Scientific Data Documentation
Detail Natality, 1995DSN:CC36.NATAL95DOCUMENTATION OF THE DETAIL NATALITY TAPE FILE FOR 1995 DATATechnical Appendix - Natality SPECIAL NOTICE:The Geographic Codes were changed effective with 1994 data to reflect the results of the 1990 Census.Detail Natality for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam are included as a separate data set in the public-use file.This tape documentation was prepared in the Division of Vital Statistics. Manju Sharma of the Systems, Programming,and Statistical Resources Branch was responsible for developing the natality documentation and for providing all of the computer programming services necessary to keep it up-to-date.Sally Curtin of the Reproductive Statistics Branch prepared the Technical Appendix. The Registration Methods Section and the Data Acquisition and Evaluation Branch provided consultation to State Vital Statistics offices regarding collection of birth certificate data.Questions on the documentation or general questions concerning the natality file should be directed to the of the Systems, Programming, and Statistical Resources Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, 6525 Belcrest Road, Room 840, Hyattsville, MD 20782 (301-436-8900).Questions concerning the Technical Appendix or substantive questions concerning the natality data should be directed to the Reproductive Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, 6525 Belcrest Road, Room 840, Hyattsville, MD 20782 (301-436-8954).Documentation of the Detail Natality Data File for 1996 DataSince 1985 natality statistics for all States and the District of Columbia have been based on information from the total file of records. The inform- ation is received on computer data tapes coded by the States and provided to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. NCHS receives the data for this file from the registration offices of all States, the District of Columbia, and New York City. Natality data for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam are included as separate data-set in the public-use file.Natality data for the United States are limited to births occurring within the United States to U.S. residents and nonresidents. Births to nonresidents of the United States are excluded from all tabulations by place of residence. Births occurring to U.S. citizens outside the United States are not included in this file. Natality data for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam are limited to births occurring with in the respective territories.Effective January 1, 1989, a revised U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth replaced the 1978 revision. The 1989 revision provides a wide variety of new information on maternal and infant health characteristics, representing a significant departure from previous versions in both content and format. For a more detailed discussion of the revised and new items refer to the technical appendix part of this document.The Office of Management and Budget revised its designation of metropolitan statistical areas based on figures from the 1990 Census. Effective with the 1990 data file, NCHS has been using these new definitions and codes as indicated in the listing of 320 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA's), Primary Metro- politan Statistical Areas (PMSA's), and New England County Metropolitan Areas (NECMA'S) included in this documentation. There are also 20 Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA's), which are made up of PMSA's. Because other geographic changes based on 1990 Census became effective with 1994 data file, the metropolitan statistical area destination were updated as well. Effective with the 1994 data-file there are 311 MSA's, PMSA's, and NECMA'S and 18 CMSA's 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 for the 1989 vital event files to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of individuals and institutions. As a result, the files for 1989 and later years do not contain the actual day of the birth or the dates of birth of the mother or father. 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:1. List of data elements and tape locations. 2. Machine/File/Data Characteristics. 3. Detail Record Layout. 4. Geographic Code Outline. 