Locations 1-204 of the perinatal file contain data from the Birth Certificate and the Fetal Death Certificate. Each variable is available for fetal death, infant death, and live birth records unless otherwise noted. Locations 205-496 of the perinatal file contain data from the Infant Death Certificate. These fields are blank for fetal deaths and live births. Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 1-4 [DELYR] YEAR OF DELIVERY OF INFANT OR FETUS 1994 ... 1994 (This code valid for numerator infant death records only) 1995 ... 1995 5 [OUTCOME] OUTCOME OF PREGNANCY 1 ... Infant Death 2 ... Fetal Death of stated or presumed gestation of 20 weeks or more 3 ... Fetal Death of stated or presumed gestation of less than 20 weeks 6 [RESSTDEL] RESIDENT STATUS OF MOTHER AT TIME OF DELIVERY OF INFANT OR FETUS 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 50 States and D.C. 4 ... FOREIGN RESIDENTS: State of occurrence is one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia, but place of residence of mother is outside of the 50 States and D.C. Puerto Rico 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. 4 ... FOREIGN RESIDENTS: Occurred in Puerto Rico to a resident of any other place. - 1 - Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline Virgin Islands 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. 4 ... FOREIGN RESIDENTS: Occurred in the 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 of the U.S. 7-8 [STATEDEL] EXPANDED STATE OF RESIDENCE OF MOTHER AT TIME OF DELIVERY OF INFANT OR FETUS - NCHS CODES 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 - 2 - Item Field Location Name 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 ... 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 53, 58, 60 ... Foreign Residents 53 ... Puerto Rico 54 ... Virgin Islands 55 ... Guam 56 ... Canada 57 ... Cuba 58 ... Mexico 60 ... Remainder of the World Puerto Rico Occurrence 53 ... Puerto Rico 01-52,54-58,60 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Virgin Islands Occurrence 54 ... Virgin Islands 01-53,55-58,60 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. -3- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline Guam Occurrence 55 ... Guam 01-52 ... U.S. resident is also con- sidered a resident of Guam. 53,54,58,60 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. [FIPSOCCB] FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS (FIPS) GEOGRAPHIC CODES (OCCURRENCE) - DELIVERY 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. 9-10 [STOCFIPB] STATE OF OCCURRENCE (FIPS) OF DELIVERY OF INFANT OR FETUS 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 20 ... Kansas 21 ... Kentucky 22 ... Louisiana 23 ... Maine 24 ... Maryland 25 ... Massachusetts 26 ... Michigan 27 ... Minnesota 28 ... Mississippi 29 ... Missouri -4- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 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 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 Virgin Islands Occurrence 78 ... Virgin Islands Guam Occurrence 66 ... Guam 11-13 [CNTOFIPB] COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE (FIPS) OF DELIVERY OF INFANT OR FETUS 001-nnn ... Counties and county equiva- lents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each State. (Note: To uniquely identify a county, both the State and county codes must be used.) -5- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 999 ... County with less than 250,000 population 14-25 [FIPSRESB] FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS (FIPS) GEOGRAPHIC CODES (RESIDENCE) - DELIVERY 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. 14-15 [STREFIPB] STATE OF RESIDENCE (FIPS) OF MOTHER AT TIME OF DELIVERY OF INFANT OR FETUS United States Occurrence 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 30 ... Montana 31 ... Nebraska 32 ... Nevada 33 ... New Hampshire -6- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 34 ... New Jersey 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 Occurrence 00-56,66,78 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure 72 ... Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Occurrence 00-56,66,72 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure 78 ... Virgin Islands Guam Occurrence 00,72,78 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure 01-56 ... U.S. Resident is also considered a resident of Guam. Refer to U.S. for specific code structure 66 ... Guam -7- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 16-18 [CNTYRFPB] COUNTY OF RESIDENCE (FIPS) OF MOTHER AT TIME OF DELIVERY OF INFANT OR FETUS 000 ... Foreign residents 001-nnn ... Counties and county equiva- lents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each State. (Note: To uniquely identify a county, both the State and county codes must be used.) 999 ... County with less than 250,000 population 21-25 [PLRESDEL] PLACE (CITY) OF RESIDENCE (FIPS) OF MOTHER AT TIME OF DELIVERY OF INFANT OR FETUS A complete list of cities is shown in the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document. 