Scientific Data Documentation
Linked Birth/Infant Death File, 1988
DSN: CC36.NATAL88.LINK
CC36.NATAL88.DENOM
RECORD LAYOUT
Tape Positions 1 -50
1988 Birth Cohort
Denominator Record and Natality Section of Linked Record
Tape Field
Location Size Item and Code Outline
1 1 Match Status
1 ... Matched Birth/infant Death Record
2 ... Late Filed Matched Birth/Infant Death Record
3 ... Surviving infant record
Locations 2-91 of the linked file contain data from the Birth Certificate.
Residence items in the Denominator Record and in the nata{ity section of the
Numerator (Linked) Record refer to the usual place of residence of the Mother;
whereas in the mortality section of the Numerator (Linked) Record, these items
refer to the residence of the Decedent.
2-5 4 Year of Birth
1988 ... Born in 1988
6-9 4 Reserved positions
10 1 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.
11 1 Resident Status
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 P{ace of Residence is outside of
the U.S.
12-21 10 PLACE OF OCCURRENCE
Refer to the Geographic Code Outline in this document
for a list of areas and codes available on the
public-use file.
12 1 Region of Occurrence
13-14 2 Division and State Subcode of Occurrence
Location 12 is Region. Location 13 is Division and
Location 14 identifies States within that Division.
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
... Iowa
... 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
12 1 Region - Continued
13-14 2 Division and State Subcode - Continued
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 Expanded State of Occurrence
This item is designed to separately identify New York
city records from upstate New York records.
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
46 ... Utah
47 ... Vermont
48 ... Virginia
49 ... Washington
50 ... West Virginia
51 ... Wisconsin
52 ... Wyoming
17-18 2 State of Occurrence
01 ... Alabama
02 ... Alaska
03 ... Arizona
04 ... Arkansas
05 ... Callfornla
06 ... Colorado
07 ... Connecticut
08 ... Delaware
09 ... Dlstrlct of Columbia
10 ... Florida
11 ... Georgia
12 ... Hawaii
13 ... Idaho
14 ... lllinois
15 ... Indiana
16 ... Iowa
17 ... Kansas
18 ... Kentucky
19 ... Louisiana
20 ... Maine
21 ... Maryland
22 ... Massachusetts
23 ... Michlgan
24 ... Mlnnesota
25 ... Mississippi
26 ... Missouri
27 ... Montana
28 ... Nebraska
29 ... Nevada
30 ... New Hampshire
31 ... New Jersey
32 ... New Mexlco
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
19-21 3 County of Occurrence
Because of confidentiality concerns, countles with a
population less than 250,000 cannot be identified on
the public-use file.
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 with less than 250,000 population
22-35 14 PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Refer to the Geographic Code Outline in this document
for a list of areas and codes available on the
public-use file.
22 1 Region of Residence
23-24 2 Division and State Subcode of Residence
Location 22 is Region. Location 23 is Division and
Location 24 identifies States within that Division.
000 Foreign Resident
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
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
22 1 Region - Continued
23-24 2 Division and State Subcode - Continued
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
25-26 2 Expanded State of Residence
This item is designed to separately identify New York
city records from upstate New York records.
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
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 Island
55 ... Guam
56 ... Canada
57 ... Cuba
58 ... Mexico
60 ... Remainder of the world
27-28 2 State of Residence
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 ... Illlnois
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 ... 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
29-31 3 County of Residence
Because of confidentiality concerns, counties with a
population less than 250,000 cannot be identified on
the public-use file.
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 with tess than 250,000 population
ZZZ ... Foreign residents
32-34 3 City of Residence
Because of confidentiality concerns, cities with a
population less than 250,000 cannot be identified on
the public-use fire.
001-nnn ... Cities are numbered alphabetically within
each State. (Note: To uniquely identify
a city, both the State and city codes
must be used.)