5. Metropolitan Statistical Areas as adapted for use by NCHS/DVS. 6. Technical Appendix. 7. Table 1. Counts of Births by occurrence and residence for each State 8. Report of Final Natality Statistics, 1996SYMBOLS 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 Contents1. List of data elements and tape locations. 2. Machine/File/Data Characteristics. 3. Detail Record Layout.1. General a. Data year 1-4 b. Record type 5 c. Resident status 62. Occurrence a. NCHS State 16-17 b. Expanded NCHS State 14-15 c. NCHS County 18-20 d. Population size - county 26 e. Division 12 f. Region 11 g. FIPS State 21-22 h. FIPS County 23-253. Residence a. NCHS State 32-33 b. Expanded NCHS State 30-31 c. NCHS County 34-36 d. NCHS City 37-39 e. Population size - city 40 f. Population size - county 58 g. NCHS PSMA/MSA 347-349 h. Met/Nonmet county 41 i. Division 28 j. Region 27 k. FIPS State 42-43 l. FIPS County 44-46 m. FIPS Place 47-51 n. CMSA 52-53 o. FIPS PSMA/MSA 54-574. Prenatal Care a. Month began 106-109 b. Number of visits 110-113 c. Adequacy of care recode 935. Child a. Sex 188-189 b. Number at delivery 201 c. Birthweight 193-199 d. Apgar score 205-207 e. Gestation 181-187,208-209 f. Month/year of birth 172-173,176-179 g. Day of week of birth 1806. Mother a. Age 68-76,91-92 b. Race 79-82 c. Marital status 86-87 d. Education 83-85 e. Place of birth 88-90 f. Hispanic origin 77-787. Pregnancy History a. Born alive, now living 94-95 b. Born alive, now dead 96-97 c. Other terminations 98-99 d. Total birth order 103-105 e. Live birth order 100-1028. Father a. Age 154-157,166-167 b. Race 160-162 c. Hispanic origin 158-1599. Other Items a. Residence reporting flags 307-326 b. Attendant at birth 10 c. Place of delivery 8-9 d. Interval since last live birth 128-13210. Medical and Health Data a. Method of delivery 217-222,224 b. Medical risk factors 225-241 c. Other risk factors Tobacco 242-245 Alcohol 246-249 Weight gain during pregnancy 250-252 d. Obstetric procedures 253-259 e. Complications of labor and/or delivery 260-275 f. Abnormal conditions of the newborn 276-284 g. Congenital anomalies 285-306Machine/File/Data Characteristics:ALL DATA SETS:1. Machine used: IBM/3081/K 2. Language used: PL/I 3. File organization: One file, multiple reels\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: 350 9. Blocksize: 32550U.S. DATA SET:1. Record count: 2. Data counts: ALL BIRTHS: a. By occurrence: 3,903,012 b. By residence: 3,899,589 c. To foreign residents: 3,423PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND GUAM DATA SET:1. Record count: 69,868PUERTO RICO:2. Data counts: ALL BIRTHS: a. By occurrence: 63,518 b. By residence: 63,425VIRGIN ISLANDS:1. Record count: 2. Data counts: ALL BIRTHS: a. By occurrence: 2,164 b. By residence: 2,063GUAM:1. Record count: 2. Data counts: ALL BIRTHS: a. By occurrence: 4,186 b. By residence: 4,179Record LayoutTape Field Item and Code Outline Location Size1-4 4 DATAYEAR Year Birth of Child (Data Year)1995 ... 19955 1 RECTYPE Record Type1 ... Resident: State and county of occurrence and residence are the same. 2 ... Nonresident: State and/or county of occurrence and residence are different.6 1 RESTATUS Resident StatusUnited 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 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 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.6 1 RESTATUS Resident Status (Cont'd)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 1 RECWT Record Weight1 ... Constant - as of the 1985 data year, this file contains data on a 100-percent basis from all reporting areas.8 1 PLDEL Place or Facility of Birth1 ... Hospital 2 ... Freestanding Birthing Center 3 ... Clinic or Doctor's Office 4 ... A Residence 5 ... Other 9 ... Unknown or Not Stated9 1 PLDEL3 Place or Facility of Birth Recode1 ... In Hospital 2 ... Not in a Hospital 3 ... Unknown or Not Stated10 1 BIRATTND Attendant at Birth1 ... 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 Stated11-26 16 NOCCUR Place of Occurrence11-13 3 RDSSCOCC Region, Division, and State Subcode of Occurrence11 1 REGNOCC Region of Occurrence12 1 DIVOCC Division of Occurrence13 1 STSUBOCC State Subcode of OccurrenceStates 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 occurrence1 ... 