 |
 |
 |
|
   |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||
|
Scientific Data Documentation
Fetal Death Detail Record, 1998DSN: CC36.FETDTH98
DSN: CC36.FETDTH98.PRVIGSpecial Notice:
The Geographic Codes were changed effective with 1994 data to reflect the results of the 1990 Census.
Fetal deaths for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam are included in a separate data set in the public-use file.
Fetal Death Documentation for 1998 DataThis tape documentation was prepared in the Division of Vital Statistics. Steve Steimel of the Systems Programming and Statistical Resources Branch was responsible for updating the fetal death documentation. Joyce Martin of the Reproductive Statistics Branch was responsible for providing all needed modifications to keep the documentation up-to-date. Joyce Martin and Donna Hoyert of the Mortality Statistics Branch prepared the Fetal Death Technical Appendix. The Registration Methods Staff and the Data Acquisition and Evaluation Branch provided consultation to State vital statistics offices regarding collection of fetal death data.
Questions concerning the documentation or general questions concerning the fetal death file should be directed to the Systems and Programming Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, 6525 Belcrest Road, Room 840 Hyattsville, Maryland 20782. (301-458-4523).
Questions concerning the Technical Appendix or substantive questions concerning the fetal death or natality data should be directed to the Reproductive Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, 6525 Belcrest Road, Room 840, Hyattsville Maryland 20782. (301-458-4362).
Documentation of the Fetal Death Tape Files for 1998 DataInformation on the US fetal death data tape file was abstracted from the Report of Fetal Death forms received in all the States and the District of Columbia, with a record on the data file for each report of a fetal death received. The data is provided to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program by the registration offices of all States, the District of Columbia, and New York City. Fetal deaths for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam are included a separate data set in the public-use file. Data from Arizona, California, Louisiana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, and Guam were coded and keyed by NCHS. All other 1998 data were submitted in machine readable form.
US Fetal death data are limited to deaths occurring within the United States to U.S. residents and nonresidents. Fetal deaths occurring to U.S. citizens outside the United States are not included in this data file. Fetal death data for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam are limited to deaths occurring within the respective territories.
In NCHS tabulations by place of residence, fetal deaths to nonresidents of the United States are excluded. The foreign resident records can be identified by code 4 in tape location 7 of the data tape. In addition, the majority of fetal death tables published by NCHS include only those fetal deaths with stated or presumed gestation of 20 weeks or more (see the Technical Appendix). Those records identified with a 2 in tape location 5 are included in these tabulations. All other records are excluded.
Effective January 1, 1989, a revised U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Death replaced the 1978 revision. The 1989 revision provides a wide variety of new information on maternal and fetal health characteristics. Questions on complications of labor and delivery and congenital anomalies of fetus were changed from an open-ended question to a checkbox format to improve reporting of information. Several new items were added that improve the data file's value for monitoring and research of factors affecting fetal mortality.
The Office of Management and Budget revised its designation of metropolitan statistical areas based on figures from the 1990 Census. For the 1990 through 1993 data files, NCHS has been using these new definitions and codes as indicated in the listing of 320 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PMSAs), and New England County Metropolitan Areas (NECMAs) that were included in the documentation for those years. There are also 20 Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs), which are made up of PMSAs. Because other geographic changes based on the 1990 Census became effective with the 1994 data file, the metropolitan statistical area designations were updated as well. Effective with the 1994 data file there are 311 MSAs, PMSA, and NECMAs and 18 CMSAs as indicated in the listing included in this documentation.
NCHS has adopted a new policy on release of vital statistics unit record data files. This new policy was implemented with the 1989 vital event files to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of individuals and institutions. As a result, this file does not contain the actual day of the death. The geographic detail is also restricted; only counties and cities of 100,000 or more population based on the 1990 Census as well as metropolitan areas of 100,000 or more population based on the 1990 Census, are identified.
Included in this document are:
- List of data elements and tape locations.
- Machine/File/Data Characteristics.
- Detail Record Layout.
- Geographic Code Outline.
- Metropolitan Statistical Areas as adopted for use by NCHS/DVS.
- Documentation Tables 1-14.
- Technical Appendix - Fetal Death.
- Technical Appendix - Natality.
