Scientific Data Documentation
Fetal Death Detail Record, 1992
DSN: CC36.FETDTH92
Documentation of the Fetal Death Tape File for 1992 Data
Information on the fetal death data tape file was abstracted from
the Report of Fetal Death forms received in all the States and
the District of Columbia, with a record on the data file for each
report of a fetal death received. The data is provided to the
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) through the Vital
Statistics Cooperative Program by the registration offices of all
States, the District of Columbia, and New York City. Data from
New York, excluding New York City, were submitted in machine
readable form. All other 1992 data were coded and keyed by the
U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Fetal death data are limited to deaths occurring within the
United States to U.S. residents and nonresidents. Fetal deaths
occurring to U.S. citizens outside the United States are not
included in this data file.
In NCHS tabulations by place of residence, fetal deaths to
nonresidents of the United States are excluded. The foreign
resident records can be identified by code 4 in tape location 7
of the data tape. In addition, the majority of fetal death
tables published by NCHS include only those fetal deaths with
stated or presumed gestation of 20 weeks or more (see the
Technical Appendix). Those records identified with a 2 in tape
location 5 are included in these tabulations. All other records
are excluded.
Effective January 1, 1989, a revised U.S. Standard Report of
Fetal Death replaced the 1978 revision. The 1989 revision
provides a wide variety of new information on maternal and fetal
health characteristics. Questions on complications of labor and
delivery and congenital anomalies of fetus were changed from an
open-ended question to a checkbox format to improve reporting of
information. Several new items were added that improve the data
file's value for monitoring and research of factors affecting
fetal mortality.
The Office of Management and Budget revised its designation of
metropolitan statistical areas based on figures from the 1990
Census. 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 (MSAs), Primary Metropolitan
Statistical Areas (PMSAs), and New England County Metropolitan
Areas (NECMSs) included in this documentation. There are also 20
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs), which are
made up of PMSAs. Other geographic changes based on the 1990
Census will be implemented later.
NCHS has adopted a new policy on release of vital statistics unit
record data files. This new policy was implemented with the 1989
vital event files to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of
individuals and institutions. As a result, this file does not
contain the actual day of the death. The geographic detail is
also restricted; only counties and cities of 100,000 or more
population based on the 1980 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 adopted for use by NCHS/DVS.
6. Documentation Tables 1-14.
7. Technical Appendix.
SYMBOLS USED IN TABLES
Symbol Explanation
--- Data not available
... Category not applicable
- Quantity zero
0.0 Quantity more than 0 but less than 0.05
* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision
List of Data Elements and Tape Locations
Tape
Data Items Locations
1. General
a. Data year 1-4
b. Tabulation flag 5
c. Record type 6
d. Resident status 7
2. Occurrence
a. NCHS State 17-18
b. Expanded NCHS State 15-16
c. NCHS County 19-21
d. Population size - county 27
e. Division 13
f. Region 12
g. FIPS State 22-23
h. FIPS County 24-26
3. Residence
a. NCHS state 33-34
b. Expanded NCHS State 31-32
c. NCHS County 35-37
d. NCHS City 38-40
e. Population size - city 41
f. Population size - county 59
g. NCHS MSA 357-359
h. Met/Nonmet county 42
i. Division 29
j. Region 28
k. FIPS State 43-44
l. FIPS County 45-47
m. FIPS CMSA 53-54
n. FIPS MSA 55-58
4. Prenatal Care
a. Month began 113-116
b. Number of visits 117-120
5. Fetus
a. Sex 202-203
b. Race 204-206
c. Plurality 214-215
d. Weight at delivery 207-213
e. Gestation 197-201,216-217
f. Month/year of delivery 186-187,190-193
g. Day of week of delivery 194
Tape
Data Items Locations
6. Mother
a. Age 69-75,87-88
b. Race 79-81
c. Marital status 86
d. Education 82-84
e. Hispanic origin 76-77
7. Pregnancy History
a. Born alive, now living 98-99
b. Born alive, now dead 100-101
c. Other terminations 102-103
d. Total birth order 109-111
e. Live birth order 105-107
8. Father
a. Age 160-164,173-174
b. Race 167-169
c. Education 170-172
d. Hispanic origin 165-166
9. Other Items
a. Residence reporting flags 315-339
b. Attendant at delivery 10-11
c. Place of delivery 8-9
d. Interval since last live birth 135-139
10. Medical and Health Data
a. Method of delivery 220-226
b. Medical risk factors 228-244
c. Other risk factors
Tobacco 245-248
Alcohol 249-252
Weight gain during pregnancy 253-255
d. Obstetric procedures 256-262
e. Complications of labor and/or delivery 263-278
f. Congenital anomalies 279-300
Machine/File/Data Characteristics:
1. Machine used: IBM/3081/K
2. Language used: PL/1
3. File organization: One file, one reel
4. Record format: Blocked, fixed format
5. Record count: 70,929
6. Record length: 360
7. Blocksize 32400
8. Recording mode: IBM/EBCDIC 8-bit code
9. Code scheme Numeric/Alphabetic/Blanks
10. Last block: May be a short block
11. Data counts: ALL FETAL DEATHS:
a. By occurrence: 70,929
b. By residence: 70,871
c. To foreign residents: 58
20 WEEKS AND OVER:
a. By occurrence: 30,284
b. By residence: 30,256
c. To foreign residents: 28
Record Layout
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
1-4 4 DATAYEAR
Year of Delivery (Data Year)
1992 ... 1992
5 1 TABFLAG
Tabulation Inclusion Flag
The majority of fetal death
tables published by NCHS/DVS
include only those fetal deaths
with stated or presumed gestation
of 20 weeks or more, see the
Technical Appendix. This position
is used to indicate which records
to include in these tables.
