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Field 
Size Item and Code Outline 
1-3 
4-9 
3 
6 
Reserved Positions 
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 
2 
... 
... 
RESIDENTS 
State and County of Occurrence and Residence are the same. 
NONRESIDENTS 
State and/or County of Occurrence and Residence are different. 
20 1 Resident Status 
United States Occurrence 
1 
2 
3 
4 
... 
... 
... 
... 
RESIDENTS 
State and County of Occurrence and Residence are the same. 
INTRASTATE NONRESIDENTS 
State of Occurrence and Residence are the same, but County is 
different. 
INTERSTATE NONRESIDENTS 
State of Occurrence and Residence are different, but both are in 
the U.S. 
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 
2 
4 
... 
... 
... 
RESIDENTS 
Territory and County-equivalent of Occurrence and Residence are 
the same. 
INTRASTATE NONRESIDENTS 
Territory of Occurrence and Residence are the same, but County-
equivalent is different. 
FOREIGN RESIDENTS 
Occurred in Puerto Rico to a resident of any other place. 
20 1 Resident Status - Con. 
Virgin Islands Occurrence 


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Item and Code Outline 
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. 


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Item and Code Outline 
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 
02 
03 
04 
05 
06 
07 
08 
09 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
... Alabama 
... Alaska 
... Arizona 
... Arkansas 
... California 
... Colorado 
... Connecticut 
... Delaware 
... District of Columbia 
... Florida 
... Georgia 
... Hawaii 
... Idaho 
... Illinois 
... Indiana 
... Iowa 
... Kansas 
... Kentucky 
... Louisiana 
... Maine 
... Maryland 
... Massachusetts 
... Michigan 
... Minnesota 
... Mississippi 
... Missouri 
... Montana 
... Nebraska 
... Nevada 
... New Hampshire 
... New Jersey 
... New Mexico 
... New York 
... North Carolina 


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21-22 2 State of Occurrence -Con. 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
Puerto Rico 
... North Dakota 
... Ohio 
... Oklahoma 
... Oregon 
... Pennsylvania 
... Rhode Island 
... South Carolina 
... South Dakota 
... Tennessee 
... Texas 
... Utah 
... Vermont 
... Virginia 
... Washington 
... West Virginia 
... Wisconsin 
... Wyoming 
52 ...Puerto Rico 
Virgin Islands 
53 
Guam 
...Virgin Islands 
54 ...Guam 
American Samoa 
61 ...American Samoa 
Northern Marianas 
62 ...Northern Marianas 


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Location 
Field 
Size Item and Code Outline 
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. 
000 
1 
1 
2 
2 
3 
4 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
1 
2 
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... 
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... 
... 
Not applicable: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa or Northern Marianas occurrence. 
NORTHEASTNew England 
Maine 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
Massachusetts 
Rhode Island 
ConnecticutMiddle Atlantic 
New York 
New Jersey 
Pennsylvania 
MIDWESTEast North Central 
Ohio 
Indiana 
Illinois 
Michigan 
WisconsinWest North Central 
Minnesota 
Iowa 
Missouri 
North Dakota 
26-28 3 Region 
Division and State Subcode of Occurrence- Con. 


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3 
5 
6 
7 
4 
8 
9 
5 
6 
7 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
1 
2 
3 
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South Dakota 
Nebraska 
KansasSOUTHSouth Atlantic 
Delaware 
Maryland 
District of Columbia 
Virginia 
West Virginia 
North Carolina 
South Carolina 
Georgia 
FloridaEast South Central 
Kentucky 
Tennessee 
Alabama 
MississippiWest South Central 
Arkansas 
Louisiana 
Oklahoma 
TexasWESTMountain 
Montana 
Idaho 
Wyoming 
Colorado 
New Mexico 
Arizona 
Utah 
NevadaPacific 
Washington 
Oregon 
California 
Alaska 
Hawaii 


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Location Size Item and Code Outline 
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 
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 


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29-30 2 Expanded State of Occurrence Code-Con. 
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 
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 
02 
03 
04 
05 
... Alabama 
... Alaska 
... Arizona 
... Arkansas 
... California 


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Location Size Item and Code Outline 

31-32 2 State of Residence - Con.