Symbols Used In TablesSymbol Explanation
--- Data not available
... Category not applicable
- Quantity zero
0.0 Quantity more than 0 but less than 0.05
* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision
List of Data Elements and Tape LocationsTape Data Items Locations 1. General a. Data year 1-4 b. Tabulation flag 5 c. Record type 6 d. Resident status 7 2. Occurrence a. NCHS State 17-18 b. Expanded NCHS State 15-16 c. NCHS County 19-21 d. Population size - county 27 e. Division 13 f. Region 12 g. FIPS State 22-23 h. FIPS County 24-26 3. Residence a. NCHS state 33-34 b. Expanded NCHS State 31-32 c. NCHS County 35-37 d. NCHS City 38-40 e. Population size - city 41 f. Population size - county 59 g. NCHS MSA 357-359 h. Met/Nonmet county 42 i. Division 29 j. Region 28 k. FIPS State 43-44 l. FIPS County 45-47 m. FIPS Place 48-52 n. FIPS CMSA 53-54 o. FIPS MSA 55-58 4. Prenatal Care a. Month began 113-116 b. Number of visits 117-120 5. Fetus a. Sex 202-203 b. Race 204-206 c. Plurality 214-215 d. Weight at delivery 207-213 e. Gestation 197-201,216-217 f. Month/year of delivery 186-187,190-193 g. Day of week of delivery 194 6. Mother a. Age 69-75,87-88 b. Race 79-81 c. Marital status 86 d. Education 82-84 e. Hispanic origin 76-77 7. Pregnancy History a. Born alive, now living 98-99 b. Born alive, now dead 100-101 c. Other terminations 102-103 d. Total birth order 109-111 e. Live birth order 105-107 8. Father a. Age 160-164,173-174 b. Race 167-169 c. Education 170-172 d. Hispanic origin 165-166 9. Other Items a. Residence reporting flags 315-339 b. Attendant at delivery 10-11 c. Place of delivery 8-9 d. Interval since last live birth 135-139 10. Medical and Health Data a. Method of delivery 220-227 b. Medical risk factors 228-244 c. Other risk factors Tobacco 245-248 Alcohol 249-252 Weight gain during pregnancy 253-255 d. Obstetric procedures 256-262 e. Complications of labor and/or delivery 263-278 f. Congenital anomalies 279-300 Machine/File/Data Characteristics: All FILES: 1. Machine used: IBM/3081/K 2. Language used: PL/1 3. File organization: Multiple files/one reel 4. Record format: Blocked, Fixed Format 5. Record mode: IBM/EBCDIC 8-Bit Code 6. Code scheme: Numeric/Alphabetic/Blanks 7. Last block: May be a short block 8. Record length: 360 9. Blocksize: 32400 U.S. DATA SET 1. Record count: 63,438 2. Data counts: ALL FETAL DEATHS: a. By occurrence: 63,438 b. By residence: 63,392 c. To foreign residents: 46 20 WEEKS AND OVER: a. By occurrence: 26,729 b. By residence: 26,702 c. To foreign residents: 27 PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND GUAM DATA SET 1. Record count: 771 PUERTO RICO: 2. Data counts: ALL FETAL DEATHS: a. By occurrence: 691 b. By residence: 680 20 WEEKS AND OVER: a. By occurrence: 691 b. By residence: 680 VIRGIN ISLANDS: 2. Data counts: ALL FETAL DEATHS: a. By occurrence: 29 b. By residence: 29 20 WEEKS AND OVER: a. By occurrence: 25 b. By residence: 25 GUAM: 2. Data counts: ALL FETAL DEATHS: a. By occurrence: 51 b. By residence: 51 20 WEEKS AND OVER: a. By occurrence: 49 b. By residence: 491998 FETAL DEATHS DETAIL RECORD Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 1-4 4 DATAYEAR Year of Delivery (Data Year) 1998 ... 1998 5 1 TABFLAG Tabulation Inclusion Flag The majority of fetal death tables published by NCHS/DVS include only those fetal deaths with stated or presumed gestation of 20 weeks or more, see the Technical Appendix. This position is used to indicate which records to include in these tables. 1 ... Under 20 weeks (excluded) 2 ... 20 weeks or more (included) 6 1 RECTYPE Record Type 1 ... RESIDENTS: State and county of occurrence and residence are the same 2 ... NONRESIDENTS: State and/or county of occurrence and residence are different. 7 1 RESTATUS Resident Status U.S. 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 U.S. 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 U.S. Puerto Rico Occurrence1 ... 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. 7 1 RESTATUS Resident Status (Cont'd) Virgin Islands Occurrence 1 ... RESIDENTS: State and 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. 8 1 PLDEL Place or Facility of Delivery 1 ... Hospital delivery 2 ... Doctor's offices, mother's residence, fire department, public place, etc. 3 ... Delivery occurred en route to or on arrival at a facility 9 ... Unknown or not stated 9 1 PLDEL2 Place or Facility of Delivery Recode 1 ... In hospital 2 ... Not in a hospital (includes unknown) 10 1 FATTND 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 11 1 FATTNDR Attendant at Delivery Recode 1 ... Physician 2 ... Midwife 3 ... Other 9 ... Unknown or not stated Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 12-27 16 FOCCUR 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. 12-14 3 RDSSCOCC Region, Division, and State Subcode of Occurrence 12 1 REGNOCC Region of Occurrence 13 1 DIVOCC Division of Occurrence 14 1 STSUBOCC State Subcode of Occurrence States are coded within division and the code structure is designed to sequence the States as they appear in NCHS publications. 000 ... Not applicable: P.R., V.I., or Guam occurrence 1 ... NORTHEAST 1 ... New England 1 ... Maine 2 ... New Hampshire 3 ... Vermont 4 ... Massachusetts 5 ... Rhode Island 6 ... Connecticut 2 ... Middle Atlantic 1 ... New York 2 ... New Jersey 3 ... Pennsylvania 2 ... MIDWEST 3 ... East North Central 1 ... Ohio 2 ... Indiana 3 ... Illinois 4 ... Michigan 5 ... Wisconsin 4 ... West North Central 1 ... Minnesota 2 ... Iowa 3 ... Missouri 4 ... North Dakota 5 ... South Dakota 6 ... Nebraska 7 ... Kansas 12-14 3 RDSSCOCC Region, Division, State Subcode of Occurrence (Cont'd) 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 15-16 2 STFETEXP Expanded State of Occurrence This item is designed to separately identify New York city records from other New York State records. U.S. 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 15-16 2 STFETEXP Expanded State of Occurrence Cont'd U.S. 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 17-18 2 STATEFET State of Occurrence U.S. 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 17-18 2 STATEFET State of Occurrence Cont'd U.S. 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 Puerto Rico 52 ... Puerto Rico Virgin Islands 53 ... Virgin Islands Guam 54 ... Guam 19-21 3 CNTYFET County of Occurrence 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. Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 22-26 5 FIPSOCC Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Geographic Codes (Occurrence) 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 changed to reflect the results of the 1990 Census. 22-23 2 STOCCFIP State of Occurrence (FIPS) U.S. 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 34 ... New Jersey 35 ... New Mexico 36 ... New York 37 ... North Carolina 38 ... North Dakota 39 ... Ohio 22-23 2 STOCCFIP State of Occurrence (Cont'd) U.S. 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 24-26 3 CNTOCFIP County of Occurrence (FIPS) 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. 27 1 CNTOCPOP 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 4 ... County of 50,000 to 100,000 5 ... County of 25,000 to 50,000 6 ... County of Less than 25,000 28-59 32 FRESID Place of Residence 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. 28-30 3 RDSCRES Region, Division, and State Subcode of Residence 28 1 REGNRES Region of Residence 29 1 DIVRES Division of Residence 30 1 STSUBRES State Subcode of Residence States are coded within Division and the code structure is designed to sequence the States as they appear in NCHS publications. APPLICABLE TO U.S. ONLY 000 ... Foreign residents 1 ... NORTHEAST 1 ... New England 1 ... Maine 2 ... New Hampshire 3 ... Vermont 4 ... Massachusetts 5 ... Rhode Island 6 ... Connecticut 2 ... Middle Atlantic 1 ... New York 2 ... New Jersey 3 ... Pennsylvania 2 ... MIDWEST 3 ... East North Central 1 ... Ohio 2 ... Indiana 3 ... Illinois 4 ... Michigan 5 ... Wisconsin 4 ... West North Central 1 ... Minnesota 2 ... Iowa 3 ... Missouri 4 ... North Dakota 5 ... South Dakota 6 ... Nebraska 7 ... Kansas 28-30 3 RDSCRES Region, Division, State Subcode of Residence (Cont'd) 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 Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 31-32 2 STRESEXP Expanded State of Residence This item is designed to separately identify New York city records from other New York State records. U.S. 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 39 ... Oregon 40 ... Pennsylvania 41 ... Rhode Island 42 ... South Carolina 43 ... South Dakota 44 ... Tennessee 45 ... Texas 31-32 2 STRESEXP Expanded State of Residence Cont'd U.S. Occurrence 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. Guam Occurrence 55 ... Guam 01-52 ... U.S. resident is also considered a resident of Guam. 53-58,60... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 33-34 2 STATERES State of Residence U.S. 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 ... North Carolina 35 ... North Dakota 36 ... Ohio 37 ... Oklahoma 38 ... Oregon 39 ... Pennsylvania 40 ... Rhode Island 41 ... South Carolina 42 ... South Dakota 33-34 2 STATERES State of Residence Cont'd U.S. Occurrence 43 ... Tennessee 44 ... Texas 45 ... Utah 46 ... Vermont 47 ... Virginia 48 ... Washington 49 ... West Virginia 50 ... Wisconsin 51 ... Wyoming 52-57,59 ... Foreign Residents 52 ... Puerto Rico 53 ... Virgin Islands 54 ... Guam 55 ... Canada 56 ... Cuba 57 ... Mexico 59 ... Remainder of the world Puerto Rico Occurrence 52 ... Puerto Rico 01-51,53-57,59... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Virgin Islands Occurrence 53 ... Virgin Islands 01-52,54-57,59... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Guam Occurrence 54 ... Guam 01-51 ... U.S. resident is also considered a resident of Guam. 52-57,59 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. 35-37 3 CNTYRES County of Residence A complete list of counties is shown in the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document. 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.) ZZZ ... Foreign Residents 38-40 3 CITYRES City of Residence A complete list of cities is shown in the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document. 001-nnn ... Cities are numbered alphabetically within each State and identify each city with a population of 10,000 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 ZZZ ... Foreign residents 41 1 CITRSPOP 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 4 ... Place of 50,000 to 100,000 5 ... Place of 25,000 to 50,000 6 ... Place of 10,000 to 25,000 9 ... All other areas in the U.S. Z ... Foreign residents 42 1 METRORES Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan County of Residence NOTE: GUAM AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DO NOT HAVE ANY METROPOLITAN AREAS 1 ... Metropolitan county 2 ... Nonmetropolitan county Z ... Foreign residents 43-58 16 FIPSRES Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Geographic Codes (Residence) 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 changed to reflect the results of the 1990 Census. 43-44 2 STRESFIP State of Residence (FIPS) U.S. 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 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 43-44 2 STRESFIP State of Residence (FIPS) (Cont'd) U.S. Occurrence 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 45-47 3 CNTYRFIP County of Residence (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. Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 48-52 5 PLACEFIP 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 fetal death record. It identifies each city of 10,000 population or more in 1990. 00000 ... Foreign residents 00001-nnnnn ... Code range 53-54 2 CMSA 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 U.S. 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 28 ... Cleveland-Akron, OH, CMSA 31 ... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, CMSA 34 ... Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, CMSA 35 ... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI, CMSA 42 ... Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, CMSA 49 ... Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,CMSA 56 ... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL, CMSA 63 ... Milwaukee-Racine, WI, CMSA 70 ... New York-Northern New Jersey-Long, Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, CMSA 77 ... Philadelphia-Wilmington -Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CMSA 79 ... Portland-Salem, OR-WA, CMSA 82 ... Sacramento-Yolo, CA, CMSA 84 ... San Francisco-Oakland-SanJose, CA, CMSA 91 ... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, CMSA 97 ... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV,CMSA Puerto Rico Occurrence 87 ... San Juan-Caguas-Arecibo,PR,CMSA 55-58 4 SMSARFIP 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 as of 1990. For New England, the New England County Metropolitan Areas (NECMA's) are used. Further back in this document is a list of PMSA's, MSA's, NECMA's, and their component counties. 0000 ... Nonmetropolitan counties or foreign residents 0040-9360 ... Code range 59 1 CNTRSPOP Population Size of County of Residence 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 4 ... County of 50,000 to 100,000 5 ... County of 25,000 to 50,000 6 ... County of Less than 25,000 Z ... Foreign resident 60-68 9 MDOB Date of Birth of Mother 60 1 MDOBIMP Day of Birth of Mother Imputation Flag Day is not imputed if month and/or year is unknown. Blank ... Day is not imputed 1 ... Day is imputed 61-62 2 MDOBMON Month of Birth of Mother 01 ... January 02 ... February 03 ... March 04 ... April 05 ... May 06 ... June 07 ... July 08 ... August 09 ... September 10 ... October 11 ... November 12 ... December 99 ... Unknown or not stated 63-64 2 MDOBDAY Day of Birth of Mother 01-31 ... As applicable to month of birth 99 ... Unknown or not stated 65-68 4 MDOBYR Year of Birth of Mother Year is checked for valid numeric codes including unknown. If invalid, year is made unknown. Year is not changed to unknown if its use results in an impossible computation. The computed item is made unknown. 1900-1998 ... Code range 9999 ... Unknown or not stated 69 1 MAGERFLG Reported Age of Mother Used Flag This position is flagged whenever the mother's reported age is used. The reported age is used, if valid, when age could not be computed or when the computed age is outside the 10-49 code range. Blank ... Reported age is not used 1 ... Reported age is used 70 1 MAGEIMP Age of Mother Imputation Flag Blank ... Age is not imputed 1 ... Age is imputed 71-72 2 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. Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 73-74 2 MAGE12 Age of Mother Recode 12 01 ... Under 15 years 02 ... 15 years 03 ... 16 years 04 ... 17 years 05 ... 18 years 06 ... 19 years 07 ... 20 - 24 years 08 ... 25 - 29 years 09 ... 30 - 34 years 10 ... 35 - 39 years 11 ... 40 - 44 years 12 ... 45 - 49 years 75 1 MAGE8 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 76 1 ORMOTH Hispanic Origin of Mother Origin is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 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 77 1 ORRACEM Hispanic Origin and Race of Mother Recode Origin is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 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 78 1 MRACEIMP Race of Mother Imputation Flag Blank ... Race is not imputed 1 ... Race is imputed 79-80 2 MRACE Race of Mother U.S. 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 code 08 for all other areas. For consistency with Census race code 09 (all other races) used prior to 1992 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 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 79-80 2 MRACE Race of Mother (Cont'd) Puerto Rico Occurrence Does not report race. 99 ... Unknown 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 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 81 1 MRACE3 Race of Mother Recode U.S./Virgin Islands/Guam Occurrence 1 ... White 2 ... Races other than White or Black 3 ... Black Puerto Rico Occurrence 4 ... Unknown 82-83 2 DMEDUC Education of Mother Education is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 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 84 1 MEDUC6 Education of Mother Recode Education is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 1 ... 0 - 8 years 2 ... 9 - 11 years 3 ... 12 years 4 ... 13 - 15 years 5 ... 16 years and over 6 ... Not stated 85 1 DMARIMP Marital Status of Mother Imputation Flag Marital status is imputed for residents of reporting areas only, see technical appendix. The marital status item is imputed in the edit program. However, it was decided not to maintain the imputed values. Blank ... Marital Status is not imputed 1 ... Marital Status is imputed 86 1 DMAR Marital Status of Mother Marital status is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. U.S./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 87-88 2 DMAGERPT Reported Age of Mother 10-49 ... Age in single years 99 ... Unknown or not stated 89-97 9 R2 Reserved Positions 98-99 2 NLBNL Number of Live Births, Now Living 00-30 ... Stated number of children 99 ... Unknown or not stated 100-101 2 NLBND Number of Live Births, Now Dead 00-30 ... Stated number of children 99 ... Unknown or not stated 102-103 2 NOTERM Number of Other Terminations Includes spontaneous and induced at any time after conception. 00-30 ... Stated number of other terminations 99 ... Unknown or not stated Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 104 1 LBOIMPF Live Birth Order Imputation Flag Live birth order is imputed in the edit program. However, it was decided not to maintain the imputed values. Blank ... Live birth order is not imputed 1 ... Live birth order is imputed 105-106 2 DLIVORD Detail Live Birth Order Sum of live births now living and now dead. If either item is unknown, this item is made unknown. 00-40 ... Number of children born alive to mother 99 ... Unknown live birth order 107 1 LIVORD9 Live Birth Order Recode 0 ... No children born alive to mother 1 ... One 2 ... Two 3 ... Three 4 ... Four 5 ... Five 6 ... Six 7 ... Seven 8 ... Eight or more 9 ... Unknown live birth order 108 1 TBOIMP Total Birth Order Imputation Flag Total birth order is imputed in the edit program. However it was decided not to maintain the imputed values. Blank ... Total birth order is not imputed 1 ... Total birth order is imputed 109-110 2 DTOTORD Detail Total Birth Order Sum of live birth order and other terminations of pregnancy plus one (for this pregnancy). If either item is unknown, this item is made unknown. 