1 ... Under 20 weeks (excluded)
2 ... 20 weeks or more (included)
6 1 RECTYPE
Record Type
1 ... RESIDENTS: State and county of
occurrence and residence are the
same
2 ... NONRESIDENTS: State and/or county of
occurrence and residence are
different.
7 1 RESTATUS
Resident Status
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 ... FOREIGH 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.
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
8 1 PLDEL
Place or Facility of Delivery
1 ... Hospital delivery
2 ... Doctor's offices, mother's
residence, fire department, public
place, etc.
3 ... Delivery occurred en route to or on
arrival at a facility
9 ... Unknown or not stated
9 1 PLDEL2
Place or Facility of Delivery Recode
1 ... In hospital
2 ... Not in a hospital
(includes unknown)
10 1 FATTND
Attendant at Delivery
1 ... Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
2 ... Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.)
3 ... Certified Nurse Midwife (C.N.M.)
4 ... Other Midwife
5 ... Other
9 ... Unknown or not stated
11 1 FATTNDR
Attendant at Delivery Recode
1 ... Physician
2 ... Midwife
3 ... Other
9 ... Unknown or not stated
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
12-27 16 FOCCUR
Place of Occurrence
Refer to the Geographic Code Outline
further back in this document for
a detailed list of areas and codes.
12-14 3 RDSSCOCC
Region, Division, and State Subcode of
Occurrence
12 1 REGNOCC
Region of Occurrence
13 1 DIVOCC
Division of Occurrence
14 1 STSUBOCC
State Subcode of Occurrence
States are coded within division and the
code structure is designed to sequence
the States as they appear in NCHS
publications.
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
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
12-14 3 RDSSCOCC
Region, Division, State Subcode of
Occurrence (Cont'd)
3 ... SOUTH
5 ... South Atlantic
1 ... Delaware
2 ... Maryland
3 ... District of Columbia
4 ... Virginia
5 ... West Virginia
6 ... North Carolina
7 ... South Carolina
8 ... Georgia
9 ... Florida
6 ... East South Central
1 ... Kentucky
2 ... Tennessee
3 ... Alabama
4 ... Mississippi
7 ... West South Central
1 ... Arkansas
2 ... Louisiana
3 ... Oklahoma
4 ... Texas
4 ... WEST
8 ... Mountain
1 ... Montana
2 ... Idaho
3 ... Wyoming
4 ... Colorado
5 ... New Mexico
6 ... Arizona
7 ... Utah
8 ... Nevada
9 ... Pacific
1 ... Washington
2 ... Oregon
3 ... California
4 ... Alaska
5 ... Hawaii
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
15-16 2 STFETEXP
Expanded State of Occurrence
This item is designed to separately
identify New York city records from
other New York State records.
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
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
15-16 2 STFETEXP
Expanded State of Occurrence Cont'd
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 STATEFET
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
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
17-18 2 STATEFET
State of Occurrence Cont'd
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
19-21 3 CNTYFET
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 1980. (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.
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
22-26 5 FIPSOCC
Federal Information Processing Standards
(FIPS) Geographic Codes (Occurrence)
Refer to the Geographic Code Outline
Further back in this document for
a detailed list of areas and codes.
For an explanation of FIPS codes,
reference should be made to various
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) publications.