00000 ... Foreign residents 00001-nnnnn ... Code range 99999 ... Balance of county; or city less than 250,000 population 26 [MAGEFLG] AGE OF MOTHER FLAG This position is flagged whenever age is imputed or the mother's reported age is used. The reported age is used, if valid, when computed age derived from the date of birth is not available or when it is outside the 10-49 code range. Blank... Not imputed and reported age is not used 1 ... Reported age is used 2 ... Age is imputed 27-28 [DMAGE] AGE OF MOTHER This item is: a) computed using dates of birth of mother and of delivery; b) reported; or c) imputed. This is the age item used in NCHS publications. 10-49... Age in single years -8- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 29 [MAGER8] AGE OF MOTHER RECODE 8 1 ... Under 15 years 2 ... 15 - 19 years 3 ... 20 - 24 years 4 ... 25 - 29 years 5 ... 30 - 34 years 6 ... 35 - 39 years 7 ... 40 - 44 years 8 ... 45 - 49 years 30 [ORMOTH] HISPANIC ORIGIN OF MOTHER Hispanic origin is reported for all areas except Puerto Rico. 0 ... Non-Hispanic 1 ... Mexican 2 ... Puerto Rican 3 ... Cuban 4 ... Central or South American 5 ... Other and unknown Hispanic 9 ... Origin unknown or not stated 31 [ORRACEM] HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE OF MOTHER RECODE Hispanic origin is reported for all areas except Puerto Rico. 1 ... Mexican 2 ... Puerto Rican 3 ... Cuban 4 ... Central or South American 5 ... Other and unknown Hispanic 6 ... Non-Hispanic White 7 ... Non-Hispanic Black 8 ... Non-Hispanic other races 9 ... Origin unknown or not stated 32 [MRACEIMP] RACE OF MOTHER IMPUTATION FLAG Blank... Race is not imputed 1 ... Race is imputed 2 ... All other races, formerly code 09, is imputed -9- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 33-34 [MRACE] RACE OF MOTHER FROM THE BIRTH OR FETAL DEATH RECORD OR FOR UNLINKED INFANT DEATH RECORDS, RACE OF DECEDENT FROM DEATH RECORD 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 code 08 for all other areas. For consistency with Census race code 09 (all other races) used prior to 1992 has been imputed. United States Occurrence - Both Birth and Death 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 - Both Birth & Death 00 ... Other races 01 ... White 02 ... Black 99 ... Unknown or not stated Virgin Islands Occurrence - Both Birth and Death 01 ... White 02 ... Black 03 ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) -10- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 04 ... Chinese 05 ... Japanese 06 ... Hawaiian (includes part-Hawaiian) 07 ... Filipino 08 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander 99 ... Unknown or not stated Guam Occurrence - Both Birth and Death 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 10 ... Guamanian 99 ... Unknown or not stated 35 [MRACE3] RACE OF MOTHER RECODE 1 ... White 2 ... Races other than White or Black 3 ... Black 36-37 [DMEDUC] EDUCATION OF MOTHER DETAIL All areas report education of mother. 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 15 ... 3 years of college 16 ... 4 years of college 17 ... 5 or more years of college 99 ... Not stated -11- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 38 [MEDUC6] EDUCATION OF MOTHER RECODE 1 ... 0 - 8 years 2 ... 9 - 11 years 3 ... 12 years 4 ... 13 - 15 years 5 ... 16 years and over 6 ... Not stated 39 [DMARIMP] MARITAL STATUS OF MOTHER IMPUTATION FLAG Blank... Marital status is not imputed 1 ... Marital status is imputed 40 [MARITAL] MARITAL STATUS OF MOTHER Marital status is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. United States/Virgin Islands/Guam Occurrence 1 ... Married 2 ... Unmarried 9 ... Unknown or not stated Puerto Rico Occurrence 1 ... Married 2 ... Unmarried parents living together 3 ... Unmarried parents not living together 9 ... Unknown or not stated 41-42 [MPLBIR] PLACE OF BIRTH OF MOTHER This data is not available for fetal deaths 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 -12- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 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 47 ... Virginia 48 ... Washington 49 ... West Virginia 50 ... Wisconsin 51 ... Wyoming 52 ... Puerto Rico 53 ... Virgin Islands 54 ... Guam 55 ... Canada 56 ... Cuba 57 ... Mexico 59 ... Remainder of the World 99 ... Not Classifiable -13- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 43 [MPLBIRR] PLACE OF BIRTH OF MOTHER RECODE This data is not available for fetal deaths United States Occurrence 1 ... Born in the 50 States and D.C. 2 ... Born outside the 50 States and D.C. 3 ... Unknown or not stated Puerto Rico/Virgin Island/Guam Occurrence Blank ... This item not recorded 44-45 [DTOTORD] DETAIL TOTAL BIRTH ORDER Sum of live birth order and other terminations of pregnancy. If either item is unknown, this item is made unknown. 