VI.	List of File Data Elements and Tape Locations

Tape

Data Items	Locations

1. General

a.	Record Type	19

b.	Resident status	20

c.	Place of death and decedent's status	75

d.	Day of week of death	83

e.	Date of data receipt	110-114

f.	Data year	115-118

g.	Manner of death	139

h.	Activity code	140

i.	Place of injury	141

2. Occurrence

a.	Reporting Area	3

b.	State	21-22,28

c.	Expanded State	29-30

d.	County	23-25

e.	County Population size	49

f.	Region	26

g.	Division	27

h.	FIPS State	119-120

i.	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

4. The Decedent

a.	Month of Death	55-56

b.	Sex	59

c.	Race	60-63

d.	Age	64-74

e.	Marital status	77

f.	State of birth	78-79

g.	Hispanic origin	80-81,82

h.	Kind of Business or Industry	85-87

Data Items - Con.	Tape

Locations

i.	Usual Occupation	88-90

j.	Education	52-53, 54

5. Underlying Cause

a.	ICD-10 code	142-145

b.	358 cause recode	146-148

c.	113 cause recode	151-153

d.	130 cause recode	154-156

e.	39 cause recode	157-158

f.	Place of injury	141

g.	Injury at work	136

6. 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

1-3	2	Reserved Positions

These positions are blank.

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

Territory and County-equivalent of Occurrence and Residence are the same.

2	...	INTRASTATE NONRESIDENTS

Territory of Occurrence and Residence are the same, but County-equivalent 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

Territory and County-equivalent of Occurrence and Residence are the same.

2	...	INTRASTATE NONRESIDENTS

Territory of Occurrence and Residence are the same, but County-equivalent 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.

American Samoa Occurrence

1	...	RESIDENTS

Territory and County-equivalent of Occurrence and Residence are the same.

2	...	INTRASTATE NONRESIDENTS

Territory of Occurrence and Residence are the same, but County-equivalent is different.

4	...	FOREIGN RESIDENTS

Occurred in American Samoa to a resident of any other place.

Northern Marianas Occurrence

1 ... RESIDENTS

Territory and County-equivalent of Occurrence and

Residence are the same.

2 ... INTRASTATE NONRESIDENTS

Territory of Occurrence and Residence are the same, but

County-equivalent is different.

4 ... FOREIGN RESIDENTS

Occurred in Northern Marianas to a resident of any other

place.

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

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

21-22	2	State of Occurrence - Con.

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

Guam

54	...Guam

American Samoa

61	...American Samoa

Northern Marianas

62	...Northern Marianas

23-25	3	County of Occurrence

001-nnn	...	Counties and county equivalents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each State. (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.

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, Guam, or American Samoa 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

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

26	1	Region

27-28	2	Division and State Subcode of Occurrence - Con.

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

29-30 2 Expanded State of Occurrence - Con.

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

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

29-30 2 Expanded State of Occurrence - Con.

Guam

55	... Guam

American Samoa

62	...American Samoa

Northern Marianas

63	...Northern Marianas

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

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

31-32 2 State of Residence - Con.

U.S. Occurrence

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

52-57,59,61	... Foreign residents

52	... Puerto Rico

53	... Virgin Islands

54	... Guam

55	... Canada

56	... Cuba

57	... Mexico

59	... Remainder of the world

61	... American Samoa

62	... Northern Marianas

Puerto Rico Occurrence

52	... Puerto Rico

01-51,53-

57,59,61... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure.

Virgin Islands Occurrence

53	... Virgin Islands

01-52,54-

57,59,61... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure.

31-32 2 State of Residence - Con.

U.S. Occurrence

Guam Occurrence

54	... Guam

01-51	... U.S. resident. Also considered a resident of Guam.

52-53,55-57,

59,61	... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure.

American Samoa Occurrence

61	... American Samoa

01-57,

59	... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure.

Northern Marianas Occurrence

62 ... Northern Marianas

01-57,

59,61 ... 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. (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

36-38	3	City of Residence

001-nnn	...Cities are numbered alphabetically within each State and identify each city with a population of 10,000 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

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:	American Samoa, 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

41-43 3 Region

Division and State of Residence - 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

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

42	... South Carolina

44-45	2	Expanded State of Residence Code - Con.

43	... South Dakota

44	... Tennessee

45	... Texas

46	... Utah

47	... Vermont

48	... Virginia

49	... Washington

50	... West Virginia

51	... Wisconsin

52	... Wyoming

53-58, 60, 62	... Foreign Residents

53	... Puerto Rico

54	... Virgin Island

55	... Guam

56	... Canada

57	... Cuba

58	... Mexico

60	... Remainder of the world

62	... American Samoa

Puerto Rico Occurrence

53	... Puerto Rico

01-52, 54-

58,60,62 ... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure.

