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 of death                             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



VI.    List of Data elements and Tape Locations - Con.

       Data Items                                                       Tape 
                                                                        Locations
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