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 ... Pennsylvania13 1 STSUBOCC State Subcode of Occurrence (Cont'd) 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 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 13 1 STSUBOCC State Subcode of Occurrence (Cont'd) 9 ... Pacific 1 ... Washington 2 ... Oregon 3 ... California 4 ... Alaska 5 ... Hawaii14-15 2 STNATEXP Expanded State of OccurrenceThis item is designed to separately identify New York city records from other New York State records.United States 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 ... Nebraska14-15 2 STNATEXP Expanded State of Occurrence (Cont'd)United States 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 ... WyomingPuerto Rico 53 ... Puerto RicoVirgin Islands 54 ... Virgin IslandsGuam 55 ... Guam16-17 2 STATENAT State of OccurrenceUnited States 01 ... Alabama 02 ... Alaska 03 ... Arizona 04 ... Arkansas 05 ... California 16-17 2 STATENAT State of Occurrence (Cont'd)United States 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 43 ... Tennessee 44 ... Texas 45 ... Utah 46 ... Vermont 47 ... Virginia16-17 2 STATENAT State of Occurrence (Cont'd)United States 48 ... Washington 49 ... West Virginia 50 ... Wisconsin 51 ... WyomingPuerto Rico 52 ... Puerto RicoVirgin Islands 53 ... Virgin IslandsGuam 54 ... Guam18-20 3 CNTYNAT County of Occurrence 001-nnn ... Counties and county equivalents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each State and identify each county with a population of 100,000 or more in 1990. (Note: To uniquely identify a county, both and 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 of less than 100,000 population21-25 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.21-22 2 STOCCFIP State of Occurrence (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 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 21-22 2 STOCCFIP State of Occurrence (FIPS) (Cont'd)United States 48 ... Texas 49 ... Utah 50 ... Vermont 51 ... Virginia 53 ... Washington 54 ... West Virginia 55 ... Wisconsin 56 ... WyomingPuerto Rico 72 ... Puerto RicoVirgin Islands 78 ... Virgin IslandsGuam 66 ... Guam23-25 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. 999 ... County of less than 100,000 population26 1 CNTOCPOP Population Size of County of OccurrenceBased on the results of the 1990 Census0 ... 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 9 ... County of less than 100,00027-58 32 NRESID Place of ResidenceRefer 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.27-29 3 RDSCRES Region, Division, and State Subcode of Residence27 1 REGNRES Region of Residence28 1 DIVRES Division of Residence29 1 STSUBRES State Subcode of ResidenceStates are coded within Division and the code structure is designed to sequence the States as they appear in NCHS publications.APPLICABLE TO U.S. ONLY000 ... 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 29 1 STSUBRES State Subcode of Residence (Cont'd)APPLICABLE TO U.S. ONLY4 ... West North Central 1 ... Minnesota 2 ... Iowa 3 ... Missouri 4 ... North Dakota 5 ... South Dakota 6 ... Nebraska 7 ... Kansas 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 ... Nevada29 1 STSUBRES State Subcode of Residence (Cont'd)APPLICABLE TO U.S. ONLY9 ... Pacific 1 ... Washington 2 ... Oregon 3 ... California 4 ... Alaska 5 ... Hawaii30-31 2 STRESEXP Expanded State of ResidenceThis 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 25 ... Mississippi 26 ... Missouri 27 ... Montana 30-31 2 STRESEXP Expanded State of Residence (Cont'd)United States occurrence 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 worldPuerto Rico occurrence 53 ... Puerto Rico 01-52,54-58,60 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure.30-31 2 STRESEXP Expanded State of Residence (Cont'd)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.32-33 2 STATERES State of ResidenceUnited 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 25 ... Mississippi32-33 2 STATERES State of Residence (Cont'd)United States occurrence 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 52-57,59 ... Foreign Residents 52 ... Puerto Rico 53 ... Virgin Islands 54 ... Guam 55 ... Canada 56 ... Cuba 57 ... Mexico 59 ... Remainder of the worldPuerto Rico occurrence 52 ... Puerto Rico 01-51,53-57,59 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure.32-33 