Virgin Islands Occurrence

54	... Virgin Islands

01-53,55-

58,60,62 ... 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,

60,62	... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure.

American Samoa Occurrence

62	... American Samoa

01-58,

60	... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure.

44-45 2 Expanded State of Residence - Con.

Northern Marianas Occurrence

63 ... Northern Marianas

01-58,

60,62 ... 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.

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	... Count 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

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

60-61 2 Detail Race - Con.

Guam 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

58	... Guamanian

American Samoa 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

Northern Marianas Occurrence

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 18-68

for areas that do not report them separately

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

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

67-68	2	Age Recode 52 - Con.

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

69-70	2	Age Recode 27 - Con.

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

73-74	2	Infant Age Recode 22 - Con.

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

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

78-79	2	State of Birth - Con.

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

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

61	... American Samoa

78-79	2	State of Birth - Con.

62	...Northern Marianas

99	... State of birth unknown

80-81	2	Hispanic Origin

Beginning data year 1997 all States report Hispanic Origin.

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

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)

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

91-96	6	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

1999	...1999

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

119-120 2 State of Occurrence (FIPS) - Con.

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

72	...	Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

78	...	Virgin Islands

Guam

66	...	Guam

119-120 2 State of Occurrence (FIPS) - Con.

American Samoa

60	...	American Samoa

Northern Marianas

69	...	Northern Marianas

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

16	... Idaho

17	... Illinois

18	... Indiana

19	... Iowa

20	... Kansas

21	... Kentucky

22	... Louisiana

23	... Maine

24	... Maryland

25	... Massachusetts

26	... Michigan

27	... Minnesota

124-125	2	State of Residence (FIPS) - Con.

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

00-56,60, 66,

78	...	Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure.

Virgin Islands Occurrence

78 ... Virgin Islands

00-56,60, 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, 60, 72, 78	...	Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure.

124-125	2	State of Residence (FIPS) - Con.

American Samoa Occurrence

60	...	American Samoa

00-56, 66,

72, 78	...	Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure.

Northern Marianas Occurrence

69	...	Northern Marianas

00-56,60,66

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.

129-132	4	PMSA/MSA of Residence (FIPS) - Con.

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

134-135	2	CMSA of Residence (FIPS)

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	1	Manner of Death

1	...	Accident

2	...	Suicide

3	...	Homicide

4	...	Pending investigation

5	...	Could not determine

6	...	Self-Inflicted

7	...	Natural

blank	...	Not specified

140	1	Activity Code

0	...	While engaged in sports activity

1	...	While engaged in leisure activity

2	...	While working for income

3	...	While engaged in other types of work

4	...	While resting, sleeping, eating (vital activities)

8	...	While engaged in other specified activities

9	...	During unspecified activity

blank	...	Not applicable

141	1	Place of Injury for Causes W00-Y34, except Y06.- and Y07.-

0	...	Home

1	...	Residential institution

2	...	School, other institution and public administrative

area

3	...	Sports and athletics area

4	...	Street and highway

5	...	Trade and service area

6	...	Industrial and construction area

7	...	Farm

8	...	Other Specified Places

9	...	Unspecified place

Blank	...	Causes other than W00-Y34, except Y06.- and Y07.-

142-159	18	UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH

142-145	4	ICD Code (10th Revision)

See the International Classification of Diseases, 1992 Revision, Volume 1.

146-148	3	358 Cause Recode

A recode of the ICD cause code into 358 groups for NCHS publications. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and the causes included.

001-456	...	Code range (not inclusive)

149-150	2	Reserved Positions

151-153	3	113 Cause Recode

A recode of the ICD cause code into 113 groups for NCHS publications. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and the causes included.

001-135	...	Code range (not inclusive)

154-156	3	130 Infant Cause Recode

A recode of the ICD cause code into 130 groups for NCHS publications. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and the causes included.

001-158	...	Code range (not inclusive)

157-158	2	39 Cause Recode

A recode of the ICD cause code into 39 groups for NCHS publications. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and the causes included.

01-42	...	Code range (not inclusive)

159	1	Reserved Position

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. The 7th position will be blank. 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

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

162-301	140	ENTITY - AXIS CONDITIONS - Con.

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 (TRANSAX flag)

341-440 100	RECORD - AXIS CONDITIONS

Space has been provided for a maximum of 20 conditions. Each condition takes 5 positions in the record. The 5th position will be blank. 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

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

341-440 RECORD - AXIS CONDITIONS - Con.

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

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