 100,000 to 250,000 9 ... Area of less than 100,000 or nonmetropolitan area Z ... Foreign residents 52-53 2 Education _________ 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 54 1 Education Recode ________________ 1 ... 0 - 8 years 2 ... 9 - 11 years 3 ... 12 years 4 ... 13 - 15 years 5 ... 16 years or more 6 ... Not stated 55-56 2 Month of Death ______________ 01 ... January 02 ... February 03 ... March 04 ... April 05 ... May 06 ... June 07 ... July 08 ... August 09 ... September 10 ... October 11 ... November 12 ... December 57-58 2 Reserved Positions __________________ 59 1 Sex ___ 1 ... Male 2 ... Female Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 60-63 4 RACE ____ 60-61 2 Detail Race ___________ United States Occurrence Beginning with 1992 data, some areas started reporting additional Asian or Pacific Islander codes for race. Codes 18 - 68 replace old code 08 for these areas. Codes 78 replaces old code 08 for all other areas. For consistency with Census races, code 09 (all other races) has been imputed. 01 ... White 02 ... Black 03 ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 04 ... Chinese 05 ... Japanese 06 ... Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian) 07 ... Filipino 18 ... Asian Indian 28 ... Korean 38 ... Samoan 48 ... Vietnamese 58 ... Guamanian 68 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander in areas reporting codes 18-58 78 ... Combined other Asian or Pacific Islander, includes codes 18-68 for areas that do not report them separately Puerto Rico Occurrence 00 ... Other races 01 ... White 02 ... Black Virgin Islands Occurrence 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 Guam Occurrence 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 10 ... Guamanian 62 1 Race Recode 3 _____________ 1 ... White 2 ... Races other than White or Black 3 ... Black Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 63 1 Race Recode 2 _____________ 1 ... White 2 ... All other races 64-74 11 REPORTED AGE ____________ 64-66 3 Detail Age __________ Three positions are used to code detail age. Location 64 identifies age in years, months, days, etc. Locations 65-66 are the number of years, months, days, etc. 0 01-99 ... Years less than 100 1 00-99 ... Years 100 or more 2 01-11,99 ... Months 3 01-03,99 ... Weeks 4 01-27,99 ... Days 5 01-23,99 ... Hours 6 01-59,99 ... Minutes 9 99 ... Age not stated Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 67-68 2 Age Recode 52 _____________ 01 ... Under 1 hour (includes not stated hours and minutes) 02 ... 1 - 23 hours 03 ... 1 day (includes not stated days) 04 ... 2 days 05 ... 3 days 06 ... 4 days 07 ... 5 days 08 ... 6 days 09 ... 7 - 13 days (includes not stated weeks) 10 ... 14 - 20 days 11 ... 21 - 27 days 12 ... 1 month (includes not stated months) 13 ... 2 months 14 ... 3 months 15 ... 4 months 16 ... 5 months 17 ... 6 months 18 ... 7 months 19 ... 8 months 20 ... 9 months 21 ... 10 months 22 ... 11 months 23 ... 1 year 24 ... 2 years 25 ... 3 years 26 ... 4 years 27 ... 5 - 9 years 28 ... 10 - 14 years 29 ... 15 - 19 years 30 ... 20 - 24 years 31 ... 25 - 29 years 32 ... 30 - 34 years 33 ... 35 - 39 years 34 ... 40 - 44 years 35 ... 45 - 49 years 36 ... 50 - 54 years 37 ... 55 - 59 years 38 ... 60 - 64 years 39 ... 65 - 69 years 40 ... 70 - 74 years 41 ... 75 - 79 years 42 ... 80 - 84 years 43 ... 85 - 89 years 44 ... 90 - 94 years 45 ... 95 - 99 years 46 ... 100 - 104 years 47 ... 105 - 109 years 48 ... 110 - 114 years 49 ... 115 - 119 years 50 ... 120 - 124 years 51 ... 125 years and over 52 ... Age not stated Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 69-70 2 Age Recode 27 _____________ 01 ... Under 1 month (includes not stated weeks, days, hours, and minutes) 02 ... 1 month - 11 months (includes not stated months) 03 ... 1 year 04 ... 2 years 05 ... 3 years 06 ... 4 years 07 ... 5 - 9 years 08 ... 10 - 14 years 09 ... 15 - 19 years 10 ... 20 - 24 years 11 ... 25 - 29 years 12 ... 30 - 34 years 13 ... 35 - 39 years 14 ... 40 - 44 years 15 ... 45 - 49 years 16 ... 50 - 54 years 17 ... 55 - 59 years 18 ... 60 - 64 years 19 ... 65 - 69 years 20 ... 70 - 74 years 21 ... 75 - 79 years 22 ... 80 - 84 years 23 ... 85 - 89 years 24 ... 90 - 94 years 25 ... 95 - 99 years 26 ... 100 years and over 27 ... Age not stated 71-72 2 Age Recode 12 _____________ 01 ... Under 1 year (includes not stated infant ages) 02 ... 1 - 4 years 03 ... 5 - 14 years 04 ... 15 - 24 years 05 ... 25 - 34 years 06 ... 35 - 44 years 07 ... 45 - 54 years 08 ... 55 - 64 years 09 ... 