2 STATERES State of Residence (Cont'd)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.34-36 3 CNTYRES County of ResidenceA 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 and identify each county with a population of 100,000 or more in 1990. (Note: To uniquely identify a county, both the State and county codes must be used.) 999 ... County of less than 100,000 population ZZZ ... Foreign Residents37-39 3 CITYRES City of ResidenceA 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 100,000 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 residents40 1 CITRSPOP Population Size of City of ResidenceBased on the results of the 1990 census0 ... 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 9 ... All other areas in the U.S. Z ... Foreign residents41 1 METRORES Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan County of ResidenceNOTE: GUAM AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DO NOT HAVE ANY METROPOLITAN AREAS 1 ... Metropolitan county 2 ... Nonmetropolitan county Z ... Foreign residents42-57 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.42-43 2 STRESFIP State of Residence (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 31 ... Nebraska 32 ... Nevada42-43 2 STRESFIP State of Residence (FIPS) (Cont'd)United States occurrence 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 ... WyomingPuerto Rico occurrence 00-56,66,78 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure 72 ... Puerto RicoVirgin Islands occurrence 00-56,66,72 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure 78 ... Virgin IslandsGuam 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 ... Guam44-46 3 CNTYRFIP County of Residence (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.) 999 ... County of less than 100,000 population 000 ... Foreign residents47-51 5 PLACEFIP Place (City) of ResidenceA 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 Mortality record. It identifies each city of 100,000 population or more in 1990.00000 ... Foreign residents 00001- nnnnn ... Code range 99999 ... Balance of county; or city of less than 100,000 population52-53 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 June 30, 1990.All AREAS 00 ... Not a CMSAUnited States 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, CMSA52-53 2 CMSA CMSA of Residence (FIPS) (Cont'd) 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, CMSA79 ... Portland-Salem, OR-WA, CMSA 82 ... Sacramento-Yolo, CA, CMSA 84 ... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, CMSA 91 ... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, CMSA 97 ... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV,CMSAPuerto Rico occurrence 87 ... San Juan-Caguas-Arecibo,PR,CMSA54-57 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 9999 ... Area of less than 100,000 population58 1 CNTRSPOP Population Size of County of ResidenceBased 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 9 ... County of less than 100,000 Z ... Foreign resident59-67 9 R1A Reserved Positions68 1 MAGERFLG Reported Age of Mother Used FlagThis 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 used69 1 MAGEIMP Age of Mother Imputation FlagBlank ... Age is not imputed 1 ... Age is imputed70-71 2 DMAGE Age of MotherThis 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 years72-73 2 MAGE36 Age of Mother Recode 3601 ... Under 15 years 02 ... 15 years 03 ... 16 years 04 ... 17 years 05 ... 18 years 06 ... 19 years 07 ... 20 years 08 ... 21 years 09 ... 22 years 10 ... 23 years 11 ... 24 years 12 ... 25 years 13 ... 26 years 14 ... 27 years 15 ... 28 years 16 ... 29 years 17 ... 30 years \'0c 72-73 2 MAGE36 Age of Mother Recode 36 (Cont'd)18 ... 31 years 19 ... 32 years 20 ... 33 years 21 ... 34 years 22 ... 35 years 23 ... 36 years 24 ... 37 years 25 ... 38 years 26 ... 39 years 27 ... 40 years 28 ... 41 years 29 ... 42 years 30 ... 43 years 31 ... 44 years 32 ... 45 years 33 ... 46 years 34 ... 47 years 35 ... 48 years 36 ... 49 years74-75 2 MAGE12 Age of Mother Recode 1201 ... Under 15 years 03 ... 15 years 04 ... 16 years 05 ... 17 years 06 ... 18 years 07 ... 19 years 08 ... 20 - 24 years 09 ... 25 - 29 years 10 ... 30 - 34 years 11 ... 35 - 39 years 12 ... 40 - 44 years 13 ... 45 - 49 years76 1 MAGE8 Age of Mother Recode 81 ... Under 15 years 2 ... 