01-40... Total number of live births and other terminations of pregnancy 99 ... Unknown 46-47 [DLIVORD] DETAIL LIVE BIRTH ORDER 00-31... Number of children born alive to mother 99 ... Unknown 48-49 [MONPRE] DETAIL MONTH OF PREGNANCY PRENATAL CARE BEGAN 00 ... No prenatal care 01 ... 1st month 02 ... 2nd month 03 ... 3rd month 04 ... 4th month 05 ... 5th month 06 ... 6th month 07 ... 7th month 08 ... 8th month 09 ... 9th month 99 ... Unknown or not stated 50 [MPRE5] MONTH PRENATAL CARE BEGAN RECODE 5 1 ... 1st Trimester (1st-3rd month) -14- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 2 ... 2nd Trimester (4th-6th month) 3 ... 3rd Trimester (7th-9th month) 4 ... No prenatal care 5 ... Unknown or not stated 51-52 [NPREVIST] TOTAL NUMBER OF PRENATAL VISITS 00 ... No prenatal visits 01-48... Stated number of visits 49 ... 49 or more visits 99 ... Unknown or not stated 53 [ADEQUACY] ADEQUACY OF CARE RECODE (KESSNER INDEX) This code is based on a modified Kessner criterion. Month Prenatal Care Began, Number of Prenatal Visits, and Period of Gestation are the items used to generate this recode. This data is available for live birth and infant death records only. It is not available for fetal death records. 1 ... Adequate 2 ... Intermediate 3 ... Inadequate 4 ... Unknown 54 [FAGERFLG] REPORTED AGE OF FATHER USED FLAG This position is flagged whenever the father's reported age in years is used. The reported age is used, if valid, when age derived from date of birth is not available or when it is less than 10. Blank... Reported age is not used 1 ... Reported age is used 55-56 [DFAGE] AGE OF FATHER This item is either computed from date of birth of father and of child or is the reported age. This is the age item used in NCHS publications. 10-98...Age in single years 99...Unknown or not stated -15- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 57 [ORFATH] HISPANIC ORIGIN OF FATHER Hispanic origin is reported for all areas except Puerto Rico. 0 ... Non-Hispanic 1 ... Mexican 2 ... Puerto Rican 3 ... Cuban 4 ... Central or South American 5 ... Other and unknown Hispanic 9 ... Origin unknown or not stated 58 [ORRACEF] HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE OF FATHER RECODE Hispanic origin is reported for all areas except Puerto Rico. 1 ... Mexican 2 ... Puerto Rican 3 ... Cuban 4 ... Central or South American 5 ... Other and unknown Hispanic 6 ... Non-Hispanic White 7 ... Non-Hispanic Black 8 ... Non-Hispanic other or unknown race 9 ... Origin unknown or not stated 59-60 [FRACE] RACE OF FATHER Beginning with 1992 data, some areas started reporting additional Asian or Pacific Islander codes for race. See reporting flags. Codes 18- 68 replace old code 08 for these areas. Code 78 replaces old code 08 for all other areas. Code 09 (all other races) has been changed to 99. United States Occurrence 01 ... White 02 ... Black 03 ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 04 ... Chinese -16- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 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 99 ... Unknown or not stated Puerto Rico Occurrence 00 ... Other races 01 ... White 02 ... Black 99 ... Unknown or not stated 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 99 ... Unknown or not stated Guam 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 10 ... Guamanian 99 ... Unknown or not stated -17- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 61 [PLDEL] PLACE OR FACILITY OF DELIVERY 1 ... Hospital 2 ... Freestanding Birthing Center 3 ... Clinic or Doctor's Office 4 ... A Residence 5 ... Other 9 ... Unknown or Not Stated 62 [ATTENDNT] ATTENDANT AT DELIVERY 1 ... Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) 2 ... Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) 3 ... Certified Nurse Midwife (C.N.M.) 4 ... Other Midwife 5 ... Other 9 ... Unknown or not stated 63 [CLINGFLG] CLINICAL ESTIMATE OF GESTATION USED FLAG This position is flagged whenever the clinical estimate of gestation is used. It is used when gestation could not be computed or when the computed gestation is outside the 17-47 code range for infant deaths and 02-47 range for fetal deaths. Blank... Clinical Estimate is not used 1 ... Clinical Estimate is used 64-65 [CLINGEST] CLINICAL ESTIMATE OF GESTATION Clinical estimate is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 17-47... Estimated gestation in weeks for infant deaths. 