Tape Location Field Size 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Item and Code Outline 1-3 4-9 10-11 12-18 19 20 3 6 2 7 1 1 Reserved Positions Certificate Number These positions are blank. Reserved Positions Sequence Number These positions are blank 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. 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. Tape Location Field Size 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Item and Code Outline 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 4 ... ... RESIDENTS Occurred in Guam to a resident of Guam or to a resident of the U.S. FOREIGN RESIDENTS Occurred in Guam to a resident of any place other than Guam or the U.S. American Samoa Occurrence 21-30 10 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. 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 02 03 ... Alabama ... Alaska ... Arizona 21-22 2 State of Occurrence - Con. 04 05 ... Arkansas ... California Tape Location Field Size 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Item and Code Outline 21-22 16 2 06 ... Colorado 07 ... Connecticut 08 ... Delaware 09 ... District of Columbia 10 ... Florida 11 ... Georgia 12 ... Hawaii 13 ... Idaho 14 ... Illinois 15 ... Indiana ... 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 State of Occurrence - Con. 48 49 50 ... Washington ... West Virginia ... Wisconsin 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Location Field Size Item and Code Outline 51 ... Wyoming Puerto Rico 52 ...Puerto Rico Virgin Islands 53 ...Virgin Islands Guam 54 ...Guam American Samoa 61 ...American Samoa 23-25 3 County of Occurrence 001-nnn ... 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. 999 ... County of less than 100,000 population 26 27-28 1 2 Region Division and State Subcode of Occurrence States are coded within Division. 26 is Region. 27 is Division. 28 is State subcode. Tape Location Field Size 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Item and Code Outline26-28 3 000 ... 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 Region Division and State Subcode of Occurrence - Con. 6 ... East South Central 1 ... Kentucky 2 ... Tennessee 3 ... Alabama 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 29-30 2 Expanded State of Occurrence - Con. 11 ... Georgia 12 ... Hawaii 13 ... Idaho 14 ... Illinois 15 ... Indiana 16 ... Iowa 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 29-30 2 Expanded State of Occurrence - Con. Virgin Islands 54 ...Virgin Islands Guam 55 ... Guam 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline American Samoa 62 ...American Samoa 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 31-32 2 State of Residence - Con. U.S. Occurrence 29 ... Nevada 30 ... New Hampshire 31 ... New Jersey 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 Puerto Rico Occurrence 52 ... Puerto Rico 01-51,5357,59,61... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure. 31-32 2 State of Residence - Con. Virgin Islands Occurrence 53 ... Virgin Islands 01-52,5457,59,61 ... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure. 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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. 33-35 3 County of Residence 001-nnn ...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. zzz ...Foreign residents 999 ...County of less than 100,000 population 36-38 3 City of Residence 001-nnn ...Cities are numbered alphabetically within each State and identify each city with a population of 100,000 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; or city of less than 100,000 population 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 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Location Field Size Item and Code Outline 40 1 Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan County of Residence NOTE: American Samoa, Guam and the Virgin Islands do not have any metropolitan areas. 1 2 Z ...Metropolitan county ...Nonmetropolitan county ...Foreign residents 41 42-43 1 2 Region 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 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Foreign residents NORTHEAST New EnglandMaineNew HampshireVermontMassachusettsRhode IslandConnecticut Middle AtlanticNew YorkNew JerseyPennsylvania MIDWEST East North CentralOhioIndianaIllinoisMichiganWisconsin 41-43 3 Region Division and State of Residence - Con. 4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 ... West North Central Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas SOUTH 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 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 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 44-45 2 Expanded State of Residence - Con. 42 ... South Carolina 43 ... South Dakota 44 ... Tennessee 45 ... Texas 46 ... Utah 47 ... Vermont 48 ... Virginia 49 ... Washington 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Location Field Size Item and Code Outline 50 51 52 53-58, 60, 62 5354555657586062... West Virginia ... Wisconsin ... Wyoming ... Foreign Residents ... Puerto Rico ... Virgin Island ... Guam ... Canada ... Cuba ... Mexico ... Remainder of the world ... American Samoa Puerto Rico Occurrence 53 ... Puerto Rico 01-52, 5458,60,62 ... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Virgin Islands Occurrence 54 ... Virgin Islands 01-53,5558,60,62 ... 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 01-58, 60 ... American Samoa ... 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. 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 ... County 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 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 1Sex 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. 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 2 Detail Race - Con. Guam Occurrence ... White ... Black ... American Indian (Includes Aleuts and Eskimos) ... Chinese ... Japanese ... Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian) ... Filipino Tape Location Field Size 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Item and Code Outline 08 58 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander ... Guamanian American Samoa Occurrence 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 ... White ... Black ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) ... Chinese ... Japanese ... Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian) ... Filipino ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander 62 1 Race Recode 3 1 2 3 ... White ... Races other than White or Black ... Black 63 1 Race Recode 2 1 2 ... White ... 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 1 2 3 01-9900-9901-11,99 01-03,99 ... Years less than 100 ... Years 100 or more ... Months ... Weeks 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 27 ... 5 - 9 years 28 ... 10 - 14 years 29 ... 15 - 19 years 67-68 2 Age Recode 52 - Con. 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 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 18 ... 60 - 64 years 19 ... 65 - 69 years 69-70 2 Age Recode 27 - Con. 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 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Location Field Size Item and Code Outline 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Under 1 year (includes not stated infant ages) 1 - 4 years 5 - 14 years 15 - 24 years 25 - 34 years 35 - 44 years 45 - 54 years 55 - 64 years 65 - 74 years 75 - 84 years 85 years and over Age not stated 73-74 2 Infant Age Recode 22 04 Blank 01 02 03 ... 