15 - 19 years 3 ... 20 - 24 years 4 ... 25 - 29 years 76 1 MAGE8 Age of Mother Recode 8 (Cont'd)5 ... 30 - 34 years 6 ... 35 - 39 years 7 ... 40 - 44 years 8 ... 45 - 49 years77 1 ORMOTH Hispanic Origin of MotherHispanic origin is reported by 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 stated78 1 ORRACEM Hispanic Origin and Race of Mother RecodeHispanic origin is reported by 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 stated79 1 MRACEIMP Race of Mother Imputation FlagBlank ... Race is not imputed 1 ... Unknown race is imputed 2 ... All other races, formerly code 09, is imputed80-81 2 MRACE Race of MotherUnited States 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 separatelyPuerto Rico 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 Islander80-81 2 MRACE Race of Mother (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 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 ... Guamanian82 1 MRACE3 Race of Mother RecodeFor All Areas 1 ... White 2 ... Races other than White or Black 3 ... Black83-84 2 DMEDUC Education of MotherEffective with 1992 data, all areas report education.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 83-84 2 DMEDUC Education of Mother (Cont'd)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 stated85 1 MEDUC6 Education of Mother Recode1 ... 0 - 8 years 2 ... 9 - 11 years 3 ... 12 years 4 ... 13 - 15 years 5 ... 16 years and over 6 ... Not stated86 1 DMARIMP Marital Status of Mother Imputation FlagBlank ... Marital Status is not imputed 1 ... Marital Status is imputed87 1 DMAR Marital Status of MotherMarital status is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags.United States/Virgin Island/Guam 1 ... Married 2 ... Unmarried 9 ... Unknown or not statedPuerto Rico 1 ... Married 2 ... Unmarried parents living together 3 ... Unmarried parents not living together 9 ... Unknown or not stated88-89 2 MPLBIR Place of Birth of Mother01 ... 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 43 ... Tennessee 88-89 2 MPLBIR Place of Birth of Mother (Cont'd)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 classifiable90 1 MPLBIRR Place of Birth of Mother Recode1 ... Native born 2 ... Foreign born 3 ... Unknown or not stated91-92 2 DMAGERPT Reported Age of Mother10-49 ... Age in single years 99 ... Unknown or not stated93 1 ADEQUACY Adequacy Of Care Recode (Kessner Index)This recode is based on a modified Kessner criterion. Month Prenatal Care Began, Number of Prenatal Visits, and Gestation are the items used to generate this recode.1 ... Adequate 2 ... Intermediate 3 ... Inadequate 4 ... Unknown94-95 2 NLBNL Number of Live Births, Now LivingDoes not include this birth or adoptions.00-30 ... Stated number of births 99 ... Unknown or not stated96-97 2 NLBND Number of Live Births, Now DeadDoes not include this birth or adoptions.00-30 ... Stated number of births 99 ... Unknown or not stated98-99 2 NOTERM Number of Other TerminationsIncludes spontaneous and induced at any time after conception.00-30 ... Stated number of other terminations 99 ... Unknown or not stated100-101 2 DLIVORD Detail Live Birth OrderSum of live births now living and now dead plus one. If either item is unknown, this item is made unknown.00-31 ... Number of children born alive to mother 99 ... Unknown102 1 LIVORD9 Live Birth Order Recode1 ... First Child 2 ... Second Child 3 ... Third Child 4 ... Fourth Child 5 ... Fifth Child 6 ... Sixth Child102 1 LIVORD9 Live Birth Order Recode (Cont'd)7 ... Seventh Child 8 ... Eighth Child and over 9 ... Unknown or not stated103-104 2 DTOTORD Detail Total Birth OrderSum of live birth order and other terminations. If either item is unknown, this item is made unknown.01-40 ... Total number of live births and other terminations 99 ... Unknown105 1 TOTORD9 Total Birth Order Recode1 ... First Child 2 ... Second Child 3 ... Third Child 4 ... Fourth Child 5 ... Fifth Child 6 ... Sixth Child 7 ... Seventh Child 8 ... Eighth Child and over 9 ... Unknown or not stated106-107 2 MONPRE Detail Month of Pregnancy Prenatal Care Began00 ... 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 stated108 1 MPRE6 Month Prenatal Care Began Recode 61 ... 1st - 2nd month 2 ... 3rd month 3 ... 4th - 6th month 4 ... 