22-23 2 STOCCFIP
State of Occurrence (FIPS)
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
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
22-23 2 STOCCFIP
Sate of Occurrence (Cont'd)
34 ... New Jersey
35 ... New Mexico
36 ... New York
37 ... North Carolina
38 ... North Dakota
39 ... Ohio
40 ... Oklahoma
41 ... Oregon
42 ... Pennsylvania
44 ... Rhode Island
45 ... South Carolina
46 ... South Dakota
47 ... Tennessee
48 ... Texas
49 ... Utah
50 ... Vermont
51 ... Virginia
53 ... Washington
54 ... West Virginia
55 ... Wisconsin
56 ... Wyoming
24-26 3 CNTOCFIP
County of Occurrence (FIPS)
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 1980. (Note: To uniquely
identify a county, both the State
and county codes must be used.) A
complete list of counties is shown
in the Geographic Code Outline
further back in this document.
27 1 CNTOCPOP
Population Size of County of Occurrence
Based on the results of the 1980 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
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
28-59 32 FRESID
Place of Residence
Refer to the Geographic Code Outline
further back in this document for a
detailed list of areas and codes.
28-30 3 RDSCRES
Region, Division, and State Subcode of
Residence
28 1 REGNRES
Region of Residence
29 1 DIVRES
Division of Residence
30 1 STSUBRES
State Subcode of Residence
States are coded within Division and the
code structure is designed to sequence
the States as they appear in NCHS
publications.
000 ... Foreign residents
1 ... NORTHEAST
1 ... New England
1 ... Maine
2 ... New Hampshire
3 ... Vermont
4 ... Massachusetts
5 ... Rhode Island
6 ... Connecticut
2 ... Middle Atlantic
1 ... New York
2 ... New Jersey
3 ... Pennsylvania
2 ... MIDWEST
3 ... East North Central
1 ... Ohio
2 ... Indiana
3 ... Illinois
4 ... Michigan
5 ... Wisconsin
4 ... West North Central
1 ... Minnesota
2 ... Iowa
3 ... Missouri
4 ... North Dakota
5 ... South Dakota
6 ... Nebraska
7 ... Kansas
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
28-30 3 RDSCRES
Region, Division, State Subcode of
Residence (Cont'd)
3 ... SOUTH
5 ... South Atlantic
1 ... Delaware
2 ... Maryland
3 ... District of Columbia
4 ... Virginia
5 ... West Virginia
6 ... North Carolina
7 ... South Carolina
8 ... Georgia
9 ... Florida
6 ... East South Central
1 ... Kentucky
2 ... Tennessee
3 ... Alabama
4 ... Mississippi
7 ... West South Central
1 ... Arkansas
2 ... Louisiana
3 ... Oklahoma
4 ... Texas
4 ... WEST
8 ... Mountain
1 ... Montana
2 ... Idaho
3 ... Wyoming
4 ... Colorado
5 ... New Mexico
6 ... Arizona
7 ... Utah
8 ... Nevada
9 ... Pacific
1 ... Washington
2 ... Oregon
3 ... California
4 ... Alaska
5 ... Hawaii
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
31-32 2 STRESEXP
Expanded State of Residence
This item is designed to separately
identify New York city records from
other New York State records.
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
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
31-32 2 STRESEXP
Expanded State of Residence Cont'd
36 ... North Dakota
37 ... Ohio
38 ... Oklahoma
39 ... Oregon
40 ... Pennsylvania
41 ... Rhode Island
42 ... South Carolina
43 ... South Dakota
44 ... Tennessee
45 ... Texas
46 ... Utah
47 ... Vermont
48 ... Virginia
49 ... Washington
50 ... West Virginia
51 ... Wisconsin
52 ... Wyoming
53-58,60... Foreign Residents
53 ... Puerto Rico
54 ... Virgin Islands
55 ... Guam
56 ... Canada
57 ... Cuba
58 ... Mexico
60 ... Remainder of the world
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
33-34 2 STATERES
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 ... 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
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
33-34 2 STATERES
State of Residence Cont'd
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
35-37 3 CNTYRES
County of Residence
A complete list of counties is shown in the
Geographic Code Outline further back in
this document.
001-nnn ... Counties and county equivalents
(independent and coextensive cities)
are numbered alphabetically within
each State and identify each county
with a population of 100,000 or more
in 1980. (Note: To uniquely
identify a county, both the State
and county codes must be used.)
ZZZ ... Foreign Residents
38-40 3 CITYRES
City of Residence
A complete list of cities is shown in the
Geographic Code Outline further back in
this document.