02-47... Estimated gestation in weeks for fetal deaths. 99 ... Unknown or not stated 66 [GESTIMP] GESTATION IMPUTATION FLAG Blank... Gestation is not imputed 1 ... Gestation is imputed -18- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 67-68 [GESTAT] GESTATION - DETAIL IN WEEKS This item is: a) computed using dates of birth of child and last normal menses; b) imputed from LMP date; c) the clinical estimate; or d) unknown when there is insufficient data to impute or no valid clinical estimate. This is the gestation item used in NCHS publications. Not all states report fetal deaths of less than 20 weeks gestation. See Mortality Technical Appendix, Table C. 02-47... 02nd through 47th week of gestation for fetal deaths 17-47... 17th through 47th week of gestation for infant deaths 99 ... Unknown 69-70 [GESTAT11] GESTATION RECODE 11 01 ... Under 20 weeks 02 ... 20 - 23 weeks 03 ... 24 - 27 weeks 04 ... 28 - 31 weeks 05 ... 32 - 35 weeks 06 ... 36 weeks 07 ... 37 - 39 weeks 08 ... 40 weeks 09 ... 41 weeks 10 ... 42 weeks and over 11 ... Not stated 71 [SEXIMP] SEX IMPUTATION FLAG For fetal deaths sex is imputed only for those records with stated or presumed period of gestation of 20 weeks or more. Blank... Sex is not imputed 1 ... Sex is imputed 72 [SEX] SEX 1 ... Male 2 ... Female 73-80 [BIRTHWT] Beginning in 1995 for live births and infant deaths, not stated birthweight is imputed when period of gestation is known. Not stated birthweight is not imputed for fetal deaths. -19- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline The following imputation flag can be used to delete imputed values for those researchers wishing to use only reported birthweight data. 73 [BWIMP] BIRTH WEIGHT IMPUTATION FLAG Blank... Birthweight is not imputed 1 ... Birthweight is imputed 74-77 [DBIRWT] BIRTH WEIGHT DETAIL IN GRAMS 0000-8165 ... Number of grams for fetal deaths 0227-8165 ... Number of grams for infant deaths 9999 ... Not stated birth weight 78-79 [BIRWT12] BIRTH WEIGHT RECODE 12 01 ... 499 grams or less 02 ... 500-999 grams 03 ... 1000-1499 grams 04 ... 1500-1999 grams 05 ... 2000-2499 grams 06 ... 2500-2999 grams 07 ... 3000-3499 grams 08 ... 3500-3999 grams 09 ... 4000-4499 grams 10 ... 4500-4999 grams 11 ... 5000-8165 grams 12 ... Unknown or not stated 80 [BIRWT4] BIRTH WEIGHT RECODE 4 1 ... 1499 grams or less 2 ... 1500-2499 grams 3 ... 2500 grams or more 4 ... Unknown or not stated 81 [PLURIMP] PLURALITY IMPUTATION FLAG Blank... Plurality is not imputed 1 ... Plurality is imputed 82 [DPLURAL] PLURALITY 1 ... Single 2 ... Twin -20- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 3 ... Triplet 4 ... Quadruplet 5 ... Quintuplet or higher 83-84 [FMAPS] FIVE-MINUTE APGAR SCORE Apgar score is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. Apgar score is not reported for fetal deaths. 00-10... A score of 0-10 99 ... Unknown or not stated 85-179 [MEDINFO] MEDICAL AND HEALTH DATA Some States do not report an entire item while other States do not report all of the categories within an item. If an item is not reported, it is indicated by code zero in the appropriate reporting flag. If a category within an item is not reported it is indicated by code 8 in the position for that category. 85-92 [DELMETH] METHOD OF DELIVERY Each method is assigned a separate position, and the code structure for each method (position) is: 1 ... The method was used 2 ... The method was not used 8 ... Method not on certificate 9 ... Method unknown or not stated 85 [VAGINAL] VAGINAL 86 [VBAC] VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER PREVIOUS C-SECTION 87 [PRIMAC] PRIMARY C-SECTION 88 [REPEAC] REPEAT C-SECTION 89 [FORCEP] FORCEPS 90 [VACUUM] VACUUM 91 [HYSTER] HYSTEROTOMY/HYSTERECTOMY (fetal deaths only) -21- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 92 [DELMETH6] METHOD OF DELIVERY RECODE 1 ... Vaginal (excludes Vaginal after previous C-section) 2 ... Vaginal birth after previous C section 3 ... Primary C-section 4 ... Repeat C-Section 5 ... Hysterotomy/Hysterectomy(fetal deaths) 6 ... Not stated 93-110 [MEDRISK] MEDICAL RISK FACTORS Each risk factor is assigned a separate position, and the code structure for each risk factor (position) is: 1 ... Factor reported 2 ... Factor not reported 8 ... Factor not on certificate 9 ... Factor not classifiable 93 [MRFLAG] NO MEDICAL RISK FACTORS REPORTED FLAG Blank ...One or more medical risk factors coded, one, eight, or nine 2 ...No medical risk factors reported. Each factor is coded a two. 94 [ANEMIA] ANEMIA (HCT.<30/HGB.