LIST OF DATA ELEMENTS AND LOCATIONS

     Data Items                              Locations

1.   General
     a.   Data year                          1-4
     b.   Record type                        5
     c.   Resident status                    6

2.   Occurrence
     a.   NCHS State                         16-17
     b.   Expanded NCHS State                14-15
     b.   NCHS County                        16-20
     c.   Population size - county           26
     d.   Region                             11
     e.   Division                           12
     f.   FIPS State                         21-22
     g.   FIPS County                        21-25

3.   Residence
     a.   NCHS State                         32-33,37-38
     b.   Expanded NCHS State                30-31
     c.   NCHS County                        32-36
     d.   NCHS City                          37-41
     e.   Population size - city             42
     f.   Population size - county           62
     g.   NCHS MSA                           277-279
     h.   Met/Nonmet county                  43
     i.   Division                           28
     j.   Region                             27
     k.   FIPS State                         44-45
     l.   FIPS County                        44-48
     m.   FIPS Place                         49-55
     n.   FIPS CMSA                          56-57
     o.   FIPS MSA                           58-61

4.   Prenatal Care
     a.   Month began                        102-105
     b.   Number of visits                   106-109
     c.   Adequacy of care recode            89

5.   Child
     a.   Sex                                151-152
     b.   Number at delivery                 165-166
     c.   Birthweight                        153-164
     d.   Apgar score                        167-169
     e.   Gestation                          144-150,170-171
     f.   Month/year of birth                136-142
     g.   Day of week of birth               143



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6.   Mother
     a.   Age                                     63-71,87-88
     b.   Race                                    75-78
     c.   Marital status                          82-83
     d.   Education                               79-81
     e.   Place of Birth                          84-86
     f.   Hispanic Origin                         72-74

7.   Pregnancy History
     a.   Born alive, now living                  90-91
     b.   Born alive, now dead                    92-93
     c.   Other terminations                      94-95
     d.   Total birth order                       99-101
     e.   Live birth order                        96-98

8.   Father
     a.   Age                                     123-127,133-134
     b.   Race                                    129-132,135
     c.   Hispanic origin                         128,129

9.   Other Items
     a.   Residence reporting flags               261-276
     b.   Attendant at birth                      10
     c.   Place of delivery                       8-9

10.  Medical and Health Data
     a.   Method of delivery                      172-178
     b.   Medical risk factors                    179-195
     c.   Other risk factors
          Tobacco                                 196-199
          Alcohol                                 200-203
          Weight gain during pregnancy            204-206
     d.   Obstetric procedures                    207-213
     e.   Complications of labor and/or delivery  214-229
     f.   Abnormal conditions of the newborn      230-238
     g.   Congenital anomalies                    239-260














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