65 - 74 years 10 ... 75 - 84 years 11 ... 85 years and over 12 ... Age not stated Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 73-74 2 Infant Age Recode 22 ____________________ Blank ... Age 1 year and over or not stated 01 ... Under 1 hour (includes not stated hours and minutes) 02 ... 1 - 23 hours 03 ... 1 day (includes not stated days) 04 ... 2 days 05 ... 3 days 06 ... 4 days 07 ... 5 days 08 ... 6 days 09 ... 7 - 13 days (includes not stated weeks) 10 ... 14 - 20 days 11 ... 21 - 27 days 12 ... 1 month (includes not stated months) 13 ... 2 months 14 ... 3 months 15 ... 4 months 16 ... 5 months 17 ... 6 months 18 ... 7 months 19 ... 8 months 20 ... 9 months 21 ... 10 months 22 ... 11 months 75 1 Place of death and Decedent's Status ____________________________________ 1 ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center - Inpatient 2 ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center - Outpatient or admitted to Emergency Room 3 ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center - Dead on Arrival 4 ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center - Patient status unknown 5 ... Nursing home 6 ... Residence 7 ... Other 9 ... Place of death unknown 76 1 Reserved Position _________________ 77 1 Marital Status ______________ 1 ... Never married, single 2 ... Married 3 ... Widowed 4 ... Divorced 8 ... Marital Status not on certificate 9 ... Marital Status not stated Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 78-79 2 State of Birth ______________ 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 43 ... Tennessee 44 ... Texas 45 ... Utah 46 ... Vermont 47 ... Virginia 48 ... Washington 49 ... West Virginia 50 ... Wisconsin 51 ... Wyoming 52 ... Puerto Rico 53 ... Virgin Islands 54 ... Guam 55 ... Canada 56 ... Cuba 57 ... Mexico 59 ... Remainder of the world 99 ... State of birth unknown Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 80-81 2 Hispanic Origin _______________ Not all areas report Hispanic Origin. See Technical Appendix. 00 ... Non - Hispanic 01 ... Mexican 02 ... Puerto Rican 03 ... Cuban 04 ... Central or South American 05 ... Other or unknown Hispanic 99 ... Unknown 82 1 Hispanic Origin/Race Recode ___________________________ Not all areas report Hispanic Origin. See Technical Appendix. 1 ... Mexican 2 ... Puerto Rican 3 ... Cuban 4 ... Central or South American 5 ... Other or unknown Hispanic 6 ... Non - Hispanic white 7 ... Non - Hispanic black 8 ... Non - Hispanic other races 9 ... Hispanic origin unknown 83 1 Day of Week of Death ____________________ 1 ... Sunday 2 ... Monday 3 ... Tuesday 4 ... Wednesday 5 ... Thursday 6 ... Friday 7 ... Saturday 9 ... Unknown 84 1 Reserved Position _________________ Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 85-87 3 Kind of Business or Industry ____________________________ This item is not reported by all states. Refer to the Addendum to Technical Appendix at the back of this publication for a list of reporting states. A new coding structure was instituted for the 1993 data year. For a complete list of categories and codes refer to : U.S. Bureau of the Census: Classified index of industries and occupations. 1990 Census of Population and Housing. First Edition. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, April 1992. 010-960 ... Code range (not inclusive) In addition to the codes shown in the Census publication, the following codes are also applicable: 961 ... Non - paid worker or non-worker 970 ... Retired; with no other industry reported 88-90 3 Usual Occupation ________________ This item is not reported by all states. Refer to the Addendum to Technical Appendix at the back of this publication for a list of reporting states. A new coding structure was instituted for the 1993 data year. For a complete list of categories and codes refer to the Census Bureau publication mentioned above. 003-905 ... Code range (not inclusive) In addition to the codes shown in the Census publication, the following codes are also applicable: 913 ... Retired; with no other occupation reported 914 ... Homemaker 915 ... Student 916 ... Volunteer 917 ... None 91-93 3 52 Cause Recode _______________ A recode of the cause code into 52 groups designed for use in producing tabulations. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and categories. 010-560 ... Code range (not inclusive) 94-96 3 Reserved Positions __________________ 97-101 5 Place (city) of Residence (FIPS) ________________________________ A complete list of cities is shown in the Geographic code outline further back in this document. Effective with the 1994 data year, the FIPS place code has been added to the Mortality record. It identifies each city of 100,000 population or more in 1990. 