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ... ... ... ... 2 days ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Age 1 year and over or not stated Under 1 hour (includes not stated hours and minutes) 1 - 23 hours 1 day (includes not stated days) 3 days 4 days 5 days 6 days 7 days (includes not stated weeks) 14 - 20 days 21 - 27 days 1 month (includes not stated months) 2 months 3 months 4 months 5 months 6 months 7 months 8 months 73-74 2 Infant Age Recode 22 - Con. 20 21 22 ... ... ... 9 months 10 months 11 months 75 1 Place of Death and Decedent’s Status 1 2 ... ... Hospital, clinic or Medical Center - Inpatient Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center - Outpatient or admitted to Emergency Room Tape Location Field Size 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Item and Code Outline 3 4 5 6 7 9 ... ... ... ... ... ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center - Dead on Arrival Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center - Patient status unknown Nursing home Residence Other Place of death unknown 76 1 Reserved Position 77 1 Marital Status 1 2 3 4 8 9 ... ... ... ... ... ... Never married, single Married Widowed Divorced Marital Status not on certificate Marital Status not stated 78-79 2 State of Birth 78-79 04 2 01 ... Alabama 02 ... Alaska 03 ... Arizona ... Arkansas 05 ... California 06 ... Colorado 07 ... Connecticut 08 ... Delaware 09 ... District of Columbia 10 ... Florida 11 ... Georgia 12 ... Hawaii 13 ... Idaho 14 ... Illinois State of Birth - Con. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ... Indiana ... Iowa ... Kansas ... Kentucky ... Louisiana ... Maine ... Maryland ... Massachusetts ... Michigan ... Minnesota 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 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 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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) 85-87 3 Kind of Business or Industry - Con. 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 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 91-93 3 52 Cause Recode A recode of the cause code into 52 groups designed for use in producing tabulations. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and categories. 010-560 ... Code range (not inclusive) 94-96 3 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 00001nnnnn 99999 ... ... ... Foreign residents code range Balance of county; or city of less than 100,000 population 102-114 13 Reserved Positions 115-118 4 Current Data Year 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 1997 ...1997 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 119-120 2 State of Occurrence (FIPS) - Con. 20 ... Kansas 21 ... Kentucky 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 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 119-120 2 State of Occurrence (FIPS) - Con. Guam 66 ... Guam American Samoa 60 ... American Samoa 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. 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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 28 ... Mississippi 29 ... Missouri 124-125 2 State of Residence (FIPS) - Con. 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 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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. 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. 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 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. 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 134-135 2 CMSA of Residence (FIPS) - Con. 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 63 ... Milwaukee - Racine, WI, CMSA 70 ... New York -Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ- CT-PA, CMSA 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Location Field Size Item and Code Outline 77 79 82 84 91 97 ... Philadelphia - Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE- MD. CMSA ... Portland - Salem , OR-WA, CMSA ... Sacremento - Yolo, CA, CMSA ... San Francisco -Oakland-San Jose, CA, CMSA ... Seattle - Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, CMSA ... Washington - Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, CMSA Puerto Rico Occurrence 87 ... San Juan -Caguas-Arecibo, PR, CMSA 136 1 Injury at Work 1 2 9 ... ... ... Yes No Unknown 137 1 Race Imputation Flag Blank 1 2 ... ... ... Race is not imputed Unknown race is imputed 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 139-140 2 Reserved Positions 141 1 Place of Accident for Causes E850-E869 and E880-E928 Blank 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Causes other than E850-E869 and E880-E928 Home Farm Mine and Quarry Industrial Place and Premises Place for Recreation and Sport Street and Highway Public Building Resident Institution Other Specified Places Place of Accident not specified 142-159 18 UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 142-145 4 ICD Code (9th Revision) See the International Classification of Diseases, 1975 Revision, Volume 1. For injuries and poisoning, the external cause is coded (E800-E999) rather than the Nature of Injury (800-999). These positions do not include the letter E for the external cause of injury. For those causes that do not have a 4th digit, location 145 is blank. 146-150 5 282 Cause Recode A recode of the ICD cause code into 282 groups for NCHS publications. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and the causes included. 00300-35800 ... Code range (not inclusive) 151-153 3 72 Cause Recode A recode of the ICD cause code into 72 groups for NCHS publications. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and the causes included. 010-840 ... Code range (not inclusive) 154-156 3 61 Infant Cause Recode A recode of the ICD cause code into 61 groups for NCHS publications. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and the causes included. 010-680 ... Code range (not inclusive) 157-159 3 34 Cause Recode A recode of the ICD cause code into 34 groups for NCHS publications. Further back in this document is a complete list of records and the causes included. 010-370 ... Code range (not inclusive) 160-440 281 MULTIPLE CONDITIONS 160-161 2 Number of Entity-Axis Conditions 00-20 ... Code range 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 162-301 140 ENTITY - AXIS CONDITIONS Space has been provided for maximum of 20 conditions. Each condition takes 7 positions in the record. 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 ENTITY - AXIS CONDITIONS - Con. Position 7: Nature of Injury Flag 1 ... Indicates that the code in positions 3-6 is a Nature of Injury code 0 ... All other 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 Tape Location 211-217 Field Size 7 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Item and Code Outline 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 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 341-440 100 RECORD - AXIS CONDITIONS Space has been provided for a maximum of 20 conditions. Each condition takes 5 positions in the record. 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 Position 5: Nature of Injury Flag 1 ... Indicates that the code in positions 1-4 is a Nature of Injury code 1997 Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Tape Field Location Size Item and Code Outline 0 ... All other 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 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 RECORD - AXIS CONDITIONS - Con. 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