7th - 9th month 5 ... No prenatal care 6 ... Unknown or not stated109 1 MPRE5 Month Prenatal Care Began Recode 51 ... 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 stated110-111 2 NPREVIST Total Number of Prenatal Visits00 ... No prenatal visits 01-48 ... Stated number of visits 49 ... 49 or more visits 99 ... Unknown or not stated112-113 2 NPREV12 Number of Prenatal Visits Recode01 ... 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 number of visits114-121 8 LMPDATE Date Last Normal Menses Began114-115 2 LMPMON Month Last Normal Menses Began01 ... 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 LMP116-117 2 LMPDAY Day Last Normal Menses Began01-31 ... As applicable to month of LMP 99 ... Unknown or not stated day of LMP118-121 4 LMPYR Year Last Normal Menses Began1993 ... 1993 1995 ... 1995 9999 ... Unknown or not stated year of LMP122-127 6 R8 Reserved positions128-130 3 DISLLB Interval Since Last Live BirthThis item is computed from date of birth of this child and date of last live birth.777 ... No previous live birth 000 ... Zero months (plural birth) 001-468 ... One to four hundred sixty-eight months 999 ... Unknown131-132 2 ISLLB10 Interval Since Last Live Birth Recode00 ... 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 ... Unknown133-137 5 Imputed BirthweightCreated beginning with 1995 data133 1 BWIMP Imputed Birthweight FlagBlank ... Birthweight is not imputed 1 ... Birthweight is imputed134-137 4 Imputed Birthweight138-152 15 R2 Reserved Positions153 1 FAGERFLG Reported Age of Father Used FlagThis 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\'0c 154-155 2 DFAGE Age of FatherThis 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 stated156-157 2 FAGE11 Age of Father Recode01 ... 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 - 98 years 11 ... Not stated158 1 ORFATH Hispanic Origin of FatherHispanic origin of father is reported by 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 stated159 1 ORRACEF Hispanic Origin and Race of Father RecodeHispanic origin of father is reported by 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 stated160-161 2 FRACE Race of Father United States 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 separately160-161 2 FRACE Race of Father (Cont'd) Puerto Rico 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 IslanderVirgin 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 IslanderGuam 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 ... Guamanian162 1 FRACE4 Race of Father Recode1 ... White 2 ... Races other than White, Black, or unknown 3 ... Black 4 ... Unknown or not stated163-165 3 R2A Reserved positionsItem was dropped in 1995166-167 2 DFAGERPT Reported Age of Father10-98 ... Age in single years 99 ... Unknown or not stated168 1 FRACEIMP Race of Father Imputation Flag(Unknown race of father is not imputed. However, the all other races code is changed to unknown.)Blank ... Race is not changed 3 ... All other races, formerly code 09, is changed to code 99169 1 R3 Reserved Position170 1 CDOBMIMP Month of Birth of Child Imputation FlagBlank ... Month is not imputed 1 ... Month is imputed171 1 RB Reserved Position172-173 2 BIRMON Month of Birth01 ... January 02 ... February 03 ... March 04 ... April 05 ... May 06 ... June 07 ... July 08 ... August 09 ... September 10 ... October 11 ... November 12 ... December174-175 2 RC Reserved Positions176-179 4 BIRYR Year of Birth1995 ... 1995180 1 WEEKDAY Day of Week Child Born1 ... Sunday 2 ... Monday 3 ... Tuesday 4 ... Wednesday 5 ... Thursday 6 ... Friday 7 ... Saturday181 1 GESTESTM Clinical Estimate of Gestation Used FlagThis 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.Blank ... Clinical Estimate is not used 1 ... Clinical Estimate is used182 1 GESTIMP Gestation Imputation FlagBlank ... Gestation is not imputed 1 ... Gestation is imputed183-184 2 DGESTAT Gestation - Detail in WeeksThis 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.17-47 ... 17th through 47th week of gestation 99 ... Unknown185-186 2 GESTAT10 Gestation Recode 1001 ... Under 20 weeks 02 ... 20 - 27 weeks 03 ... 28 - 31 weeks 04 ... 32 - 35 weeks 05 ... 36 weeks 06 ... 37 - 39 weeks 07 ... 40 weeks 08 ... 41 weeks 09 ... 42 weeks and over 10 ... Not stated187 1 GESTAT3 Gestation Recode 31 ... Under 37 weeks 2 ... 