999 ... Entire county, Balance of County, or city
less than 250,000 poputation
ZZZ ... Foreign residents
35 1 Reserved position
36 1 Detail Race of Child
1 ... White
2 ... Black
3 ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and
Eskimos)
4 ... Chinese
5 ... Japanese
6 ... Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian)
7 ... Filipino
8 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander
0 ... Other races
37 1 Race of Child Recode 3
1 ... White
2 ... Races other than White or Black
3 ... Black
38 1 Sex of Child
1 ... Male
2 ... Female
39-40 2 Detail Gestation in Weeks
17-52 ... 17th through 52nd week of gestation
99 ... Gestation not stated
41-42 2 Gestation Recode 10
01 ... 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 ... Gestation not stated
43-46 4 Birth weight - Detail in Grams
0227-8165 ... Number of grams
9999 ... Birth weight not stated
47-48 2 Birth weight Recode 14
01 ... 499 grams or less
02 ... 500 - 749 grams
03 ... 750 - 999 grams
04 ... 1000 - 1249 grams
05 ... 1250 - 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 ... Birth weight not stated
49 1 Birth weight Recode 3
1 ... 2499 grams or less
2 ... 2500 grams or more
3 ... Birth weight not stated
50 1 Plurality - Detail
1 ... Single Birth
2 ... Twin
3 ... Other Multiple Births
Tape Positions 51 - 193
1988 Birth Cohort
Denominator Record and Natality Section of Linked Record
Tape Field
Location Size Item and Code Outline
51-52 2 One Minute Apgar Score
00-10 ... A score of 0-10
99 ... One minute Apgar score unknown or
not stated
53-54 2 Five Minute Apgar Score
00-10 ... A score of 0-10
99 ... Five minute Apgar score unknown or
not stated
55-56 2 Origin or Descent of Mother
The Technical Appendix contains a table that shows
which States report Detail Ethnicity
(codes 01-24, 99), which States report Hispanic
Origin or Descent (codes 00-05, 99), and which States
do not report either item (code 88).
00 ... Non - Hispanic
01 ... Mexican
02 ... Puerto Rican
03 ... Cuban
04 ... Central or South American
05 ... Other and Unknown Hispanic
06 ... American
07 ... American Indian
08 ... British, Scottish, Welsh, Scotch-Irish
09 ... Irish
10 ... German
11 ... French
12 ... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
13 ... Polish
14 ... Italian
15 ... Other North, Central and South American
16 ... Other Western European
17 ... Other Northern European
18 ... Other Eastern European
19 ... Other Southern European (excluding Spain)
20 ... Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander
21 ... South Central Asian
22 ... Other Asian
23 ... North African
24 ... Other African
88 ... Origin or descent of Mother not reported
99 ... Origin or descent of Mother not
classifiable
57 1 Detail Race of Mother
1 ... White
2 ... Black
3 ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos)
4 ... Chinese
5 ... Japanese
6 ... Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian)
7 ... Filipino
8 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander
0 ... Other races
9 ... Race of Mother not stated
58-59 2 Detail Age of Mother
10-49... Age in single years
60-61 2 Age of Mother Recode 12
01 ... 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 years
62-63 2 Mother's Education - Detail
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 ... Mother's education not stated
64 1 Mother's Education Recode 6
1 ... 0 - 8 years
2 ... 9 - 11 years
3 ... 12 years
4 ... 13 - 15 years
5 ... 16 years and over
6 ... Mother's education not stated
65 1 Marital Status
1 ... Married
2 ... Unmarried
66-67 2 Mother's Place of Birth
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
43 ... Tennessee
44 ... Texas
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 ... Mother's place of birth not classifiable
68-69 2 Origin or Descent of Father
The Technical Appendix contains a table that shows
which States report Detail Ethnicity (codes 01-24, 99),
which States report Hispanic Origin or Descent
(codes 00-05, 99), and which States do not report
either itein (code 88).
