CHAPTER 2

                   LIST OF DATA ELEMENTS AND LOCATIONS

     Data Items                              Locations

1.   General
     a.   Data year                          1-2
     b.   Resident status                    3

2.   Occurrence
     a.   NCHS State                         9-10
     b.   Expanded NCHS State                7-8
     b.   NCHS County                        9-13
     c.   Population size - county           19
     d.   Region                             20
     e.   Division                           21
     f.   FIPS State                         14-15
     g.   FIPS County                        14-18

3.   Residence
     a.   NCHS State                         22-23,27-28
     b.   NCHS County                        22-26
     c.   NCHS City                          27-31
     d.   Population size - city             32
     e.   Population size - county           45
     f.   NCHS MSA                           218-220
     g.   Met/Nonmet county                  33
     h.   Division                           21
     i.   Region                             20
     j.   FIPS State                         34-35
     k.   FIPS County                        34-38
     l.   FIPS CMSA                          39-40
     m.   FIPS MSA                           41-44

4.   Prenatal Care
     a.   Month began                        79-80
     b.   Number of visits                   83-84
     c.   Adequacy of care recode            70

5.   Child
     a.   Sex                                123
     b.   Number at delivery                 132
     c.   Birthweight                        124-127
     d.   Gestation                          116-121,133-134
     e.   Month/year of birth                108-109,110-113
     f.   Day of week of birth               114



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6.   Mother
     a.   Age                                     48-52,68-69
     b.   Race                                    57-58
     c.   Marital status                          63-64
     d.   Education                               60-62
     e.   Place of Birth                          65-67
     f.   Hispanic Origin                         53-55

7.   Pregnancy History
     a.   Born alive, now living                  71-72
     b.   Born alive, now dead                    73-74
     c.   Other terminations                      75-76
     d.   Total birth order                       78
     e.   Live birth order                        77

8.   Father
     a.   Age                                     96-97
     b.   Race                                    101-102
     c.   Education                               103
     d.   Hispanic origin                         100

9.   Other Items
     a.   Residence reporting flags               200-217
     b.   Attendant at birth                      5
     c.   Place of delivery                       4
     d.   Interval since last live birth          93-94

10.  Medical and Health Data
     a.   Method of delivery                      135-140,207
     b.   Medical risk factors                    142-158,208
     c.   Other risk factors
          Tobacco                                 159-162,209
          Alcohol                                 163-164,210
          Weight gain during pregnancy            165-167,211
     d.   Obstetric procedures                    168-174,212
     e.   Complications of labor and/or delivery  175-190,213
     f.   Abnormal conditions of the newborn      191-199,214















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