00000 ... Foreign residents 00001- nnnnn ... Code range 99999 ... Balance of county; or city of less than 100,000 population 102-118 17 Reserved Positions __________________ Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 119-132 14 FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS (FIPS) GEOGRAPHIC CODES ________________________________________________________________ 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. Some geographic codes have been changed to reflect the results of the 1990 Census. 119-120 2 State of Occurrence (FIPS) __________________________ United States 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 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 Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 119-120 2 State of Occurrence (FIPS) - Con. __________________________________ Puerto Rico 72 ... Puerto Rico Virgin Islands 78 ... Virgin Islands Guam 66 ... Guam 121-123 3 County of Occurrence (FIPS) ___________________________ 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 1990. (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. 001-nnn ... Code range 999 ... County of less than 100,000 population Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 124-125 2 State of Residence (FIPS) _________________________ 00 ... Foreign residents 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 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 Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 124-125 2 State of Residence (FIPS) - Con. _________________________________ Puerto Rico Occurrence 72 ... Puerto Rico 00-56,66, 78 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Virgin Islands Occurrence 78 ... Virgin Islands 00-56,66, 72 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Guam Occurrence 66 ... Guam 01-56 ... U.S. Resident. Also considered a resident of Guam. 00,72,78 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. 126-128 3 County of Residence (FIPS) __________________________ 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 1990. (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. 000 ... Foreign residents 001-nnn ... Code range 999 ... County of less than 100,000 population Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 129-132 4 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 (OMB) as of 1990. For New England, the New England County Metropolitan Areas (NECMA) are used. Further back in this document is a list of PMSA's, MSA's, NECMA's, and their component counties. 0000 ... Nonmetropolian counties or foreign residents 0040-9360 ... Code range 9999 ... Area of less than 100,000 population 133 1 Reserved Position _________________ 134-135 2 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 1990. All Areas 00 ... Not a CMSA United States Occurrence 07 ... Boston - Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, CMSA 14 ... Chicago - Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, CMSA 21 ... Cincinnati - Hamilton, OH-KY-IN, CMSA 28 ... Cleveland - Akron, OH, CMSA 31 ... Dallas - Fort Worth, TX. CMSA 34 ... Denver - Boulder-Greeley, CO, CMSA 35 ... Detroit - Ann Arbor-Flint, MI, CMSA 42 ... Houston - Galveston-Brazoria, TX, CMSA 49 ... Los Angeles -Riverside- Orange County, CA, CMSA 56 ... Miami - Fort Lauderdale, FL, CMSA 63 ... Milwaukee - Racine, WI, CMSA 70 ... New York -Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, CMSA 77 ... Philadelphia - Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CMSA 79 ... Portland - Salem, OR-WA, CMSA 82 ... Sacremento - Yolo, CA, CMSA 84 ... San Francisco -Oakland-San Jose, CA, CMSA 91 ... Seattle - Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, CMSA 97 ... Washington - Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, CMSA Puerto Rico Occurrence 97 ... San Juan -Caguas-Arecibo, PR, CMSA 136 1 Injury at Work ______________ 1 ... Yes 2 ... No 9 ... Unknown 137 1 Race Imputation Flag ____________________ Blank ... Race is not imputed 1 ... Unknown race is imputed 2 ... All other races, formerly code 09, is imputed Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 138 1 Age Substitution Flag _____________________ If reported age is unknown but a valid age is calculated using dates of birth and death, the calculated age is substituted for the unknown reported age. 1 ... Calculated age is substituted for reported