 U.S. Occurrence 
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 
40 ... Rhode Island 
41 ... South Carolina 
42 ... South Dakota 
43 ... Tennessee 

44 ... Texas 
45 ... Utah 
46 ... Vermont 


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31-32 2 State of Residence - Con.

 U.S. Occurrence 
47 ... Virginia 
48 ... Washington 
49 ... West Virginia 
50 ... Wisconsin 
51 ... Wyoming 
52-57,59,61,62 ... 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 
01-51,5357,59,61,62 
... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure.

 Virgin Islands Occurrence

 53 ... Virgin Islands 
01-52,5457,59,61,62 
... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure.

 Guam Occurrence 

54 ... Guam
01-51 ... U.S. resident. Also considered a resident of Guam.
52-53,55-57,
59,61,62 ... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure. 


American Samoa Occurrence 

61 ... American Samoa
01-57,
59,62 ... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code structure. 



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Tape Field 
Location Size Item and Code Outline

 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 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 

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 


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Size Item and Code Outline 
40 1 Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan County of Residence 
NOTE: American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas 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 
4 
1 
2 
3 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
1 
2 
3 
1 
2 
3 
4 
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Foreign residents 
NORTHEAST 
New EnglandMaineNew HampshireVermontMassachusettsRhode IslandConnecticut 
Middle AtlanticNew YorkNew JerseyPennsylvania 
MIDWEST 
East North CentralOhioIndianaIllinoisMichiganWisconsin 
West North CentralMinnesotaIowaMissouriNorth DakotaSouth Dakota 
6 
7 
... 
... 
Nebraska 
Kansas 


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42-43 1 Division and State Subcode of Residence -Con 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 


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Location Size Item and Code Outline 
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 


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44-45 2 Expanded State of Residence - Con 
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 
53-58, 60, 62,63... Foreign Residents 
53 ... Puerto Rico 
54 ... Virgin Island 
55 ... Guam 
56 ... Canada 
57 ... Cuba 
58 ... Mexico 
60 ... Remainder of the world 
62 ... American Samoa 
63 ... Northern Marianas 
Puerto Rico Occurrence 
53 ... Puerto Rico 
01-52, 5458,60,62,63 
... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code 
structure. 
Virgin Islands Occurrence 
54 ... Virgin Islands 
01-53,5558,60,62,63 
... 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, 
60,62,63 ... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code 
structure.. 


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Tape Field 
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44-45 2 Expanded State of Residence - Con.

 American Samoa Occurrence 
62 ... American Samoa 
01-58,

 60,63 ... Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code 
structure.

 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 


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50 1 Population Size of County of Residence 
Based on the results of the 1990 Census 
0 
1 
2 
3 
9 
Z 
... County of 1,000,000 or more 
... County of 500,000 to 1,000,000 
... County of 250,000 to 500,000 
... County of 100,000 to 250,000 
... County of less than 100,000 
... Foreign residents 
51 1 PMSA/MSA Population Size 
Based on the results of the 1990 Census 
1 
2 
9 
Z 
... Area of 250,000 or more 
... Area of 100,000 to 250,000 
... Area of less than 100,000 or 
... Foreign residents 
nonmetropolitan area 
52-53 2 Education 
00 
01-08 
09 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
99 
... No formal education 
... Years of elementary school 
... 1 year of high school 
... 2 years of high school 
... 3 years of high school 
... 4 years of high school 
... 1 year of college 
... 2 years of college... 3 years of college 
... 4 years of college 
... 5 or more years of college 
... Not stated 
54 1 Education Recode 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
... 0 - 8 years 
... 9 - 11 years 
... 12 years 
... 13 - 15 years 
... 16 years or more 
... Not stated 


