Scientific Data Documentation
Multiple Cause of Death, 1996
Data Set Names:CC36.MCMORT96
CC36.MCMORT96.PS
**The Detail file's records encompass the first 159 characters of the Multiple
Cause file's records. Detail file users need to refer to the Multiple Cause file
documentation item descriptions for tape positions 1-159. Please note that for
all files, the data year is no longer in positions 1-2. A four-digit data year
is now in positions 115-118. Other items' text descriptions have been updated
or modified.
VI. List of Data Elements and Tape Locations
Tape
Data Items Locations
1. General
a. Data year 115-118
b. Record Type 19
c. Resident status 20
d. Month of death 55-56
e. Day of week 83
f. Place of death and decedent's
status 75
2. Occurrence
a. State 21-22,28
b. Expanded State 29-30
c. County 23-25
d. County Population size 49
e. Region 26
f. Division 27
g. FIPS State 119-120
h. FIPS County 121-123
3. Residence
a. State 31-32,43
b. Expanded State 44-45
c. County 33-35
d. County Population size 50
e. City 36-38
f. City Population size 39
g. Met/Nonmet county 40
h. Region 41
i. Division 42
j. PMSA/MSA 46-48
k. PMSA/MSA Population size 51
l. FIPS State 124-125
m. FIPS County 126-128
n. FIPS Place 97-101
o. FIPS PMSA/MSA 129-132
p. FIPS CMSA 134-135
1. The Decedent
a. Sex 59
b. Race 60-63
c. Age 64-74
d. Marital status 77
e. State of birth 78-79
f. Hispanic origin 80-81,82
g. Kind of Business or Industry 85-87
h. Usual Occupation 88-90
i. Education 52-53, 54
2. Underlying Cause
a. ICD-9 code 142-145
b. 282 cause recode 146-150
c. 72 cause recode 151-153
d. 61 cause recode 154-156
e. 52 cause recode 91-93
f. 34 cause recode 157-159
g. Place of accident 141
h. Injury at work 136
3. Multiple Conditions
a. Entity-Axis conditions
1. Number of 160-161
2. The conditions 162-301
b. Record-Axis conditions
1. Number of 338-339
2. The conditions 341-440
Tape Field
Location Size Item and Code Outline
________ _____ _____________________
1-3 3 Reserved Positions
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.
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.
20 1 Resident Status - Con.
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 the U.S.
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
21-22 2 State of Occurrence - Con.
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
Puerto Rico
52 ...Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
53 ...Virgin Islands
21-22 2 State of Occurrence - Con.
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
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
26-28 3 Region
Division and State Subcode of Occurrence - Con.
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
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
29-30 2 Expanded State of Occurrence - Con.
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
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
31-32 2 State of Residence - Con.
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
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.
52-53,55-57,
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
41 1 Region
42-43 2 Division and State Subcode of Residence
States are codes 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
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
44-45 2 Expanded State of Residence - Con.
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 Island
55 ... Guam
56 ... Canada
57 ... Cuba
58 ... Mexico
60 ... Remainder of the world
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, 56-58,
60 ... Foreign residents: Refer to .U.S.
for specific code structure.
46-48 3 NCHS PMSA/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.
46-48 3 NCHS PMSA/MSA of Residence -Con.
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
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
52-53 2 Education - Con.
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
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. Code 78 replaces old 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
60-61 2 Detail Race - Guam Occurrence - Con.
05 ... Japanese
06 ... Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian)
07 ... Filipino
08 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander
58 ... Guamanian
62 1 Race Recode 3
1 ... White
2 ... Races other than White or Black
3 ... Black
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
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
67-68 2 Age Recode 52 - Con.
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
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 years
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
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 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
77 1 Marital Status - Con.
4 ... Divorced
8 ... Marital Status not on certificate
9 ... Marital Status not stated
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
78-79 2 State of Birth - Con.
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 Island
54 ... Guam
55 ... Canada
56 ... Cuba
57 ... Mexico
59 ... Remainder of the world
99 ... State of birth unknown
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
85-87 3 Kind of Business or Industry
This item is not reported by all States. Refer to the Addendum to the
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 ... Own home/At home
970 ... Retired; with no other industry
reported
990 ... Blank, Unknown, NA
88-90 3 Usual Occupation
This item is not reported by all States. Refer to the Addendum to the
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)
88-90 3 Usual Occupation - Con.
In addition to the codes shown in the Census publication, the following
codes are also applicable:
913 ... Retired; with no other
occupation reported
914 ... Housewife/Homemaker
915 ... Student
916 ... Volunteer
917 ... Unemployed, never worked,
disabled, child, infant
999 ... Blank, Unknown, NA
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
102-114 13 Reserved Positions
115-118 4 Current Data Year
1996 ... 1996
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
119-120 2 State of Occurrrence (FIPS) - Con.
49 ... Utah
50 ... Vermont
51 ... Virginia
53 ... Washington
54 ... West Virginia
55 ... Wisconsin
56 ... Wyoming
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
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
124-125 2 State of Residence (FIPS) - Con.
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
Puerto Rico Occurrence
72 ... Puerto Rico
00-56,66,
78 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S.
for specific code structure.
124-125 2 State of Residence (FIPS) - Con.
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
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 docuent is a list of PMSA's, MSA's, NECMA's, and
their component counties.
0000 ... Nonmetropolitan 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
87 ... 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
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 records and the causes
included.
010-370 ... Code range (not inclusive)
160-440 281 MULTIPLE CONDITIONS
160-161 2 Number of Entity-Axis Conditions
00-20 ... Code range
162-301 140 ENTITY - AXIS CONDITIONS
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
ENTITY - AXIS CONDITIONS - Con.
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
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
RECORD - AXIS CONDITIONS - Con.
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