001-nnn ... Cities are numbered alphabetically
within each State and identify each
city with a population of 100,000 or
more in 1980. (Note: To uniquely
identify a city, both the State and
city codes must be used. State,
county and city codes may also be
used.)
999 ... Balance of county
ZZZ ... Foreign residents
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
41 1 CITRSPOP
Population Size of City of Residence
Based on the results of the 1980 census
0 ... Place of 1,000,000 or more
1 ... Place of 500,000 to 1,000,000
2 ... Place of 250,000 to 500,000
3 ... Place of 100,000 to 250,000
9 ... All other areas in the U.S.
Z ... Foreign residents
42 1 METRORES
Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan County of
Residence
1 ... Metropolitan county
2 ... Nonmetropolitan county
Z ... Foreign residents
43-58 16 FIPSRES
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
Geographic Codes (Residence)
Refer to the Geographic Code Outline
further back in this document for a
detailed list of areas and codes.
For an explanation of FIPS codes,
reference should be made to various
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) publications.
43-44 2 STRESFIP
State of Residence (FIPS)
00 ... Foreign residents
01 ... Alabama
02 ... Alaska
04 ... Arizona
05 ... Arkansas
06 ... California
08 ... Colorado
09 ... Connecticut
10 ... Delaware
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
43-44 2 STRESFIP
State of Residence (Cont'd)
11 ... District of Columbia
12 ... Florida
13 ... Georgia
15 ... Hawaii
16 ... Idaho
17 ... Illinois
18 ... Indiana
19 ... Iowa
20 ... Kansas
21 ... Kentucky
22 ... Louisiana
23 ... Maine
24 ... Maryland
25 ... Massachusetts
26 ... Michigan
27 ... Minnesota
28 ... Mississippi
29 ... Missouri
30 ... Montana
31 ... Nebraska
32 ... Nevada
33 ... New Hampshire
34 ... New Jersey
35 ... New Mexico
36 ... New York
37 ... North Carolina
38 ... North Dakota
39 ... Ohio
40 ... Oklahoma
41 ... Oregon
42 ... Pennsylvania
44 ... Rhode Island
45 ... South Carolina
46 ... South Dakota
47 ... Tennessee
48 ... Texas
49 ... Utah
50 ... Vermont
51 ... Virginia
53 ... Washington
54 ... West Virginia
55 ... Wisconsin
56 ... Wyoming
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
45-47 3 CNTYRFIP
County of Residence (FIPS)
000 ... Foreign residents
001-nnn ... Counties and county equivalents
(independent and coextensive cities)
are numbered alphabetically within
each State and identify each county
with a population of 100,000 or more
in 1980. (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.
48-52 5 R1
Reserved Positions
53-54 2 CMSA
CMSA of Residence (FIPS)
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical
Areas are groupings of certain
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas
and are defined by the U.S. Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) as of
June 30, 1990.
00 ... Not a CMSA
07 ... Boston - Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH
10 ... Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY
14 ... Chicago - Gary-Lake County,
IL-IN-WI
21 ... Cincinnati - Hamilton, OH-KY-IN
28 ... Cleveland - Akron-Lorain, OH
31 ... Dallas - Fort Worth, TX
34 ... Denver - Boulder, CO
35 ... Detroit - Ann Arbor, MI
41 ... Hartford - New Britain-
Middletown, CT
42 ... Houston - Galveston-
Brazoria, TX
49 ... Los Angeles-Anaheim-
Riverside, CA
56 ... Miami - Fort Lauderdale, FL
63 ... Milwaukee - Racine, WI
70 ... New York-Northern New Jersey-
Long Island, NY-NJ-CT
77 ... Philadelphia - Wilmington-
Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD
78 ... Pittsburgh - Beaver Valley, PA
79 ... Portland - Vancouver, OR-WA
80 ... Providence - Pawtucket-Fall
River, RI-MA
84 ... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose,
CA
91 ... Seattle - Tacoma, WA
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
55-58 4 SMSARFIP
PMSA/MSA of Residence (FIPS)
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas
and Metropolitan Statistical Areas
are those defined by the U.S. Office
of Management and Budget as of June
30, 1990. For New England, the New
England County Metropolitan Areas
(NECMS's) are used. Further back in
this document is a list of PMSA's,
MSA's, NECMS's, and their component
counties.
0000 ... Nonmetropolitan counties
or foreign residents
0040-9360 ... Code range
9999 ... Area of less than 100,000
population
59 1 CNTRSPOP
Population Size of County of Residence
Based on the results of the 1980 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 resident
60-68 9 R1A
Reserved Positions
69 1 MAGERFLG
Reported Age of Mother Used Flag
This position is flagged whenever the
mother's reported age is used. The
reported age is used, if valid,
when age could not be computed or
when the computed age is outside
the 10-49 code range.