<10) 95 [CARDIAC] CARDIAC DISEASE 96 [LUNG] ACUTE OR CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE 97 [DIABETES] DIABETES 98 [HERPES] GENITAL HERPES 99 [HYDRA] HYDRAMNIOS/OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS 100 [HEMO] HEMOGLOBINOPATHY 101 [CHYPER] HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC 102 [PHYPER] HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED 103 [ECLAMP] ECLAMPSIA 104 [INCERVIX] INCOMPETENT CERVIX -22- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 105 [PRE4000] PREVIOUS INFANT 4000+ GRAMS 106 [PRETERM] PREVIOUS PRETERM OR SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE INFANT 107 [RENAL] RENAL DISEASE 108 [RH] RH SENSITIZATION 109 [UTERINE] UTERINE BLEEDING 110 [OTHERMR] OTHER MEDICAL RISK FACTORS 111-121 [OTHERRSK] OTHER RISK FACTORS FOR THIS PREGNANCY 111-114 [TOBACRSK] TOBACCO RISKS 111 [TOBACCO] TOBACCO USE DURING PREGNANCY 1 ... Yes 2 ... No 9 ... Unknown or not stated 112-113 [CIGAR] AVERAGE NUMBER OF CIGARETTES PER DAY 00-97... As stated 98 ... 98 or more cigarettes per day 99 ... Unknown or not stated 114 [CIGAR6] AVERAGE NUMBER OF CIGARETTES PER DAY RECODE 0 ... Nonsmoker 1 ... 1-5 cigarettes per day 2 ... 6-10 cigarettes per day 3 ... 11-20 cigarettes per day 4 ... 21-40 cigarettes per day 5 ... 41 or more cigarettes per day 6 ... Unknown or not stated 115-118 [ALCOHRSK] ALCOHOL 115 [ALCOHOL] ALCOHOL USE DURING PREGNANCY 1 ... Yes 2 ... No 9 ... Unknown or not stated -23- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 116-117 [DRINK] AVERAGE NUMBER OF DRINKS PER WEEK 00-97... As stated 98 ... 98 or more drinks per week 99 ... Unknown or not stated 118 [DRINK5] AVERAGE NUMBER OF DRINKS PER WEEK RECODE 0 ... Nondrinker 1 ... 1 drink per week 2 ... 2 drinks per week 3 ... 3-4 drinks per week 4 ... 5 or more drinks per week 5 ... Unknown or not stated 119-121 [WTGANRSK] WEIGHT GAIN DURING PREGNANCY 119-120 [WTGAIN] WEIGHT GAIN 00-97... Stated number of pounds 98 ... 98 pounds or more 99 ... Unknown or not stated 121 [WTGAIN9] WEIGHT GAIN RECODE 1 ... Less than 16 pounds 2 ... 16-20 pounds 3 ... 21-25 pounds 4 ... 26-30 pounds 5 ... 31-35 pounds 6 ... 36-40 pounds 7 ... 41-45 pounds 8 ... 46 or more pounds 9 ... Unknown or not stated 122-129 [OBSTETRC] OBSTETRIC PROCEDURES Each procedure is assigned a separate position, and the code structure for each procedure (position) is: 1 ... Procedure reported 2 ... Procedure not reported 8 ... Procedure not on certificate 9 ... Procedure not classifiable -24- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 122 [OBFLAG] OBSTETRIC FLAG Blank... One or more obstetric procedures coded, one, eight, or nine 2 ... No obstetric procedures reported. Each factor is coded a two. 123 [AMNIO] AMNIOCENTESIS 124 [MONITOR] ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING 125 [INDUCT] INDUCTION OF LABOR 126 [STIMULA] STIMULATION OF LABOR 127 [TOCOL] TOCOLYSIS 128 [ULTRAS] ULTRASOUND 129 [OTHEROB] OTHER OBSTETRIC PROCEDURES 130-146 [LABOR] COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR AND/OR DELIVERY Each complication is assigned a separate position, and the code structure for each complication (position) is: 1 ... Complication reported 2 ... Complication not reported 8 ... Complication not on certificate 9 ... Complication not classifiable 130 [LABORFLG] LABOR FLAG Blank... One or more labor and/or delivery complications coded, one, eight, or nine 2 ... No labor and/or delivery complication reported. Each factor is coded a two. 131 [FEBRILE] FEBRILE (>100 DEGREES F. OR 38 DEGREES C.) 132 [MECONIUM] MECONIUM, MODERATE/HEAVY 133 [RUPTURE] PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANE (>12 HOURS) 134 [ABRUPTIO] ABRUPTIO PLACENTA -25- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 135 [PREPLACE] PLACENTA PREVIA 136 [EXCEBLD] OTHER EXCESSIVE BLEEDING 137 [SEIZURE] SEIZURES DURING LABOR 138 [PRECIP] PRECIPITOUS LABOR (<3 HOURS) 139 [PROLONG] PROLONGED LABOR (>20 HOURS) 140 [DYSFUNC] DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR 141 [BREECH] BREECH/MALPRESENTATION 142 [CEPHALO] CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION 143 [CORD] CORD PROLAPSE 144 [ANESTHE] ANESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS 145 [DISTRESS] FETAL DISTRESS 146 [OTHERLB] OTHER COMPLICATION OF LABOR AND/OR DELIVERY 147-156 [NEWBORN] ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OF THE NEWBORN This variable is not reported for fetal deaths Each condition is assigned a separate position, and the code structure for each condition (position) is: 1 ... Condition reported 2 ... Condition not reported 8 ... Condition not on certificate 9 ... Condition not classifiable 147 [NBFLAG] NEWBORN FLAG Blank... One or more abnormal conditions of the newborn coded, one, eight, or nine 2 ... No abnormal condition of the newborn reported. Each factor is coded a two. 148 [NANEMIA] ANEMIA HCT.>39/HGB.