00 ... Non - Hispanic
01 ... Mexican
02 ... Puerto Rican
03 ... Cuban
04 ... Central or South American
05 ... Other and Unknown Hispanic
06 ... American
07 ... American Indian
08 ... British, Scottish, Welsh,
Scotch-Irish
09 ... irish
10 ... German
11 ... French
12 ... Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
13 ... Polish
14 ... Italian
15 ... Other North, Central and South
American
16 ... Other Western European
17 ... Other Northern European
18 ... Other Eastern European
19 ... Other Southern European (excluding
Spain)
20 ... Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander
21 ... South Central Asian
22 ... Other Asian
23 ... North African
24 ... Other African
88 ... Origin or decent of Father not reported
99 ... Origin or decent of Father not ctassifiable
70 1 Detail Race of Father
1 ... White
2 ... Black
3 ... American Indian (includes Ateuts and
Eskimos)
4 ... Chinese
5 ... Japanese
6 ... Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian)
7 ... Filipino
8 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander
0 ... Other races
9 ... Race of Father not stated
71-72 2 Detail Age of Father
10-98 ... Age in single years
99 ... Age of Father not stated
73-74 2 Father's Education - Detail
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 cotlege
17 ... 5 or more years of college
99 ... Father's education not stated
75 1 Interval Since Last Live Birth
0 ... Not applicable (no previous live birth)
1 ... Zero months (plural birth)
2 ... 1 - 11 months
3 ... 12 - 23 months
4 ... 24 - 35 months
5 ... 36 - 47 months
6 ... 48 - 71 months
7 ... 72 months and over
9 ... Interval since last live birth not stated
76 1 Outcome of Last Pregnancy
0 ... Not applicable (no previous pregnancy)
1 ... Last pregnancy was a live birth
2 ... Last pregnancy was some other termination
9 ... Last pregnancyJs outcome is unknown
77 1 Interval Since Termination of last Pregnancy
0 ... Not applicable (no previous pregnancy)
1 ... Zero months (plural delivery)
2 ... 1 - 11 months
3 ... 12-17 months
4 ... 18 - 23 months
5 ... 24 - 35 months
6 ... 36 - 47 months
7 ... 48- 59 months
8 ... 60 months and over
9 ... Interval since termination of last pregnancy
not stated
78-79 2 Detail Month of Pregnancy Prenatal Care Began
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
00 ... No prenatal care
99 ... Month of pregnancy prenatal care began not
stated
80 1 Month of Pregnancy Prenatal Care Began Recode 6
1 ... 1st - 2nd month
2 ... 3rd month
3 ... 4th - 6th month
4 ... 7th - 9th month
5 ... No prenatal care
6 ... Month of pregnancy prenatal care began not
stated
81-82 2 Total Number of Prenatal Visits
00 ... No prenatal visits
01-49.. Stated number of visits
99 ... Number of prenatal visits not stated
83-84 2 Detail Total Birth Order
01-50 ... Totat number of live births and other
terminations
99 ... Total birth order unknown or not stated
85 1 Total Birth Order Recode 9
1 ... 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 ... Total birth order not stated
86-87 2 Detail Live Birth Order
01-50 ... Number of children ever born alive to
mother
99 ... Live birth order unknown or not stated
88 1 Live Birth Order Recode 9
1 ... 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 ... Live birth order not stated
89 1 Place of Delivery
1 ... Hospital Births
2 ... Nonhospital Births
3 ... En route or born on arrival (BOA)
9 ... Place of delivery not classifiable
90 1 Attendant at Birth
1 ... Physician
2 ... Midwife
3 ... Attendant specified other than physician or
midwife
9 ... Attendant at birth unknown
91 1 Imputed Race of Mother
1 ... White
2 ... Black
3 ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos)
4 ... Chinese
5 ... Japinese
6 ... Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian)
7 ... Filipino
8 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander
0 ... Other races
92-193 102 These positions are contained in the Numerator (Linked)
Record only and are reserved for possible additional data.
data are added in the future, they wi{{ be included in
both files. The record length of the Denominator file
would expand, but it is expected that the Numerator
record would remain constant.
Documentation for the mortality section of the Numerator (Linked) Record
begins on the following page.
Locations 194-500 contain data from the Death Certificate. Residence items
in the Denominator Record and in the natatity section of the Numerator
(Linked) Record refer to the usual place of residence of the Mother;
whereas in the the mortality section of the Numerator (Linked) Record,
these items refer to the residence of the Decedent.
Tape Positions 194 - 214
1988 Birth Cohort
Denominator Record and Natality Section of Linked Record
Tape Field
Location Size Item and Code Outline
194-197 4 Year of Death
1988 ... Death occurred in 1988
1989 ... Death occurred in 1989
198 1 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.
199 1 Resident Status
1 ... RESIDENTS
State and County of Occurrence and Residen
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 State
or the District of Columbia, but Place of
Residence is outside of the U.S.