01-41 ... Number of live births and other terminations of pregnancy 99 ... Unknown total birth order 111 1 TOTORD9 Total Birth Order Recode 1 ... One 2 ... Two 3 ... Three 4 ... Four 5 ... Five 6 ... Six 7 ... Seven 8 ... Eight or more 9 ... Unknown total birth order 112 1 NAMEDMTH Named Month Prenatal Care Began Flag This position identifies records that contained Jan., Feb., etc. instead of first month, second month, etc. for month of pregnancy prenatal care began. Blank ... Numeric month given 1 ... Named month given 113-114 2 MONPRE Detail Month of Pregnancy Prenatal Care Began Month prenatal care began is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 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 115 1 MPRE6 Month Prenatal Care Began Recode 6 Month prenatal care began is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 1 ... 1st - 2nd month 2 ... 3rd month 3 ... 4th - 6th month 4 ... 7th - 9th month 5 ... No prenatal care 6 ... Unknown or not stated 116 1 MPRE5 Month Prenatal Care Began Recode 5 Month prenatal care began is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 1 ... 1st Trimester (1st-3rd month) 2 ... 2nd Trimester (4th-6th month) 3 ... 3rd Trimester (7th-9th month) 4 ... No prenatal care 5 ... Unknown or not stated 117-118 2 NPREVIST Total Number of Prenatal Visits Number of prenatal visits is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags 00 ... No prenatal visits 01-48 ... Stated number of visits 49 ... 49 or more visits 99 ... Unknown or not stated 119-120 2 NPREV12 Number of Prenatal Visits Recode Number of prenatal visits is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags 01 ... No visits 02 ... 1 - 2 visits 03 ... 3 - 4 visits 04 ... 5 - 6 visits 05 ... 7 - 8 visits 06 ... 9 - 10 visits 07 ... 11 - 12 visits 08 ... 13 - 14 visits 09 ... 15 - 16 visits 10 ... 17 - 18 visits 11 ... 19 visits or more 12 ... Unknown or not stated Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 121-128 8 LMPDATE Date Last Normal Menses Began Date of last normal menses is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 121-122 2 LMPMON Month 01 ... January 02 ... February 03 ... March 04 ... April 05 ... May 06 ... June 07 ... July 08 ... August 09 ... September 10 ... October 11 ... November 12 ... December 99 ... Unknown or not stated month of LMP 123-124 2 LMPDAY Day 01-31 ... As applicable to month of LMP 99 ... Unknown or not stated day of LMP 125-128 4 LMPYR Year 1995 ... 1995 1998 ... 1998 9999 ... Unknown or not stated year of LMP 129-134 6 LLBDATE Date of last Live Birth Date of last live birth is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags 777777 ... No previous live birth 129-130 2 LLBMON Month of Last Live Birth 01 ... January 02 ... February 03 ... March 04 ... April 05 ... May 06 ... June 07 ... July 08 ... August 09 ... September 10 ... October 11 ... November 12 ... December 99 ... Unknown or not stated 131-134 4 LLBYR Year of Last Live Birth 1900-1998 ... Stated year 9999 ... Unknown or not stated 135-137 3 DISLLB Interval Since Last Live Birth This item is computed from date of delivery and date of last live birth. 777 ... No previous live birth 000 ... Zero months (plural birth) 001-500 ... One - five hundred months 999 ... Unknown Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 138-139 2 ISLLB1O Interval Since Last Live Birth Recode 00 ... Not applicable (no previous live birth) 01 ... Zero months (plural birth) 02 ... 1 - 11 months 03 ... 12 - 17 months 04 ... 18 - 23 months 05 ... 24 - 35 months 06 ... 36 - 47 months 07 ... 48 - 59 months 08 ... 60 - 71 months 09 ... 72 months and over 10 ... Unknown 140-150 11 R3 Reserved Positions 151-159 9 FDOB Date of Birth of Father 151 1 FDOBIMP Day of Birth of Father Imputation Flag Day is not imputed if month and/or year is unknown. Blank ... Day is not imputed 1 ... Day is imputed 152-153 2 FDOBMON Month of Birth of Father 01 ... January 02 ... February 03 ... March 04 ... April 05 ... May 06 ... June 07 ... July 08 ... August 09 ... September 10 ... October 11 ... November 12 ... December 99 ... Unknown or not stated 154-155 2 FDOBDAY Day of Birth of Father 01-31 ... As applicable to month of birth 99 ... Unknown or not stated 156-159 4 FDOBYR Year of Birth of Father Year is checked for valid numeric codes including unknown. If invalid, year is made unknown. Year is not changed to unknown if its use results in an impossible computation. The computed item is made unknown. 1894-1998 ... Code range 9999 ... Unknown or not stated 160 1 FAGERFLG Reported Age of Father Used Flag This position is flagged whenever the father's reported age is used. The reported age is used, if valid, when age could not be computed or when the computed age is less than 10. Blank ... Reported age is not used 1 ... Reported age is used 161-162 2 DFAGE Age of Father This item is either computed from date of birth of father and date of delivery or is the reported age. This is the age item used in NCHS publications. 10-98 ... Age is single years 99 ... Unknown or not stated 163-164 2 FAGE11 Age of Father Recode 01 ... Under 15 years 02 ... 15 - 19 years 03 ... 20 - 24 years 04 ... 25 - 29 years 05 ... 30 - 34 years 06 ... 35 - 39 years 07 ... 40 - 44 years 08 ... 45 - 49 years 09 ... 50 - 54 years 10 ... 55 - 59 years 11 ... 60 - 98 years 12 ... Not stated 165 1 ORFATH Hispanic Origin of Father Origin is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 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 Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 166 1 ORRACEF Hispanic Origin and Race of Father Recode Origin is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 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 167-168 2 FRACE Race of Father U.S. 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 code 08 for all other areas. Code 09 (all other races) used prior to 1992 has been changed to 99. 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 99 ... Unknown or not stated Puerto Rico Occurrence Does not report race 99 ... Unknown 167-168 2 FRACE Race of Father (Cont'd) 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 169 1 FRACE4 Race of Father Recode 1 ... White 2 ... Race other than White, Black, or unknown 3 ... Black 4 ... Unknown or not stated 170-171 2 DFEDUC Education of Father Education is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags 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 172 1 FEDUC6 Education of Father Recode Education is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags 1 ... 