Blank ... Reported age is not used
1 ... Reported age is used
70 1 MAGEIMP
Age of Mother Imputation Flag
Blank ... Age is not imputed
1 ... Age is imputed
71-72 2 DMAGE
Age of Mother
This item is: a) computed using dates
of birth of mother and of delivery;
b) reported; or c) imputed. This is
the age item used in NCHS publications.
10-49 ... Age is single years
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
73-74 2 MAGE12
Age of Mother Recode 12
01 ... Under 15 years
02 ... 15 years
03 ... 16 years
04 ... 17 years
05 ... 18 years
06 ... 19 years
07 ... 20 - 24 years
08 ... 25 - 29 years
09 ... 30 - 34 years
10 ... 35 - 39 years
11 ... 40 - 44 years
12 ... 45 - 49 years
75 1 MAGE8
Age of Mother Recode 8
1 ... Under 15 years
2 ... 15 - 19 years
3 ... 20 - 24 years
4 ... 25 - 29 years
5 ... 30 - 34 years
6 ... 35 - 39 years
7 ... 40 - 44 years
8 ... 45 - 49 years
76 1 ORMOTH
Hispanic Origin of Mother
Origin is not reported by all areas.
See reporting flags.
0 ... Non-Hispanic
1 ... Mexican
2 ... Puerto Rican
3 ... Cuban
4 ... Central or South American
5 ... Other and unknown Hispanic
9 ... Origin unknown or not stated
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
77 1 ORRACEM
Hispanic Origin and Race of Mother Recode
Origin's not reported by all areas.
See reporting flags.
1 ... Mexican
2 ... Puerto Rican
3 ... Cuban
4 ... Central or South American
5 ... Other and unknown Hispanic
6 ... Non-Hispanic White
7 ... Non-Hispanic Black
8 ... Non-Hispanic other races
9 ... Origin unknown or not stated
78 1 MRACEIMP
Race of Mother Imputation Flag
Blank ... Race is not imputed
1 ... Race is imputed
79-80 2 MRACE
Race of Mother
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 races code 09 (all other
races) used prior to 1992 has been
imputed.
01 ... White
02 ... Black
03 ... American Indian (includes
Aleuts and Eskimos)
04 ... Chinese
05 ... Japanese
06 ... Hawaiian (includes
part-Hawaiian)
07 ... Filipino
18 ... Asian Indian
28 ... Korean
38 ... Samoan
48 ... Vietnamese
58 ... Guamanian
68 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander
in areas reporting codes 18-58
78 ... Combined other Asian or Pacific
Islander, includes codes 18-68
for areas that do not report
them separately
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
81 1 MRACE3
Race of Mother Recode
1 ... White
2 ... Races other than White
or Black
3 ... Black
82-83 2 DMEDUC
Education of Mother
Education is not reported by all areas.
See reporting flags.
00 ... No formal education
01-08 ... Years of elementary
school
09 ... 1 year of high school
10 ... 2 years of high school
11 ... 3 years of high school
12 ... 4 years of high school
13 ... 1 year of college
14 ... 2 years of college
15 ... 3 years of college
16 ... 4 years of college
17 ... 5 or more years of
college
99 ... Not stated
84 1 MEDUC6
Education of Mother Recode
Education is not reported by all areas.
See reporting flags.
1 ... 0 - 8 years
2 ... 9 - 11 years
3 ... 12 years
4 ... 13 - 15 years
5 ... 16 years and over
6 ... Not stated
85 1 R1C
Reserved Position
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
86 1 DMAR
Marital Status of Mother
Marital status is not reported
by all areas. See reporting flags.
1 ... Married
2 ... Unmarried
9 ... Unknown or not stated
87-88 2 DMAGERPT
Reported Age of Mother
10-49 ... Age in single years
99 ... Unknown or not stated
89-97 9 R2
Reserved Positions
98-99 2 NLBNL
Number of Live Births, Now Living
00-30 ... Stated number of children
99 ... Unknown or not stated
100-101 2 NLBND
Number of Live Births, Now Dead
00-30 ... Stated number of children
99 ... Unknown or not stated
102-103 2 NOTERM
Number of Other Terminations
Includes spontaneous and induced at any
time after conception.
00-30 ... Stated number of other
terminations
99 ... Unknown or not stated
104 1 R2A
Reserved Position
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
105-106 2 DLIVORD
Detail Live Birth Order
Sum of live births now living and now dead.