37 weeks and over 3 ... Not stated188 1 CSEXIMP Sex Imputation FlagBlank ... Sex is not imputed 1 ... Sex is imputed189 1 CSEX Sex1 ... Male 2 ... Female190-192 3 RD Reserved Positions193-196 4 DBIRWT Birth Weight - Detail in Grams0227-8165 ... Number of grams 9999 ... Not stated birth weight197-198 2 BIRWT12 Birth Weight Recode 1201 ... 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 ... Not stated199 1 BIRWT4 Birth Weight Recode 41 ... 1499 grams or less 2 ... 1500 - 2499 grams 3 ... 2500 - grams or more 4 ... Unknown or not stated200 1 PLURIMP Plurality Imputation FlagBlank ... Plurality is not imputed 1 ... Plurality is imputed201 1 DPLURAL Plurality1 ... Single 2 ... Twin 3 ... Triplet 4 ... Quadruplet 5 ... Quintuplet or higher202-204 3 R6 Reserved positionsItem was dropped in 1995205-206 2 FMAPS Five Minute Apgar ScoreApgar Score is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags.00-10 ... A score of 0-10 99 ... Unknown or not stated207 1 FMAPSR Five Minute Apgar Score RecodeApgar Score is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags.1 ... A score of 0-3 2 ... A score of 4-6 3 ... A score of 7-8 4 ... A score of 9-10 5 ... Not stated208-209 2 CLINGEST Clinical Estimate of GestationClinical estimate is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags.17-47 ... Estimated gestation in weeks 99 ... Unknown or not stated210-216 7 R4 Reserved Positions217-306 90 MEDINFO Medical and Health DataSome 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.217-222 6 DELMETH Method of DeliveryEach 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 stated217 1 VAGINAL Vaginal218 1 VBAC Vaginal birth after previous C-section219 1 PRIMAC Primary C -section220 1 REPEAC Repeat C -section221 1 FORCEP Forceps222 1 VACUUM Vacuum223 1 R5 Reserved Position224 1 DELMETH5 Method of Delivery Recode1 ... Vaginal (excludes vaginal after previous C-section) 2 ... Vaginal birth after previous C-section 3 ... Primary C -section 4 ... Repeat C -section 5 ... Not stated225-241 17 MEDRISK Medical Risk FactorsEach 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 classifiable225 1 ANEMIA Anemia (Hct.<30/Hgb.<10)226 1 CARDIAC Cardiac disease 227 1 LUNG Acute or chronic lung disease228 1 DIABETES Diabetes229 1 HERPES Genital herpes230 1 HYDRA Hydramnios/Oligohydramnios231 1 HEMO Hemoglobinopathy232 1 CHYPER Hypertension, chronic233 1 PHYPER Hypertension, pregnancy-associated234 1 ECLAMP Eclampsia235 1 INCERVIX Incompetent cervix236 1 PRE4000 Previous infant 4000+ grams237 1 PRETERM Previous preterm or small-for-gestational-age infant238 1 RENAL Renal disease239 1 RH Rh sensitization240 1 UTERINE Uterine bleeding241 1 OTHERMR Other Medical Risk Factors242-252 11 OTHERRSK Other Risk Factors for this Pregnancy242-245 4 TOBACRSK Tobacco Risks242 1 TOBACCO Tobacco Use During Pregnancy1 ... Yes 2 ... No 9 ... Unknown or not stated243-244 2 CIGAR Average Number of Cigarettes Per Day00-97 ... As stated 98 ... 98 or more cigarettes per day 99 ... Unknown or not stated245 1 CIGAR6 Average Number of Cigarettes Per Day Recode0 ... 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 stated246-249 4 ALCOHRSK Alcohol246 1 ALCOHOL Alcohol Use During Pregnancy1 ... Yes 2 ... No 9 ... Unknown or not stated247-249 2 DRINK Average Number of Drinks Per Week00-97 ... As stated 98 ... 98 or more drinks per week 99 ... Unknown or not stated249 1 DRINK5 Average Number of Drinks Per Week Recode0 ... 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 stated250-252 3 WTGANRSK Weight Gain During Pregnancy250-251 2 WTGAIN Weight Gain00-97 ... Stated number of pounds 98 ... 98 pounds or more 99 ... Unknown or not stated252 1 WTGAIN9 Weight Gain Recode1 ... 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 stated253-259 7 OBSTETRC Obstetric ProceduresEach 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 classifiable253 1 AMNIO Amniocentesis254 1 MONITOR Electronic fetal monitoring255 1 INDUCT Induction of labor256 1 STIMULA Stimulation of labor257 1 TOCOL Tocolysis258 1 ULTRAS Ultrasound259 1 OTHEROB Other Obstetric Procedures260-275 16 LABOR Complications of Labor and/or DeliveryEach 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 classifiable260 1 FEBRILE Febrile (>100 degrees F. or 38 degrees C.)261 1 MECONIUM Meconium, moderate/heavy262 1 RUPTURE Premature rupture of membrane (>12 hours)263 1 ABRUPTIO Abruptio placenta264 1 PREPLACE Placenta previa265 1 EXCEBLD Other excessive bleeding266 1 SEIZURE Seizures during labor267 1 PRECIP Precipitous labor (<3 hours)268 1 PROLONG Prolonged labor (>20 hours)269 1 DYSFUNC Dysfunctional labor270 1 BREECH Breech/Malpresentation271 1 CEPHALO Cephalopelvic disproportion272 1 CORD Cord prolapse273 1 ANESTHE Anesthetic complications274 1 DISTRESS Fetal distress275 1 OTHERLB Other Complication of Labor and/or Delivery276-284 9 NEWBORN Abnormal Conditions of the NewbornEach 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 classifiable276 1 NANEMIA Anemia (Hct.