1959-1967 Mortality Detail Files -------------------------------- The chief of the NCHS mortality branch has said that while the files are generally ok, they have not been rigorously verified. "Counts by selected causes and demographic groups seem to match up with VSUS, but because in some cases these files had to be reconstructed and pieced together from different sources-some were damaged or lost-we cannot at this time be certain as to their accuracy." inm_0001.pdf -- Geographic Reference Manual Effective with 1962 data inm_0002.pdf -- Vital Statisitcs Intruction Manual Part II Coding and Punching, Section C Geographic Code Final Births, Deaths, and Fetal Deaths Occurring in 1960-1961. February 1961. mor59_67.pdf -- Main Mortality documentation *************************************************** 1967 data does not match the documentation layout: ** Columns 3,4,5,6,7,8,61,62,63,69,70 are all blank/do not have data. Not sure what is in column 16 in 1967. However, based on popsize it appears b16 is some sort of geographic variable where 9=balance of county, rural: Cumulative Cumulative b16 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------- 0 972765 52.54 972765 52.54 1 71540 3.86 1044305 56.41 9 807018 43.59 1851323 100.00 Cumulative Cumulative popsize Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------- 0 204538 11.05 204538 11.05 1 126863 6.85 331401 17.90 2 124478 6.72 455879 24.62 3 125335 6.77 581214 31.39 4 145647 7.87 726861 39.26 5 147935 7.99 874796 47.25 6 169509 9.16 1044305 56.41 9 807018 43.59 1851323 100.00 9 means balance of county, rural *************************************************** Popsize for 1966 does not take values 3-6, indicating that places with less than 250,000 were coded 7 if urban, 9 if rural. popsize | Freq. Percent Cum. ------------+----------------------------------- 0 | 208,022 11.17 11.17 1 | 130,957 7.03 18.19 2 | 126,095 6.77 24.96 7 | 588,102 31.56 56.53 9 | 809,973 43.47 100.00 ------------+----------------------------------- Total | 1,863,149 100.00 The variable racer6 is missing for 1966. *************************************************** ccr variables are copies of ucr variables with extra spacing for ease of producing tables back in the 1960s. *************************************************** ns3%> zcat mort1959.dat.Z | wc -l 1660172 ns3%> zcat mort1960.dat.Z | wc -l 1711982 ns3%> zcat mort1961.dat.Z | wc -l 1701522 nberdc1%> zcat mort1967.dat.Z | wc -l 1851323