<13) 149 [INJURY] BIRTH INJURY 150 [ALCOSYN] FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME -26- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 151 [HYALINE] HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE 152 [MECONSYN] MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME 153 [VENL30] ASSISTED VENTILATION, LESS THAN 30 MINUTES 154 [VEN30M] ASSISTED VENTILATION, 30 MINUTES OR MORE 155 [NSEIZ] SEIZURES 156 [OTHERAB] OTHER ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OF THE NEWBORN 157-179 [CONGENIT] CONGENITAL ANOMALIES Each anomaly is assigned a separate position, and the code structure for each anomaly (position) is: 1 ... Anomaly reported 2 ... Anomaly not reported 8 ... Anomaly not on certificate 9 ... Anomaly not classifiable 157 [CGFLAG] CONGENITAL FLAG Blank... One or more congenital anomaly coded, one, eight, or nine 2 ... No congenital anomaly is reported. Each factor is coded a two. 158 [ANEN] ANENCEPHALUS 159 [SPINA] SPINA BIFIDA/MENINGOCELE 160 [HYDRO] HYDROCEPHALUS 161 [MICROCE] MICROCEPHALUS 162 [NERVOUS] OTHER CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ANOMALIES 163 [HEART] HEART MALFORMATIONS 164 [CIRCUL] OTHER CIRCULATORY/RESPIRATORY ANOMALIES 165 [RECTAL] RECTAL ATRESIA/STENOSIS 166 [TRACHEO] TRACHEO-ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA/ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA -27- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 167 [OMPHALO] OMPHALOCELE/GASTROSCHISIS 168 [GASTRO] OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL ANOMALIES 169 [GENITAL] MALFORMED GENITALIA 170 [RENALAGE] RENAL AGENESIS 171 [UROGEN] OTHER UROGENITAL ANOMALIES 172 [CLEFTLP] CLEFT LIP/PALATE 173 [ADACTYLY] POLYDACTYLY/SYNDACTYLY/ADACTYLY 174 [CLUBFOOT] CLUB FOOT 175 [HERNIA] DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA 176 [MUSCULO] OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL/INTEGUMENTAL ANOMALIES 177 [DOWNS] DOWN'S SYNDROME 178 [CHROMO] OTHER CHROMOSOMAL ANOMALIES 179 [OTHERCON] OTHER CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 180-203 [FLRES] REPORTING FLAGS FOR PLACE OF RESIDENCE These positions contain flags to indicate whether or not the specified item is included on the birth certificate or report of fetal death of the State of residence. The code structure of each flag (position) is: 0 ... The item is not reported 1 ... The item is reported or partially reported. 180 [FLGESTAL] ALL GESTATIONS REPORTED This flag is used for fetal death records only and identifies states which report fetal deaths of all periods of gestation. 181 [FLGMARFE] MARITAL STATUS This flag is used for fetal death records only. -28- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 182 [FLGPNV] NUMBER OF PRENATAL VISITS This flag is used for fetal death records only. 183 [FLGORIGM] ORIGIN OF MOTHER 184 [FLGORIGF] ORIGIN OF FATHER 185 [FLGEDUCM] EDUCATION OF MOTHER 186 [FLGGESTE] CLINICAL ESTIMATE OF GESTATION 187 [FLGFMAPS] 5-MINUTE APGAR SCORE This variable is not reported for fetal deaths. 188 [FLGDELMT] METHOD OF DELIVERY 189 [FLGMEDRS] MEDICAL RISK FACTORS 190 [FLGTOBAC] TOBACCO USE 191 [FLGALCOH] ALCOHOL USE 192 [FLGWTGN] WEIGHT GAIN 193 [FLGOBSTR] OBSTETRIC PROCEDURES 194 [FLGLABOR] COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR AND/OR DELIVERY 195 [FLGNEWBR] ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OF NEWBORN This variable is not reported for fetal deaths. 196 [FLGCONG] CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 197 [FLGAPI] RACE CODES 18-68 REPORTED (BEGINNING WITH 1992 DATA) 198 [MONTHIMP] MONTH OF DELIVERY IMPUTATION FLAG Blank... Month is not imputed 1 ... Month is imputed 199-200 [DELMONTH] MONTH OF DELIVERY 01 ... January 02 ... February -29- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 03 ... March 04 ... April 05 ... May 06 ... June 07 ... July 08 ... August 09 ... September 10 ... October 11 ... November 12 ... December 201 [DATDEL] DAY OF WEEK OF DELIVERY 1 ... Sunday 2 ... Monday 3 ... Tuesday 4 ... Wednesday 5 ... Thursday 6 ... Friday 7 ... Saturday 202-203 [SAMPLE] SAMPLING VARIABLE This variable is present in the numerator and denominator files, but not in the unlinked file. Because of the large size of the files several data users requested that a utility be made available which would allow them to export a sample of records. Records are numbered consecutively from 00-99 in a repeating sequence. To select 1 in 100 sample of records from the denominator file, choose a random number between 00 and 99 as a subset and export that subset. 00-99 ... Value of sampling variable 204 [FLGND] FLAG INDICATING RECORDS INCLUDED IN BOTH NUMERATOR AND DENOMINATOR FILES This variable is included in the denominator file only, and identifies a record which is also included in the numerator file. Please note that not all infant deaths in the numerator file are represented in the denominator file, -30- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline because some of the infants who died in 1995 were born in 1994. 