Occupation and industry

     Deaths by occupation and industry are included on the Multiple Cause
of Death CD-ROM.  These data were included for the first time on the NCHS
public use data tapes in 1985.  These data were obtained from the following
items that appear on the U.S. Standard Certificate of Death:

     (Item 14a)    USUAL OCCUPATION (Give kind of work done during most of
                                     working life, even if retired.)

     (Item 14b)    KIND OF BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY

For 1994, the occupation and industry mortality data were included for the
following 18 reporting States:

     Colorado                 New Jersey
     Georgia                  New Mexico
     Hawaii                   North Carolina
     Idaho                    Rhode Island
     Kansas                   South Carolina
     Kentucky                 Utah
     Maine                    Vermont
     Nevada                   West Virginia
     New Hampshire            Wisconsin

Data for 1993 and 1994 were coded using the revised NCHS Part 19 instruction
manual (1) and the Bureau of the Census 1990 occupation and industry titles
and three-digit codes, which are shown in the 1990 Census of Population and
Housing (2) and in the documentation section of this ROM.

     Occupation and industry mortality data for 1984-92 were based on the
1980 Bureau of the Census occupation and industry classifications.  For a
listing of the changes between the 1980 and 1990 classification systems, see
Appendix D of the NCHS Part 19 instruction manual (1).

In addition to the codes shown in the Bureau of the Census publication(4),
the following special codes were created:

    Occupation                       Industry
    913 Retired                      961 Own Home/At Home
    914 Housewife/Homemaker          970 Retired
    915 Student                      990 Blank,Unknown,NA
    916 Volunteer
    917 Unemployed, never
        worked, disabled, child,
        infant
    999 Blank, Unknown, NA

(1)  National Center for Health Statistics:  Industry and occupation coding
for death certificates, 1993.  NCHS instruction manual, Part 19. Hyattsville,
Maryland:  Public Health Service. 1992.

(2)  U.S. Bureau of the Census:  Classified index of industries and
occupations.  1990 Census of Population and Housing.  Washington:  U.S.
Department of Commerce. 1992.

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