LIST OF DATA ELEMENTS AND LOCATIONS

     Data Items                              Locations

1.   General
     a.   Data year                          1-2
     b.   Record type                        3
     c.   Resident status                    4

2.   Occurrence
     a.   NCHS State                         14-15
     b.   Expanded NCHS State                12-13
     b.   NCHS County                        14-18
     c.   Population size - county           24
     d.   Region                             9
     e.   Division                           10
     f.   FIPS State                         19-20
     g.   FIPS County                        19-23

3.   Residence
     a.   NCHS State                         30-31,35-36
     b.   Expanded NCHS State                28-29
     c.   NCHS County                        30-34
     d.   NCHS City                          35-39
     e.   Population size - city             40
     f.   Population size - county           53
     g.   NCHS MSA                           259-261
     h.   Met/Nonmet county                  41
     i.   Division                           26
     j.   Region                             25
     k.   FIPS State                         42-43
     l.   FIPS County                        42-46
     m.   FIPS CMSA                          47-48
     n.   FIPS MSA                           49-52

4.   Prenatal Care
     a.   Month began                        93-96
     b.   Number of visits                   97-98
     c.   Adequacy of care recode            80

5.   Child
     a.   Sex                                133-134
     b.   Number at delivery                 148
     c.   Birthweight                        135-141
     d.   Apgar score                        149-151
     e.   Gestation                          126-132,152-153
     f.   Month/year of birth                121-122,123-124
     g.   Day of week of birth               125



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6.   Mother
     a.   Age                                     54-62,78-79
     b.   Race                                    66-69
     c.   Marital status                          73-74
     d.   Education                               70-72
     e.   Place of Birth                          75-77
     f.   Hispanic Origin                         63-65

7.   Pregnancy History
     a.   Born alive, now living                  81-82
     b.   Born alive, now dead                    83-84
     c.   Other terminations                      85-86
     d.   Total birth order                       90-92
     e.   Live birth order                        87-89

8.   Father
     a.   Age                                     108-111,117-118
     b.   Race                                    114-116
     c.   Hispanic origin                         112-113

9.   Other Items
     a.   Residence reporting flags               243-258
     b.   Attendant at birth                      8
     c.   Place of delivery                       6-7

10.  Medical and Health Data
     a.   Method of delivery                      154-160
     b.   Medical risk factors                    161-177
     c.   Other risk factors
          Tobacco                                 178-181
          Alcohol                                 182-185
          Weight gain during pregnancy            186-188
     d.   Obstetric procedures                    189-195
     e.   Complications of labor and/or delivery  196-211
     f.   Abnormal conditions of the newborn      212-220
     g.   Congenital anomalies                    221-242














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