If either item is unknown, this item
is made unknown.
00-40 ... Number of children born
alive to mother
99 ... Unknown live birth order
107 1 LIVORD9
Live Birth Order Recode
0 ... No children born alive to
mother
1 ... One
2 ... Two
3 ... Three
4 ... Four
5 ... Five
6 ... Six
7 ... Seven
8 ... Eight or more
9 ... Unknown live birth order
108 1 R2B
Reserved Position
109-110 2 DTOTORD
Detail Total Birth Order
Sum of live birth order and other
terminations of pregnancy plus one
(for this pregnancy). If either item
is unknown, this item is made unknown.
01-41 ... Number of live births and
other terminations of
pregnancy
99 ... Unknown total birth order
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
111 1 TOTORD9
Total Birth Order Recode
1 ... One
2 ... Two
3 ... Three
4 ... Four
5 ... Five
6 ... Six
7 ... Seven
8 ... Eight or more
9 ... Unknown total birth order
112 1 R2C
Reserved Position
113-114 2 MONPRE
Detail Month of Pregnancy Prenatal Care
Began
Month prenatal care began is not reported
by all areas. See reporting flags.
00 ... No prenatal care
01 ... 1st month
02 ... 2nd month
03 ... 3rd month
04 ... 4th month
05 ... 5th month
06 ... 6th month
07 ... 7th month
08 ... 8th month
09 ... 9th month
99 ... Unknown or not stated
115 1 MPRE6
Month Prenatal Care Began Recode 6
Month prenatal care began is not reported
by all areas. See reporting flags.
1 ... 1st - 2nd month
2 ... 3rd month
3 ... 4th - 6th month
4 ... 7th - 9th month
5 ... No prenatal care
6 ... Unknown or not stated
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
116 1 MPRE5
Month Prenatal Care Began Recode 5
Month prenatal care began is not reported
by all areas. See reporting flags.
1 ... 1st Trimester (1st-3rd month)
2 ... 2nd Trimester (4th-6th month)
3 ... 3rd Trimester (7th-9th month)
4 ... No prenatal care
5 ... Unknown or not stated
117-118 2 NPREVIST
Total Number of Prenatal Visits
Number of prenatal visits is not reported
by all areas. See reporting flags
00 ... No prenatal visits
01-48 ... Stated number of visits
49 ... 49 or more visits
99 ... Unknown or not stated
119-120 2 NPREV12
Number of Prenatal Visits Recode
Number of prenatal visits is not reported
by all areas. See reporting flags
01 ... No visits
02 ... 1 - 2 visits
03 ... 3 - 4 visits
04 ... 5 - 6 visits
05 ... 7 - 8 visits
06 ... 9 - 10 visits
07 ... 11 - 12 visits
08 ... 13 - 14 visits
09 ... 15 - 16 visits
10 ... 17 - 18 visits
11 ... 19 visits or more
12 ... Unknown or not stated
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
121-128 8 LMPDATE
Date Last Normal Menses Began
Date of last normal menses is not reported
by all areas. See reporting flags.
121-122 2 LMPMON
Month
01 ... January
02 ... February
03 ... March
04 ... April
05 ... May
06 ... June
07 ... July
08 ... August
09 ... September
10 ... October
11 ... November
12 ... December
99 ... Unknown or not stated
month of LMP
123-124 2 LMPDAY
Day
01-31 ... As applicable to month
of LMP
99 ... Unknown or not stated day
of LMP
125-128 4 LMPYR
Year
1991 ... 1991
1992 ... 1992
9999 ... Unknown or not stated year
of LMP
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
129-134 6 LLBDATE
Date of last Live Birth
Date of last live birth is not reported
by all areas. See reporting flags
777777 ... No previous live birth
129-130 2 LLBMON
Month of Last Live Birth
01 ... January
02 ... February
03 ... March
04 ... April
05 ... May
06 ... June
07 ... July
08 ... August
09 ... September
10 ... October
11 ... November
12 ... December
99 ... Unknown or not stated
131-134 4 LLBYR
Year of Last Live Birth
1900-1992 ... Stated year
9999 ... Unknown or not stated
135-137 3 DISLLB
Interval Since Last Live Birth
This item is computed from date of
delivery and date of last live birth.