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55-56 2 Month of Death 
01 
02 
03 
04 
05 
06 
07 
08 
09 
10 
11 
12 
... January 
... February 
... March 
... April 
... May 
... June 
... July 
... August 
... September 
... October 
... November 
... December 
57-58 2 Reserved Positions 
59 1 Sex 
1 
2 
... Male 
... 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 


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60-61 2 Detail Race -Con. 
United States Occurrence 
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 
01 
02 
... Other races 
... White 
... Black 
Virgin Islands 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 
Guam Occurrence 
01 
02 
03 
04 
05 
06 
07 
08 
58 
... White 
... Black 
... American Indian (Includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 
... Chinese 
... Japanese 
... Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian) 
... Filipino 
... Other Asian or Pacific Islander 
... Guamanian 
American Samoa Occurrence 
01 
02 
03 
04 
05 
... White 
... Black 
... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 
... Chinese 
... Japanese 


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Item and Code Outline 
60-61 2 Detail Race - Con. 
06 
07 
08 
... Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian) 
... Filipino 
... Other Asian or Pacific Islander 
Northern Marianas Occurrence 
01 
02 
03 
04 
05 
06 
07 
18 
28 
38 
48 
58 
68 
78 
... White 
... Black 
... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 
... Chinese 
... Japanese 
... Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian) 
... Filipino 
... Asian Indian 
... Korean 
... Samoan 
... Vietnamese 
... Guamanian 
... Other Asian or Pacific Islander in areas reporting codes 18-58 
... Combined other Asian or Pacific Islander, includes 18-68 
for areas that do not report them separately 
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 
01-9900-99 
... 
... 
Years less than 100 
Years 100 or more 


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64-66 3 Detail Age - Con. 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
9 
01-11,99 
01-03,99 
01-27,99 
01-23, 99 
01-59, 99 
99 
... Months 
... Weeks 
... Days 
... Hours 
... Minutes 
... Age not stated 
67-68 2 Age Recode 52 
01 
02 
03 
04 
05 
06 
07 
08 
09 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
... Under 1 hour (includes not stated hours and minutes) 
... 1 - 23 hours 
... 1 day (includes not stated days) 
... 2 days 
... 3 days 
... 4 days 
... 5 days 
... 6 days 
... 7 - 13 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 
... 9 months 
... 10 months 
... 11 months 
... 1 year 
... 2 years 
... 3 years 
... 4 years 
... 5 - 9 years 
... 10 - 14 years 
... 15 - 19 years 
... 20 - 24 years 
... 25 - 29 years 
... 30 - 34 years 
... 35 - 39 years 
... 40 - 44 years 


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67-68 2 Age Recode 52 - Con. 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
52 
... 45 - 49 years 
... 50 - 54 years 
... 55 - 59 years 
... 60 - 64 years 
... 65 - 69 years 
... 70-74 years 
... 75-79 years 
... 80 - 84 years 
... 85 - 89 years 
... 90 - 94 years 
... 95 - 99 years 
... 100 - 104 years 
... 105 - 109 years 
... 110 - 114 years 
... 115 - 119 years 
... 120 - 124 years 
... 125 years and over 
... Age not stated 
69-70 2 Age Recode 27 
01 
02 
03 
04 
05 
06 
07 
08 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
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19 
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Under 1 month (includes not stated weeks, days, hours, 
and minutes) 
1 month - 11 months (includes not stated months) 
1 years 
2 years 
3 years 
4 years 
5 - 9 years 
10 - 14 years... 15 - 19 years 
20 - 24 years 
25 - 29 years 
30 - 34 years 
35 - 39 years 
40 - 44 years 
45 - 49 years 
50 - 54 years 
55 - 59 years 
60 - 64 years 
65 - 69 years 
70 - 74 years 
75 - 79 years 


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69-70 2 Age Recode 27 - Con. 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
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... 
80 - 84 years 
85 - 89 years 
90 - 94 years 
95 - 99 years 
100 years and over 
Age not stated 
71-72 2 Age Recode 12 
01 
02 
03 
04 
05 
06 
07 
08 
09 
10 
11 
12 
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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 
Blank 
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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) 
2 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 
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6 months 
7 months 