age 139-140 2 Reserved Positions __________________ 141 1 Place of Accident for Causes E850-E869 and E880-E928 ____________________________________________________ Blank ... Causes other than E850-E869 and E880-E928 0 ... Home 1 ... Farm 2 ... Mine and Quarry 3 ... Industrial Place and Premises 4 ... Place for Recreation and Sport 5 ... Street and Highway 6 ... Public Building 7 ... Resident Institution 8 ... Other Specified Places 9 ... Place of Accident not specified 142-159 18 UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH _________________________ 142-145 4 ICD Code (9th Revision) _______________________ See the "International Classification of Diseases", 1975 Revision, Volume 1. For injuries and poisoning, the external cause is coded (E800-E999) rather than the Nature of Injury (800-999). These positions do not include the letter E for the external cause of injury. For those causes that do not have a 4th digit, location 145 is blank. 146-150 5 282 Cause Recode ________________ A recode of the ICD cause code into 282 groups for NCHS publications. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and the causes included. 00300-35800 ... Code range (not inclusive) 151-153 3 72 Cause Recode _______________ A recode of the ICD cause code into 72 groups for NCHS publications. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and the causes included. 010-840 ... Code range (not inclusive) 154-156 3 61 Infant Cause Recode ______________________ A recode of the ICD cause code into 61 groups for NCHS publications. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and the causes included. 010-680 ... Code range (not inclusive) 157-159 3 34 Cause Recode _______________ A recode of the ICD cause code into 34 groups for NCHS publications. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and the causes included. 010-370 ... Code range (not inclusive) Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ 160-440 281 MULTIPLE CONDITIONS ___________________ 160-161 2 Number of Entity-Axis Conditions ________________________________ 00-20 ... Code range 162-301 140 ENTITY - AXIS CONTITIONS ________________________ Space has been provided for maximum of 20 conditions. Each condition takes 7 positions in the record. Records that do not have 20 conditions are blank in the unused area. Position 1: Part/line number on certificate 1 ... Part I, line 1 (a) 2 ... Part I, line 2 (b) 3 ... Part I, line 3 (c) 4 ... Part I, line 4 (d) 5 ... Part I, line 5 (e) 6 ... Part II Position 2: Sequence of condition within part/line 1-7 ... Code range Position 3 - 6: Condition code See Table 1 for a complete list of codes Position 7: Nature of Injury Flag 1 ... Indicates that the code in positions 3-6 is a Nature of Injury code 0 ... All other codes 162-168 7 1st Condition 169-175 7 2nd Condition 176-182 7 3rd Condition 183-189 7 4th Condition 190-196 7 5th Condition 197-203 7 6th Condition 204-210 7 7th Condition 211-217 7 8th Condition 218-224 7 9th Condition 225-231 7 10th Condition 232-238 7 11th Condition 239-245 7 12th Condition 246-252 7 13th Condition 253-259 7 14th Condition 260-266 7 15th Condition 267-273 7 16th Condition Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline ________ _____ _____________________ ENTITY - AXIS CONDITIONS - continued ____________________________________ 274-280 7 17th Condition 281-287 7 18th Condition 288-294 7 19th Condition 295-301 7 20th Condition 302-337 36 Reserved Positions __________________ 338-339 2 Number of Record-Axis Conditions ________________________________ 00-20 ... Code range 340 1 Reserved Position _________________ 341-440 100 RECORD - AXIS CONDITIONS ________________________ Space has been provided for a maximum of 20 conditions. Each condition takes 5 positions in the record. Records that do not have 20 conditions are blank in the unused area. Positions 1 - 4: Condition Code See Table 1 for a complete list of codes Position 5: Nature of Injury Flag 1 ... Indicates that the code in positions 1-4 is a Nature of Injury code 0 ... All other codes 341-345 5 1st Condition 346-350 5 2nd Condition 351-355 5 3rd Condition 356-360 5 4th Condition 361-365 5 5th Condition 366-370 5 6th Condition 371-375 5 7th Condition 376-380 5 8th Condition 381-385 5 9th Condition 386-390 5 10th Condition 391-395 5 11th Condition 396-400 5 12th Condition 401-405 5 13th Condition 406-410 5 14th Condition 411-415 5 15th Condition 416-420 5 16th Condition 421-425 5 17th Condition 426-430 5 18th Condition 431-435 5 19th Condition 436-440 5 20th Condition