777 ... No previous live birth
000 ... Zero months (plural birth)
001-500 ... One - five hundred months
999 ... Unknown
138-139 2 ISLLB1O
Interval Since Last Live Birth Recode
00 ... Not applicable (no previous
live birth)
01 ... Zero months (plural birth)
02 ... 1 - 11 months
03 ... 12 - 17 months
04 ... 18 - 23 months
05 ... 24 - 35 months
06 ... 36 - 47 months
07 ... 48 - 59 months
08 ... 60 - 71 months
09 ... 72 months and over
10 ... Unknown
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
140-159 20 R3
Reserved Positions
160 1 FAGERFLG
Reported Age of Father Used Flag
This position is flagged whenever
the Father's reported age is used.
The reported age is used, if valid,
when age could not be computed or
when the computed age is less than
10.
Blank ... Reported age is not used
1 ... Reported age is used
161-162 2 DFAGE
Age of Father
This item is either computed from
date of birth of father and date
of delivery or is the reported age.
This is the age item used in NCHS
publications.
10-98 ... Age is single years
99 ... Unknown or not stated
163-164 2 FAGE11
Age of Father Recode
01 ... Under 15 years
02 ... 15 - 19 years
03 ... 20 - 24 years
04 ... 25 - 29 years
05 ... 30 - 34 years
06 ... 35 - 39 years
07 ... 40 - 44 years
08 ... 45 - 49 years
09 ... 50 - 54 years
10 ... 55 - 59 years
11 ... 60 - 98 years
12 ... Not stated
165 1 ORFATH
Hispanic Origin of Father
Origin is not reported by all areas.
See reporting flags.
0 ... Non-Hispanic
1 ... Mexican
2 ... Puerto Rican
3 ... Cuban
4 ... Central or South American
5 ... Other and unknown Hispanic
9 ... Origin unknown or not stated
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
166 1 ORRACEF
Hispanic Origin and Race of Father Recode
Origin is not reported by all areas.
See reporting flags.
1 ... Mexican
2 ... Puerto Rican
3 ... Cuban
4 ... Central or South American
5 ... Other and unknown Hispanic
6 ... Non-Hispanic White
7 ... Non-Hispanic Black
8 ... Non-Hispanic other or
unknown race
9 ... Origin unknown or not stated
167-168 2 FRACE
Race of Father
Beginning with 1992 data, some areas
started reporting additional Asian
or Pacific Islander codes for race.
Codes 18-68 replace old code 08 for
these areas. Code 78 replaces old
code 08 for all other areas. Code
09 (all other races) used prior to
1992 has been changed to 99.
01 ... White
02 ... Black
03 ... American Indian (includes
Aleuts and Eskimos)
04 ... Chinese
05 ... Japanese
06 ... Hawaiian (includes
part-Hawaiian)
07 ... Filipino
18 ... Asian Indian
28 ... Korean
38 ... Samoan
48 ... Vietnamese
58 ... Guamanian
68 ... Other Asian or Pacific
Islander in areas reporting
codes 18-58
78 ... Combined other Asian or
Pacific Islander, includes
codes 18-68 for areas that
do not report them separately
99 ... Unknown or not stated
169 1 FRACE4
Race of Father Recode
1 ... White
2 ... Race other than White, Black,
or unknown
3 ... Black
4 ... Unknown or not stated
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
170-171 2 DFEDUC
Education of Father
Education is not reported by all areas.
See reporting flags
00 ... No formal education
01-08 ... Years of elementary school
09 ... 1 year of high school
10 ... 2 years of high school
11 ... 3 years of high school
12 ... 4 years of high school
13 ... 1 year of college
14 ... 2 years of college
15 ... 3 years of college
16 ... 4 years of college
17 ... 5 or more years of college
99 ... Non stated
172 1 FEDUC6
Education of Father Recode
Education is not reported by all areas.
See reporting flags
1 ... 0 - 8 years
2 ... 9 - 11 years
3 ... 12 years
4 ... 13 - 15 years
5 ... 16 years and over
6 ... Not stated
173-174 2 DFAGERPT
Reported Age of Father
10-98 ... Age in single years
99 ... Unknown or not stated
175-183 9 R4
Reserved Positions
184 1 FDODMIMP
Month of Delivery Imputation Flag
Blank ... Month is not imputed
1 ... Month is imputed
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
185 1 R4A
Reserved Position
186-187 2 DELMON
Month
01 ... January
02 ... February
03 ... March
04 ... April
05 ... May
06 ... June
07 ... July
08 ... August
09 ... September
10 ... October
11 ... November
12 ... December
188-189 2 R4B
Reserved Positions
190-193 4 DELYR
Year
1992 ... 1992
194 1 WEEKDAY
Day of Week of Delivery
1 ... Sunday
2 ... Monday
3 ... Tuesday
4 ... Wednesday
5 ... Thursday
6 ... Friday
7 ... Saturday
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
195 1 GESTESTM
Clinical Estimate of Gestation Used Flag
This position is flagged whenever the
clinical estimate of gestation is
used. It is used whenever gestation
could not be computed or when the
computed gestation is outside the
02-47 code range.