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73-74 2 Infant Age Recode 22 - Con. 
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21 
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8 months 
9 months 
10 months 
11 months 
75 1 Place of Death and Decedent’s Status 
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Hospital, clinic or Medical Center 
- Inpatient 
Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center 
- Outpatient or admitted to Emergency Room 
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 
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2 
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9 
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Never married, single 
Married 
Widowed 
Divorced 
Marital Status not on certificate 
Marital Status not stated 
78-79 2 State of Birth 
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09 
... Alabama 
... Alaska 
... Arizona 
... Arkansas 
... California 
... Colorado 
... Connecticut 
... Delaware 
... District of Columbia 


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78-79 2 State of Birth -Con. 
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... Florida 
... Georgia 
... Hawaii 
... Idaho 
... Illinois 
... Indiana 
... Iowa 
... Kansas 
... Kentucky 
... Louisiana 
... Maine 
... Maryland 
... Massachusetts 
... Michigan 
... Minnesota 
... Mississippi 
... Missouri 
... Montana 
... Nebraska 
... Nevada 
... New Hampshire 
... New Jersey 
... New Mexico 
... New York 
... North Carolina 
... North Dakota 
... Ohio 
... Oklahoma 
... Oregon 
... Pennsylvania 
... Rhode Island 
... South Carolina 
... South Dakota 
... Tennessee 
... Texas 
... Utah 
... Vermont... Virginia 
... Washington 
... West Virginia 
... Wisconsin 
... Wyoming 
... Puerto Rico 


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78-79 2 State of Birth - Con. 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
59 
61 
62 
99 
... Virgin Island 
... Guam 
... Canada 
... Cuba 
... Mexico 
... Remainder of the world 
... American Samoa 
... Northern Marianas 
... State of birth unknown 
80-81 2 Hispanic Origin 
Beginning data year 1997 all States report Hispanic Origin. 
00 
01 
02 
03 
04 
05 
99 
... 
... 
... 
... 
... 
... 
... 
Non - Hispanic 
Mexican 
Puerto Rican 
Cuban 
Central or South American 
Other or unknown Hispanic 
Unknown 
82 1 Hispanic Origin/Race Recode 
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2 
3 
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6 
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8 
9 
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Mexican 
Puerto Rican 
Cuban 
Central or South American 
Other or unknown Hispanic 
Non - Hispanic white 
Non - Hispanic black 
Non - Hispanic other races 
Hispanic origin unknown 
83 1 Day of Week of Death 
1 
2 
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5 
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7 
9 
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Sunday 
Monday 
Tuesday 
Wednesday 
Thursday 
Friday 
Saturday 
Unknown 
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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) 
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 


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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 
1998 ...1998 
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 
02 
04 
... Alabama 
... Alaska 
... Arizona 


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119-120 2 State of Occurrence (FIPS) - Con. 
United States 
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06 
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09 
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12 
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... Arkansas 
... California 
... Colorado 
... Connecticut 
... Delaware 
... District of Columbia 
... Florida 
... Georgia 
... Hawaii 
... Idaho 
... Illinois 
... Indiana 
... Iowa 
... Kansas 
... Kentucky 
... Louisiana 
... Maine 
... Maryland 
... Massachusetts 
... Michigan 
... Minnesota 
... Mississippi 
... Missouri 
... Montana 
... Nebraska 
... Nevada 
... New Hampshire 
... New Jersey 
... New Mexico 
... New York 
... North Carolina 
... North Dakota 
... Ohio 
... Oklahoma 
... Oregon 
... Pennsylvania 
... Rhode Island 
... South Carolina 
... South Dakota 
... Tennessee 
... Texas 