0 - 8 years 2 ... 9 - 11 years 3 ... 12 years 4 ... 13 - 15 years 5 ... 16 years and over 6 ... Not stated 173-174 2 DFAGERPT Reported Age of Father 10-98 ... Age in single years 99 ... Unknown or not stated 175-183 9 R4 Reserved Positions 184 1 FDODMIMP Month of Delivery Imputation Flag Blank ... Month is not imputed 1 ... Month is imputed Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 185 1 FDODDIMP Day of Delivery Imputation Flag Blank ... Day is not imputed 1 ... Day is imputed 186-187 2 DELMON Month 01 ... January 02 ... February 03 ... March 04 ... April 05 ... May 06 ... June 07 ... July 08 ... August 09 ... September 10 ... October 11 ... November 12 ... December 188-189 2 DELDAY Day 01-31 ... As applicable to month of birth 190-193 4 DELYR Year 1998 ... 1998 194 1 WEEKDAY Day of Week of Delivery 1 ... Sunday 2 ... Monday 3 ... Tuesday 4 ... Wednesday 5 ... Thursday 6 ... Friday 7 ... Saturday 195 1 GESTESTM Clinical Estimate of Gestation Used Flag This position is flagged whenever the clinical estimate of gestation is used. It is used whenever gestation could not be computed or when the computed gestation is outside the 02-47 code range. Blank ... Clinical estimate is not used 1 ... Clinical estimate is used 196 1 GESTIMP Gestation Imputation Flag Blank ... Gestation is not imputed 1 ... Gestation is imputed 197-198 2 DGESTAT Gestation This item is: a) computed using dates of delivery and last normal menses; b) the clinical estimate; c) imputed; or d) unknown when there is insufficient data to impute or no valid clinical estimate. This is the gestation item used in NCHS publications. 02-47 ... 2nd through 47th week of gestation 99 ... Unknown 199-200 2 GESTAT12 Gestation Recode 12 01 ... Under 16 weeks 02 ... 16-19 weeks 03 ... 20-23 weeks 04 ... 24-27 weeks 05 ... 28-31 weeks 06 ... 32-35 weeks 07 ... 36 weeks 08 ... 37-39 weeks 09 ... 40 weeks 10 ... 41 weeks 11 ... 42 weeks and over 12 ... Unknown 201 1 GESTAT5 Gestation Recode 5 1 ... Under 20 weeks 2 ... 20-23 weeks 3 ... 24-27 weeks 4 ... 28 weeks and over 5 ... Unknown 202 1 FSEXIMP Sex Imputation Flag 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 203 1 FSEX Sex 1 ... Male 2 ... Female 9 ... Unknown or not stated 204-205 2 MRACE Race of Fetus U.S. 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 code 08 for all other areas. For consistency with Census race code 09 (all other races) used prior to 1992 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 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 Does not report race. 99 ... Unknown 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 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 206 1 MRACE3 Race of Fetus Recode U.S./Virgin Islands/Guam Occurrence 1 ... White 2 ... Races other than White or Black 3 ... Black Puerto Rico Occurrence 4 ... Unknown 207-210 4 DBIRWT Weight at Delivery 0000-8165 ... Number of grams 9999 ... Unknown or not stated 211-212 2 BIRWT14 Weight at Delivery Recode 14 01 ... 249 grams or less 02 ... 250-349 grams 03 ... 350-499 grams 04 ... 500-999 grams 05 ... 1000-1499 grams 06 ... 1500-1999 grams 07 ... 2000-2499 grams 08 ... 2500-2999 grams 09 ... 3000-3499 grams 10 ... 3500-3999 grams 11 ... 4000-4499 grams 12 ... 4500-4999 grams 13 ... 5000-8165 grams 14 ... Unknown or not stated 213 1 BIRWT4 Weight at Delivery Recode 4 1 ... 1499 grams or less 2 ... 1500-2499 grams 3 ... 2500 grams or more 4 ... Unknown or not stated 214 1 PLURIMP Plurality Imputation Flag Blank ... Plurality is not imputed 1 ... Plurality is imputed Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 215 1 DPLURAL Plurality 1 ... Single 2 ... Twin 3 ... Triplet 4 ... Quadruplet 5 ... Quintuplet or higher 216-217 2 CLINGEST Clinical Estimate of Gestation Clinical estimate is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags. 02-47 ... Estimated gestation in weeks 99 ... Unknown or not stated 218-219 2 R5 Reserved Positions 220-314 95 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. 220-226 7 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 220 1 VAGINAL Vaginal 221 1 VBAC Vaginal Birth After Previous C-Section 222 1 PRIMAC Primary C-Section 223 1 REPEAC Repeat C-Section 224 1 FORCEP Forceps 225 1 VACUUM Vacuum 226 1 HYSTER Hysterotomy/Hysterectomy 227 1 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 6 ... Not stated 228-244 17 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 228 1 ANEMIA Anemia (Hct.<30/Hgb.<10) 229 1 CARDIAC Cardiac disease 230 1 LUNG Acute or chronic lung disease 231 1 DIABETES Diabetes 232 1 HERPES Genital herpes 233 1 HYDRA Hydramnios/Oligohydramnios 234 1 HEMO Hemoglobinopathy 235 1 CHYPER Hypertension, chronic 236 1 PHYPER Hypertension, pregnancy-associated 237 1 ECLAMP Eclampsia 238 1 INCERVIX Incompetent cervix 239 1 PRE4000 Previous infant 4000+ grams 240 1 PRETERM Previous preterm or small-for-gestational-age infant 241 1 RENAL Renal disease 242 1 RH Rh sensitization 243 1 UTERINE Uterine bleeding 244 1 OTHERMR Other Medical Risk Factors 245-255 11 OTHERRSK Other Risk Factors For This Pregnancy 245-248 4 TOBACRSK Tobacco Risks 245 1 TOBACCO Tobacco Use During Pregnancy 1 ... Yes 2 ... No 9 ... Unknown or not stated 246-247 2 CIGAR Average Number of Cigarettes Per Day 00-97 ... As stated 98 ... 98 or more cigarettes per day 99 ... Unknown or not stated 248 1 CIGAR6 Average Number of Cigarettes Per Day Recode 0 ... Non smoker 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 249-252 4 ALCOHRSK Alcohol 249 1 ALCOHOL Alcohol Use During Pregnancy 1 ... Yes 2 ... No 9 ... Unknown or not stated 250-251 2 DRINK Average Number of Drinks Per Week 00-97 ... As stated 98 ... 98 or more drinks per week 99 ... Unknown or not stated 252 1 DRINK5 Average Number of Drinks Per Week Recode 0 ... Non drinker 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 253-255 3 WTGANRSK Weight Gain During Pregnancy 253-254 2 WTGAIN Weight Gain 00-97 ... Stated number of pounds 98 ... 98 pounds or more 99 ... Unknown or not stated 255 1 WTGAIN8 Weight Gain Recode 1 ... Less than 10 pounds 2 ... 10-14 pounds 3 ... 15-19 pounds 4 ... 20-24 pounds 5 ... 25-29 pounds 6 ... 30-34 pounds 7 ... 