1 ... Record is also included in numerator file blank ... Record not included in numerator file Here ends the Denominator file and the fetal death portion of the numerator file. Additional documentation for infant deaths included in the numerator and unlinked files begins on the next page. -31- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 205-207 [AGED] AGE AT DEATH IN DAYS The generated age at death in days is calculated from the date of death on the death certificate minus the date of birth on the birth certificate unless the reported age of death is less than 2 days, then the reported age is used. If the exact date of birth and/or death is unknown, the age is imputed. 000-364 ... Number of days 208 [AGER5] INFANT AGE RECODE 5 1 ... Under 1 hour 2 ... 1-23 hours 3 ... 1-6 days 4 ... 7-27 days (late neonatal) 5 ... 28 days and over (postneonatal) 209 [ACCIDPL] PLACE OF ACCIDENT FOR CAUSES E850-E869 AND E880-E928 Blank... Causes other than E850-E869 and E880-E928 0 ... Home 1 ... Farm 2 ... Mine and quarry 3 ... Industrial place and premises 4 ... Place for recreation and sport 5 ... Street and highway 6 ... Public building 7 ... Resident institution 8 ... Other specified places 9 ... Place of accident not specified 210-213 [UCOD] 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 -32- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline do not have a 4th digit, location 213 is blank. 214-216 [UCODR61] 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) 217-224 [RECWT] RECORD WEIGHT Beginning in 1995, a record weight was added for infant deaths to adjust for the approximately 2-3% of infant death records each year which could not be linked to their corresponding birth certificates(see Introduction for further details). These weights are used to produce all NCHS linked file tables, including Documentation tables 1-5 in this documentation. The general format for this record weight is the number one followed by a decimal point and six decimal places as follows. For fetal deaths and for live births in the denominator file, this weight has been set to 1.0. Records in the unlinked file and the Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam files have not been weighted. 1.XXXXXX 225-468 [MULTCOND] MULTIPLE CONDITIONS See the "International Classification of Diseases", 1975 Revision, Volume 1. Both the entity-axis and record-axis conditions are coded according to this revision (9th). 225-226 [EANUM] NUMBER OF ENTITY-AXIS CONDITIONS 00-20... Code range 227-366 [ENTITY] ENTITY - AXIS CONDITIONS Space has been provided for a maximum of 20 conditions. Each condition takes 7 positions in -33- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline the record. Records that do not have 20 conditions are blank in the unused area. 227-228 [ECONDPLQ] 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 229 [ENIFLAG] Position 3: Nature of Injury Flag 1 ... Indicates that the code in positions 3-6 is a Nature of Injury code 0 ... All other codes 229-233 [ENICOND] Position 3 - 7: Nature of injury flag and condition code (ICD 9th Revision) 227-233 1st Condition 234-240 2nd Condition 241-247 3rd Condition 248-254 4th Condition 255-261 5th Condition 262-268 6th Condition 269-275 7th Condition 276-282 8th Condition 283-289 9th Condition 290-296 10th Condition 297-303 11th Condition 304-310 12th Condition -34- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 311-317 13th Condition 318-324 14th Condition 325-331 15th Condition 332-338 16th Condition 339-345 17th Condition 346-352 18th Condition 353-359 19th Condition 360-366 20th Condition 367-368 [RANUM] NUMBER OF RECORD-AXIS CONDITIONS 00-20... Code range 369-468 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. 369 [RNIFLAG] Position 1: Nature of Injury Flag 1 ... Indicates that the code in positions 1-4 is a Nature of Injury code 0 ... All other codes 369-373 [RECORD] Positions 1-5: Nature of Injury Flag and Condition code (ICD 9th Revision) 369-373 1st Condition 374-378 2nd Condition 379-383 3rd Condition 384-389 4th Condition 390-394 5th Condition 395-399 6th Condition -35- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 400-404 7th Condition 405-409 8th Condition 410-414 9th Condition 415-419 10th Condition 420-424 11th Condition 425-429 12th Condition 430-434 13th Condition 435-439 14th Condition 440-444 15th Condition 445-449 16th Condition 450-454 17th Condition 455-459 18th Condition 460-464 19th Condition 465-468 20th Condition 469 [RESSTATD] RESIDENT STATUS OF DECEDENT AT TIME OF DEATH 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 50 States and D.C. 