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119-120 2 State of Occurrence (FIPS) - Con. 
United States 
49 
50 
51 
53 
54 
55 
56 
... Utah 
... Vermont 
... Virginia 
... Washington 
... West Virginia 
... Wisconsin 
... Wyoming 
Puerto Rico 
72 ... Puerto Rico 
Virgin Islands 
78 ... Virgin Islands 
Guam 
66 ... Guam 
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 
999 
... 
... 
Code range 
County of less than 100,000 population 
124-125 2 State of Residence (FIPS) 
00 
01 
02 
... Foreign residents 
... Alabama 
... Alaska 


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124-125 2 State of Residence (FIPS) - Con. 
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... Arizona 
... Arkansas 
... California 
... Colorado 
... Connecticut 
... Delaware 
... District of Columbia 
... Florida 
... Georgia 
... Hawaii 
... Idaho 
... Illinois 
... Indiana 
... Iowa 
... Kansas 
... Kentucky 
... Louisiana 
... Maine... Maryland 
... Massachusetts... Michigan 
... Minnesota 
... Mississippi 
... Missouri 
... Montana 
... Nebraska 
... Nevada 
... New Hampshire 
... New Jersey 
... New Mexico 
... New York 
... North Carolina 
... North Dakota 
... Ohio 
... Oklahoma 
... Oregon 
... Pennsylvania 
... Rhode Island 
... South Carolina 
... South Dakota 
... Tennessee 
... Texas 
... Utah 


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124-125 2 State of Residence (FIPS) - Con. 
50 
51 
53 
54 
55 
56 
... Vermont 
... Virginia 
... Washington 
... West Virginia 
... Wisconsin 
... Wyoming 
Puerto Rico Occurrence 
72 
00-56,60, 66, 
78 
... 
... 
Puerto Rico 
Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code 
structure. 
Virgin Islands Occurrence 
78 
00-56,60, 66, 
72 
... 
... 
Virgin IslandsForeign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code 
structure. 
Guam Occurrence 
66 
01-56 
00, 60, 72, 78 
... 
... 
... 
GuamU.S. Resident. Also considered a resident of Guam.
Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code 
structure. 
American Samoa Occurrence 
60 
00-56, 66, 
72, 78 
... 
... 
American Samoa 
Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code 
structure. 
Northern Marianas Occurrence 
69 
00-56,60,66 
72,78 
... 
... 
Northern Marianas 
Foreign residents: refer to U.S. for specific code 
structure. 


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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. 

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 


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134-135 2 CMSA OF Residence (FIPS) - Con. 
United States Occurrence 
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31 
34 
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56 
63 
70 
77 
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82 
84 
91 
97 
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Cleveland - Akron, OH, CMSA 
Dallas - Fort Worth, TX, CMSA 
Denver - Boulder-Greeley, CO, CMSA 
Detroit - Ann Arbor-Flint, MI, CMSA 
Houston - Galveston-Brazoria, TX, CMSA 
Los Angeles -Riverside- Orange County, CA, CMSA 
Miami - Fort Lauderdale, FL, CMSA 
Milwaukee - Racine, WI, CMSA 
New York -Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-
CT-PA, CMSA 
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 
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... 
Yes 
No 
Unknown 
137 1 Race Imputation Flag 
Blank 
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2 
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... 
... 
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 


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141 1 Place of Accident for Causes E850-E869 and E880-E928 
Blank 
0 
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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 
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) 


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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 
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 
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6 
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Part I, line 1 (a) 
Part I, line 2 (b) 
Part I, line 3 (c) 
Part I, line 4 (d) 
Part I, line 5 (e) 
Part II 
Position 2: Sequence of condition within part/line 
1-7 ... Code range 
Position 3 - 6: Condition code 


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162-301 140 ENTITY - AXIS CONDITIONS - Con. 
See Table 1 for a complete list of codes 
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 
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 
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 


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162-301 140 ENTITY - AXIS CONDITIONS - Con. 
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 
0 
... Indicates that the code in positions 1-4 is a Nature of 
Injury code 
... 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 


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341-440 100 RECORD - AXIS CONDITIONS - Con. 
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