Scientific Data Documentation
Underlying Cause of Death, 1962-1987
*SEE UNDERLYING CAUSE MORTALITY DATASET NAMES FOR DSNs
INTRODUCTION
Subsets of the NCHS Underlying Cause of Mortality Data have been
created for use by CDC staff. These subsets contain a few of the
key variables from the data file as indicated below. These datasets
are catalogued tape files on the CDC-Atlanta mainframe named
CC36.RSMORTXX , where XX represents the year of interest.
RECORD LAYOUT
MORTALITY SUBSET RECORD LAYOUT
DSN=CC36.RSMORTXX (XX=Year)
SUBSET CORRESPONDING COLUMNS ON FULL DATA SET
ITEM LAYOUT 1962-67 1968-78 1979-87
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YEAR 1-2 1 1 1-2
CAUSE OF DEATH 3-6 43-46 121-124 142-145
SEX 7 33 35 59
RACE 8 32 36 61
AGE 9-11 34-36 39-41 64-66
STATE OF RESIDENCE 12-13 11-12 13-14 31-32
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE 14-16 13-15 15-17 33-35
METRO/NON-METRO 17 23 25 40
STATE OF OCCURENCE 18-19 64-65 26-27 21-22
COUNTY OF OCCURRENCE 20-22 66-68 28-30 23-25
MONTH OF DEATH 23-24 24-25 31-32 55-56
DAY OF DEATH 25-26 26-27 33-34 57-58
RESIDENCE STATUS 27 10 12 20
AGE RECODE 27 28-29 39-40 44-45 69-70
AUTOPSY 30 NA 52 84
PLACE OF ACCIDENT 31 NA 152 141
REGION OF RESIDENCE 32 NA NA 41
MARITAL STATUS 33 NA NA 77