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 50 States and D.C. Puerto Rico Occurrence 1 ... RESIDENTS: State and county of occurrence and residence are the same. -36- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 2 ... INTRASTATE NONRESIDENTS: State of occurrence and residence are the same, but county is different. 4 ... FOREIGN RESIDENTS: Occurred in Puerto Rico to a resident of any other place. Virgin Islands 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. 4 ... FOREIGN RESIDENTS: Occurred in the 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. 470-471 [DRSTATE] EXPANDED STATE OF RESIDENCE OF DECEDENT AT TIME OF DEATH - NCHS CODES 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 -37- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 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 53-58,60 ... Foreign Residents 53 ... Puerto Rico 54 ... Virgin Islands 55 ... Guam 56 ... Canada 57 ... Cuba 58 ... Mexico 60 ... Remainder of the World Puerto Rico Occurrence 53 ... Puerto Rico 01-52,54-58,60 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. -38- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline Virgin Islands Occurrence 54 ... Virgin Islands 01-53,55-58,60 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Guam Occurrence 55 ... Guam 01-52 ... U.S. resident is also considered a resident of Guam. 53,54,58,60 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. 472-476 [FIPSOCCD] FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS (FIPS) GEOGRAPHIC CODES (OCCURRENCE) - DEATH 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. 472-473 [STOCFIPD] STATE OF OCCURRENCE OF DEATH - 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 20 ... Kansas 21 ... Kentucky 22 ... Louisiana 23 ... Maine 24 ... Maryland 25 ... Massachusetts -39- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 26 ... Michigan 27 ... Minnesota 28 ... Mississippi 29 ... Missouri 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 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 Guam 66 ... Guam 474-476 [CNTOFIPD] COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE OF DEATH - FIPS 001-nnn ... Counties and county equivalents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each State. (Note: To -40- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline uniquely identify a county, both the State and county codes must be used.) 999 ... County with less than 250,000 population 477-517 [FIPSRESD] FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS (FIPS) GEOGRAPHIC CODES (RESIDENCE) - DEATH 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. 477-478 [STREFIPD] STATE OF RESIDENCE OF DECEDENT AT TIME OF DEATH - FIPS United States Occurrence 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 30 ... Montana -41- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 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 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, 66,78 ... Foreign resident: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Virgin Islands Occurrence 78 ... Virgin Islands 00-56, 66,72 ... Foreign resident: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Guam Occurrence 66 ... Guam 01-56, 00,72,78 ... Foreign resident: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. - 42 - Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 479-481 [CNTYRFPD] COUNTY OF RESIDENCE OF DECEDENT AT TIME OF OF DEATH - FIPS 000 ... Foreign residents 001-nnn ... Counties and county equivalents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each State (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 with less than 100,000 population 484-488 [PLRESD] PLACE (CITY) OF RESIDENCE OF DECEDENT AT TIME OF DEATH - FIPS A complete list of cities is shown in the Geographic code outline further back in this document. 00000 ... Foreign residents 00001-nnnnn ... Code range 99999 ... Balance of county; or city less than 250,000 population 489 [HOSPD] HOSPITAL AND PATIENT STATUS 1 ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center - Inpatient 2 ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center - Outpatient or admitted to Emergency Room 3 ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center - Dead on arrival 4 ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center - Patient status unknown 5 ... Nursing home 6 ... Residence 7 ... Other 9 ... Place of death unknown -43- Item Field Location Name Item and Code Outline 490-493 [DTHYR] YEAR OF DEATH 1995 ... Death occurred in 1995 494-495 [DTHMON] 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 496 [WEEKDAYD] DAY OF WEEK OF DEATH 1 ... Sunday 2 ... Monday 3 ... Tuesday 4 ... Wednesday 5 ... Thursday 6 ... Friday 7 ... Saturday 9 ... Unknown -44-