Scientific Data Documentation

   Detail Mortality, 1997

Data:
Compressed (zip) format:

MORT97
This compressed file contains 2 files in simple text fixed format:

MORT97 - United States data

MORT97PS - Guam, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands data

Documentation:

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. 

See also:  Multiple Cause Mortality Documentation File, 1997

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