35 or more pounds 8 ... Unknown or not stated 256-262 7 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 256 1 AMNIO Amniocentesis 257 1 MONITOR Electronic fetal monitoring 258 1 INDUCT Induction of labor 259 1 STIMULA Stimulation of labor 260 1 TOCOL Tocolysis 261 1 ULTRAS Ultrasound 262 1 OTHEROB Other Obstetric Procedures 263-278 16 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 263 1 FEBRILE Febrile (>100 degrees F. or 38 degrees C.) 264 1 MECONIUM Meconium 265 1 RUPTURE Premature rupture of membrane (>12 hours) 266 1 ABRUPTIO Abruptio placenta 267 1 PREPLACE Placenta previa 268 1 EXCEBLD Other excessive bleeding 269 1 SEIZURE Seizures during labor 270 1 PRECIP Precipitous labor (<3 hours) 271 1 PROLONG Prolonged labor (>20 hours) 272 1 DYSFUNC Dysfunctional labor 273 1 BREECH Breech/Malpresentation 274 1 CEPHALO Cephalopelvic disproportion 275 1 CORD Cord prolapse 276 1 ANESTHE Anesthetic complications 277 1 DISTRESS Fetal distress 278 1 OTHERLB Other Complication of Labor and/or Delivery 279-300 22 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 279 1 ANEN Anencephalus 280 1 SPINA Spina bifida/Meningocele 281 1 HYDRO Hydrocephalus 282 1 MICROCE Microcephalus 283 1 NERVOUS Other central nervous system anomalies 284 1 HEART Heart malformations 285 1 CIRCUL Other circulatory/respiratory anomalies 286 1 RECTAL Rectal atresia/stenosis 287 1 TRACHEO Tracheo - esophageal fistula/Esophageal atresia 288 1 OMPHALO Omphalocele/Gastroschisis 289 1 GASTRO Other gastrointestinal anomalies 290 1 GENITAL Malformed genitalia 291 1 RENALAGE Renal agenesis 292 1 UROGEN Other urogenital anomalies 293 1 CLEFTLP Cleft lip/palate 294 1 ADACTYLY Polydactyly/Syndactyly/Adactyly 295 1 CLUBFOOT Club foot 296 1 HERNIA Diaphragmatic hernia 297 1 MUSCULO Other musculoskeletal/integumental anomalies 298 1 DOWNS Down's syndrome 299 1 CHROMO Other chromosomal anomalies 300 1 OTHERCON Other Congenital Anomalies Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline 301-314 14 UCAUSE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF FETAL DEATH 301-304 4 DETICD 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 304 is blank. 305 1 R6 Reserved Position 306-308 3 C72 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. 010-770 ... Code range (not inclusive) 309-314 6 R7 Reserved Positions 315-339 25 FLRES REPORTING FLAGS FOR PLACE OF RESIDENCE These positions contain flags to indicate whether or not the specified item is included in the report of fetal death of the State of residence identified in positions 31-32. The code structure for each flag (position) is: 0 ... The item is not reported 1 ... The item is reported 315 1 GESTALL All Gestations Reported 316 1 ORIGM Origin of mother 317 1 ORIGF Origin of father 318 1 EDUCM Education of mother 319 1 EDUCF Education of father 320 1 LLBF Date of last live birth 321 1 DMARF Marital status 322 1 DATELMP Date of last normal menses 323 1 PNCF Month prenatal care began 324 1 PNVF Number of prenatal visits 325 1 GESTE Clinical estimate of gestation 326 1 DELMETRF Method of delivery 327 1 MEDRSK Medical risk factors 328 1 TOBUSE Tobacco use 329 1 CIGARSF Number of cigarettes 330 1 ALCUSE Alcohol use 331 1 DRINKSF Number of drinks 332 1 WTGN Weight gain 333 1 OBSTRC Obstetric procedures 334 1 CLABOR Complications of labor and/or delivery 335 1 CONGAN Congenital anomalies 336 1 UCF Underlying cause 337 1 PLURALF Plurality 338-339 2 R8 Reserved positions 340 1 ALLGOCC ALL GESTATIONS REPORTING FLAG FOR PLACE OF OCCURRENCE This position indicates whether or not all gestation periods are reported by the State of occurrence identified in positions 15-16. 0 ... All gestations are not reported 1 ... All gestations are reported 341 1 GESTCIMP Computed Gestation Imputation Flag Gestation is imputed if day of LMP is the only item unknown of the items used to compute gestation. Blank ... Gestation is not imputed 1 ... Gestation is imputed 342-343 2 GESTCOMP Computed Gestation This item is computed using dates of last normal menses and delivery. 02-47 ... 2nd through 47th week of gestation 99 ... Unknown 344-345 2 MAGECOMP Computed Age of Mother This item is computed using dates of delivery and of birth of mother and is computed if, at least, year of birth of mother is known. 10-49 ... Age in single years 99 ... Unknown 346-347 2 FAGECOMP Computed Age of Father This item is computed using dates of delivery and of birth of father and is computed if, at least, year of birth of father is known. 10-98 ... Age is single years 99 ... Unknown 348-349 2 SN Shipment Number 01-nn ... Shipments from each reporting area are numbered consecutively. 350 1 RPRTAREA Reporting Area These codes used with the State of occurrence codes, locations 17-18, identify separate reporting areas. 1 ... Bronx borough, Bronx county 2 ... Brooklyn borough, Kings county 3 ... Manhattan borough, New York county 4 ... Queens borough, Queens county 5 ... Staten island borough, Richmond county 6 ... Chicago 0 ... All other areas 351-356 6 CERTNUMB Certificate Number Assigned within reporting area. 357-359 3 SMSARES NCHS Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA/MSA) Of Residence Based on residence of the mother. 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's) are used. Further back in this document is a list of SMSA's and their component counties. 000 ... Nonmetropolitan counties 001-311 ... Code range ZZZ ... Foreign residents 360 1 POPSMAS PMSA/MSA Population Size Based on the results of the 1990 Census. 1 ... MSA of 250,000 and over 2 ... MSA of 100,000 to 250,000 3 ... MSA of less than 100,000 9 ... Nonmetropolitan area Z ... Foreign residentVital Statistics Geographic Code Outline for the United States
The following pages show in detail the geographic codes used by the Division of Vital Statistics in the processing of vital event data occurring in the United States. When an event occurs to a nonresident of the United States, residence data are coded only to the "State" level; several western hemisphere countries or the remainder of the world are uniquely identified. Along with the Division of Vital Statistics codes, the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes are shown for several items. Both sets of codes appear on the vital event public-use files. Codes are effective with the 1994 data year and are based on the 1990 Census.