<39/Hgb.<13)277 1 INJURY Birth injury278 1 ALCOSYN Fetal alcohol syndrome279 1 HYALINE Hyaline membrane disease280 1 MECONSYN Meconium aspiration syndrome281 1 VENL30 Assisted ventilation, less than 30 minutes282 1 VEN30M Assisted ventilation, 30 minutes or more283 1 NSEIZ Seizures284 1 OTHERAB Other Abnormal Conditions of the Newborn285-306 22 CONGENIT Congenital AnomaliesEach 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 classifiable285 1 ANEN Anencephalus286 1 SPINA Spina bifida/Meningocele287 1 HYDRO Hydrocephalus288 1 MICROCE Microcephalus289 1 NERVOUS Other central nervous system anomalies290 1 HEART Heart malformations291 1 CIRCUL Other circulatory/respiratory anomalies292 1 RECTAL Rectal atresia/stenosis293 1 TRACHEO Tracheo - esophageal fistula/Esophageal atresia294 1 OMPHALO Omphalocele/Gastroschisis295 1 GASTRO Other gastrointestinal anomalies296 1 GENITAL Malformed genitalia297 1 RENALAGE Renal agenesis298 1 UROGEN Other urogenital anomalies299 1 CLEFTLP Cleft lip/palate300 1 ADACTYLY Polydactyly/Syndactyly/Adactyly301 1 CLUBFOOT Club foot302 1 HERNIA Diaphragmatic hernia303 1 MUSCULO Other musculoskeletal/integumental anomalies304 1 DOWNS Down's syndrome305 1 CHROMO Other chromosomal anomalies306 1 OTHERCON Other Congenital Anomalies307-326 20 FLRES Reporting Flags for Place of ResidenceThese positions contain flags to indicate whether or not the specified item is included on the birth certificate of the State of residence or of the MSA of residence. The code structure for each flag (position) is:0 ... The item is not reported 1 ... The item is reported or partially reported.307 1 ORIGM Origin of mother308 1 ORIGF Origin of father309 1 EDUCM Education of mother310 1 EDUCF Education of father311 1 GESTE Clinical estimate of gestation312 1 R6A Reserved position313 1 FMAPSRF 5 - minute Apgar score314 1 DELMETRF Method of delivery315 1 MEDRSK Medical risk factors316 1 TOBUSE Tobacco use317 1 ALCUSE Alcohol use318 1 WTGN Weight gain319 1 OBSTRC Obstetric procedures320 1 CLABOR Complications of labor and/or delivery321 1 ABNML Abnormal conditions of newborn322 1 CONGAN Congenital anomalies323 1 R6 Reserved Position324 1 EDUCSMSA Education of Mother (Based on MSA)325 1 APIFLAG Race codes 18-68 reported (beginning with 1992 data)326-346 21 R7 Reserved positions347-349 3 SMSARES PSMA/MSA of Residence (NCHS)Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Metropolitan Statistical Areas are those defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of June 30, 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.000 ... Nonmetropolitan counties 001-320 ... Code range 999 ... Area of less than 100,000 population ZZZ ... Foreign residents350 1 POPSMAS PMSA/MSA Population SizeBased on 1990 Census county population counts1 ... Area of 250,000 or more 2 ... Area of 100,000 to 250,000 9 ... Area of less than 100,000 or nonmetropolitan area Z ... Foreign resident
Vital Statistics Geographic Code Outline for the United StatesThe 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. The Metropolitan Statistical Area codes are effective with the 1996 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 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 Bureau of Standards (NBS) 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.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 GuamThe 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, the 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 municipo 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 within each State 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 GuamP/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.