200-209 10 PLACE OF OCCURRENCE
Refer to the Geographic Code Outline in this document
for a list of areas and codes available on the
Public-use file.
200 1 Region of Occurrence
201-202 2 Division and State Subcode of Occurrence
Location 200 is Region. Location 201 is Division and
location 202 identifies States within that Division.
1 ... NORTHEAST
1 ... New England
1 ... Maine
2 ... New Hampshire
3 ... Vermont
4 ... Massachusetts
5 ... Rhode IsIand
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
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
200 1 Region- Continued
201-202 2 Division and State Subcode - Continued
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
203-204 2 Expanded State of Occurrence
This item is designed to separately identify New York
city records from upstate New York records.
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 ... Mary{and
22 ... Massachusetts
23 ... Michigan
24 ... Minnesota
25 ... Mississippi
26 ... Missouri
27 ... Montana
28 ... Nebraska
29 ... Nevada
30 ... New Hampshire
31 ... New Jersey
32 ... New Mexico
33 ... New York
34 ... New York city
35 ... North Carolina
36 ... North Dakota
37 ... Ohio
38 ... Oklahoma
39 ... Oregon
40 ... Pennsylvania
41 ... Rhode IsLand
42 ... South Carolina
43 ... South Dakota
44 ... Tennessee
45 ... Texas
46 ... Utah
47 ... Vermont
48 ... Virginia
49 ... Washington
50 ... West Virginia
51 ... Wisconsin
52 ... Wyoming
205-206 2 State of 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
43 ... Tennessee
44 ... Texas
45 ... Utah
46 ... Vermont
47 ... Virginia
48 ... Washington
49 ... West Virginia
50 ... Wisconsin
51 ... Wyoming
207-209 3 County of Occurrence
Due to confidentiality requirements, counties with a
population less than 250,000 cannot be identified on
the public-use fire.
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 with less than 250,000 population
210-223 14 PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Refer to the Geographic Code Outline in this document
for a list of areas and codes available on the
public-use file.
210 1 Region of Residence
211-212 2 Division and State Subcode of Residence
Location 210 is Region. Location 211 is Division and
location 212 identifies States within that Division.
000 ... Foreign Resident
1 ... NORTHEAST
1 ... New EnS}land
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
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
210 1 Region - Continued
211-212 2 Division and State Subcode - Continued
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
213-214 2 Expanded State of Residence
This item is designed to separately identify
New York city records from upstate New York records.
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
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 Island
55 ... Guam
56 ... Canada
57 ... Cuba
58 ... Mexico
60 ... Remainder of the world
Tape Positions 215 - 500
1988 Birth Cohort
Denominator Record and Natality Section of Linked Record
Tape Field
Location Size Item and Code Outline
215-216 2 State of Residence
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 ... lllinois
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 ... 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
217-219 3 County of Residence
Due to confidentiality requirements, counties with a
population less than 250,000 cannot be identified on
the public-use file.
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 with less than 250,000 population
ZZZ ... Foreign residents
220-222 3 City of Residence
Due to confidentiality requirements, cities with a
population less than 250,000 cannot be identified on
the public-use file.
001-nnn ... Cities are numbered alphabetically
within each State.(Note:To uniquely
identify a city, both the State and
city codes must be used.)
999 ... Entire county, Balance of County, or
city offess than 250,000 population
ZZZ ... Foreign resldents
223-227 5 AGE
Age is as counted using the dates of birth and death.
For ages less than 2 days and when age could not be
counted, the reported age from the death certlficate
was used.