To aid the user in interpreting the geographic codes, a brief explanation of the codes and of the column headings/abbreviations shown on the following pages are:
State (St): Each State and the District of Columbia are numbered alphabetically. In addition, several unique codes are used to identify nonresidents of the U.S.
County (Cnty): Counties and county equivalents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each state.
P/MSA: Primary metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan statistical areas are those established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) using 1990 Census population counts. For New England, the New England County Metropolitan Areas (NECMA) are used.
M/NM: Metropolitan counties (code 1) are component counties of P/MSA's Nonmetropolitan counties (code 2) are not part of any P/MSA.
City or Place: Cities/Places are numbered alphabetically within each State and identify each city with a population of 10,000 or more in 1990
P/S: Population size code for city/place of residence based on the 1990 Census. Refer to the code outline given earlier in this document for specific codes and meanings.
Name: Each State, county, and city name is listed along with its respective code. In addition, places used to identify nonresidents of the U.S. are also listed along with their codes.
FIPS: For an explanation of FIPS codes, reference should be made to various National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publications.
So! How do I find Yavapai county, Arizona; or Tupelo city, Mississippi?
Since counties and cities/places are numbered within State, the State and county or the State and city/places codes must be used to select these areas. It is most helpful if the county is known when looking for a particular city since areas are shown by State, county, and city/place.
Yavapai county, Arizona - State and county codes NCHS: 03 014; FIPS: 04 025.
Tupelo, Mississippi - State and city/place codes NCHS: 25 032; FIPS: 28 74840; or State, county, city/place codes NCHS: 25 041 032; FIPS: 28 081 74840.
Vital Statistics Geographic Code Outline for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and Guam
The following pages show in detail the geographic codes used by the Division of Vital Statistics in the processing of vital event data occurring in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, or Guam. When an event occurs to a nonresident of these areas, residence data are coded only to the "State" level; each U.S. state, several western hemisphere countries or the remainder of the world are uniquely identified. Along with the Division of Vital Statistics codes, the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes are shown for several items. Both sets of codes appear on the vital event public-use files. Codes are effective with the 1994, data year and are based on results of the 1990 Census.
To aid the user in interpreting the geographic codes, a brief explanation of the codes and of the column headings/abbreviations shown on the following pages are:
Puerto Rico:
State (St): Puerto Rico has its own unique code. In addition, several unique codes are used to identify nonresidents of Puerto Rico.
County (Cnty): Each municipio (county equivalent) is numbered alphabetically.
P/MSA: Primary metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan statistical areas are those established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) using 1990 Census population counts.
M/NM: Metropolitan counties (code 1) are component counties of P/MSA's Nonmetropolitan counties (code 2) are not part of any P/MSA.
City or Place: No city/places in Puerto Rico are identified.
Name: Puerto Rico and each municipio are listed along with their respective codes. In addition, places used to identify nonresidents of Puerto Rico are also listed along with their codes.
FIPS: For an explanation of FIPS codes, reference should be made to various National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publications.
Virgin Islands:
State (St): The Virgin Islands has its own unique code. In addition, several unique codes are used to identify nonresidents of the Virgin Islands.
County (Cnty): Several Islands (county equivalent) are numbered alphabetically.
P/MSA: None are identified in the Virgin Islands.
M/NM: No metropolitan areas are identified for the Virgin Islands.
City or Place: City/places are numbered alphabetically and identify each city with a population of 10,000 or more in 1990.
P/S: Population size code for city of residence based on the 1990 Census. Refer to the code outline given earlier in this document for specific codes and meanings.
Name: The Virgin Islands as a whole and several islands are listed along with their respective codes. In addition, places used to identify nonresidents of the Virgin Islands are also listed along with their codes.
Guam:
State (St): Guam has its own unique code. In addition, several unique codes are used to identify nonresidents of Guam.
County (Cnty): None are identified in Guam.
P/MSA: None are identified in Guam.
M/NM: No metropolitan areas are identified for Guam.
City or Place: None are identified in Guam.
P/S: No population size groups are identified for Guam.
Name: Guam as a whole is listed along with its respective code. In addition, places used to identify nonresidents of Guam are also listed along with their codes.