223 1 Infant Age Recode 5
1 ... Under 1 hour
2 ... 1 - 23 hours
3 ... 1 - 6 days
4 ... 7 - 27 days (late neonatal)
5 ... 28 days and over (postneonatal)
224-225 2 Infant Aqe Recode 76
00 ... Less than 1 day
01-27... 1 - 27 days
28 ... 4th week
29 ... 5th week
30 ... 6th week
31-76... 7th - 52nd weeks
226-227 2 Infant Age Recode 38
00 ... less than 1 day
01-27... 1 - 27 days
28 ... 1 month
29 ... 2 months
30 ... 3 months
31 ... 4 months
32 ... 5 months
33 ... 6 months
34 ... 7 months
35 ... 8 months
36 ... 9 months
37 ...10 months
38 ... 11 months
228 1 Hospital and Patient Status
1 ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center Inpatient
2 ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center
- Outpatient or admitted to Emergency Room
3 ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center
Dead on Arrival
4 ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center
Patient status
5 ... Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center unknown
- Patient status not on certificate
6 ... Other Institution providing patient care
7 ... Art other reported entries
8 ... Dead on Arrival
- Hospital, Clinic or Medical Center name not giv
9 ... Hospital and patient status not stated
229 1 Autopsy Performed
1 ... Yes
2 ... No
8 ... Autopsy performed not on certificate
9 ... Autopsy performed not stated
230 1 Place of Accident for Causes E850-E869 and E880-E928
Blank ... Causes other than E850-E869 and E880-E928
0 ... Home
1 ... Farm
2 ... Mine and Quarry
3 ... Industrial Place and Premises
4 ... Place for Recreation and Sport
5 ... Street and Highway
6 ... Public Building
7 ... Resident Institution
8 ... Other Specified Places
9 ... Place of accident not specified
231-237 7 UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH
231-234 4 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 those causes that do not have
a 4th digit, location 234 is blank.
235-237 3 61 Infant Cause Recode
A recode of the ICD cause code into 61 groups
for NCHS publications. Further back in this document
is a complete list of recodes and the causes included.
010-680 ... Code range (not inclusive)
238-481 244 MULTIPLE CONDITIONS
See the "International Classification of Diseases", 1975
Revision, Volume 1. Both the entity-axis and record-axis
conditions are coded according to this revision (9th).
238-239 2 Number of Entity-Axis Conditions
00-20 ... Code range
240-379 140 ENTITY - AXIS CONDITIONS
Space has been provided for a maximum of 20 conditions.
Each condition takes 7 positions in the record. Records
that do not have 20 conditions are blank in the unused
area.
Positlon 1: Part/line number on certificate
1 ... Part I, line 1 (a)
2 ... Part I, line 2 (b)
3 ... Part I~ line 3 (c)
4 ... Part I, line 4 (d)
5 ... Part I, line 5 (e)
6 ... Part It
Position 2: Sequence of condition within part/line
1-7 ... Code range
Position 3 - 6: Condition code (ICD 9th Revision)
Position 7: Nature of Injury Flag
1 ... Indicates that the code in positions 3-6 is a
Nature of injury code
0 ... All other codes
240-246 7 1st Condition
247-253 7 2nd Condition
254-260 7 3rd Condition
261-267 7 4th Condition
268-274 7 5th Condition
275-281 7 6th Condition
282-288 7 7th Condition
289-295 7 8th Condition
296-302 7 9th Condition
303-309 7 loth Condition
310-316 7 11th Condition
317-323 7 12th Condition
324-330 7 13th Condition
331-337 7 14th Condition
338-344 7 15th Condition
345-351 7 16th Condition
ENTITY - AXIS CONDITIONS - continued
352-358 7 17th Condition
359-365 7 18th Condition
366-372 7 19th Condition
373-379 7 20th Condition
380-381 2 Number of Record-Axis Conditions
00-20 ... Code range
382-481 100 RECORD - AXIS CONDITIONS
Space has been provided for a maximum of 20 condition
Each condition takes 5 positions in the record.
Records that do not have 20 conditions are blank
in the unused area.
Position 1-4: Condition Code (ICD 9th Revision)
Position 5: Nature of Injury Flag
1 ... Indicates that the code in positions
1-4 is a Nature of Injury code
0 ... All other codes
382-386 5 1st Condition
387-391 5 2nd Condition
392-396 5 3rd Condition
397-401 5 4th Condition
402-406 5 5th Condition
407-411 5 6th Condition
412-416 5 7th Condition
417-421 5 8th Condition
422-426 5 9th Condition
427-431 5 loth Condition
432-436 5 11th Condition
437-441 5 12th Condition
442-446 5 13th Condition
447-451 5 14th Condition
452-456 5 15th Condition
457-461 5 16th Condition
462-466 5 17th Condition
467-471 5 18th Condition
472-476 5 19th Condition
477-481 5 20th Condition
482-500 19 Reserved positions