Blank ... Clinical estimate is not
used
1 ... Clinical estimate is used
196 1 GESTIMP
Gestation Imputation Flag
Blank ... Gestation is not imputed
1 ... Gestation is imputed
197-198 2 DGESTAT
Gestation
This item is: a) computed using dates
of delivery and last normal menses;
b) the clinical estimate; c) imputed;
or d) unknown when there is
insufficient data to impute or no
valid clinical estimate. This
is the gestation item used in NCHS
publications.
02-47 ... 2nd through 47th week of
gestation
99 ... Unknown
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
199-200 2 GESTAT12
Gestation Recode 12
01 ... Under 16 weeks
02 ... 16-19 weeks
03 ... 20-23 weeks
04 ... 24-27 weeks
05 ... 28-31 weeks
06 ... 32-35 weeks
07 ... 36 weeks
08 ... 37-39 weeks
09 ... 40 weeks
10 ... 41 weeks
11 ... 42 weeks and over
12 ... Unknown
201 1 GESTAT5
Gestation Recode 5
1 ... Under 20 weeks
2 ... 20-23 weeks
3 ... 24-27 weeks
4 ... 28 weeks and over
5 ... Unknown
202 1 FSEXIMP
Sex Imputation Flag
Sex is imputed only for those
records with stated or presumed
period of gestation of 20 weeks
or more.
Blank ... Sex is not imputed
1 ... Sex is imputed
203 1 FSEX
Sex
1 ... Male
2 ... Female
9 ... Unknown or not stated
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
204-205 2 RACEF
Race of Fetus
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.
01 ... White
02 ... Black
03 ... American Indian (includes
Aleuts and Eskimos)
04 ... Chinese
05 ... Japanese
06 ... Hawaiian (includes
part-Hawaiian)
07 ... Filipino
18 ... Asian Indian
28 ... Korean
38 ... Samoan
48 ... Vietnamese
58 ... Guamanian
68 ... Other Asian or Pacific
Islander in areas reporting
codes 18-58
78 ... Combined other Asian or
Pacific Islander. Includes
codes 18-68 for areas that
do not report them separately
206 1 FRACE3
Race of Fetus Recode
1 ... White
2 ... Races other than White or Black
3 ... Black
207-210 4 DBIRWT
Weight at Delivery
0000-8165 ... Number of grams
9999 ... Unknown or not stated
211-212 2 BIRWT14
Weight at Delivery Recode 14
01 ... 249 grams or less
02 ... 250-349 grams
03 ... 350-499 grams
04 ... 500-999 grams
05 ... 1000-1499 grams
06 ... 1500-1999 grams
07 ... 2000-2499 grams
08 ... 2500-2999 grams
09 ... 3000-3499 grams
10 ... 3500-3999 grams
11 ... 4000-4499 grams
12 ... 4500-4999 grams
13 ... 5000-8165 grams
14 ... Unknown or not stated
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
213 1 BIRWT4
Weight at Delivery Recode 4
1 ... 1499 grams or less
2 ... 1500-2499 grams
3 ... 2500 grams or more
4 ... Unknown or not stated
214 1 PLURIMP
Plurality Imputation Flag
Blank ... Plurality is not
imputed
1 ... Plurality is imputed
215 1 DPLURAL
Plurality
Louisiana does not report plurality.
1 ... Single
2 ... Twin
3 ... Triplet
4 ... Quadruplet
5 ... Quadruplet or higher
9 ... Louisiana occurrence
to resident
216-217 2 CLINGEST
Clinical Estimate of Gestation
Clinical estimate is not reported by
all areas. See reporting flags.
02-47 ... Estimated gestation in
weeks
99 ... Unknown or not stated
218-219 2 R5
Reserved Positions
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
220-314 95 MEDINFO
Medical and Health Data
Some States do not report an entire
item while other States do not
report all of the categories within
an item.
If an item is not reported, it is
indicated by code zero in the
appropriate reporting flag.
If a category within an item is not
reported it is indicated by code 8
in the position for that category.
220-226 7 DELMETH
Method of Delivery
Each method is assigned a separate
position, and the code structure for
each method (position) is:
1 ... The method was used
2 ... The method was not used
8 ... Method not on certificate
9 ... Method unknown or not stated
220 1 VAGINAL
Vaginal
221 1 VBAC
Vaginal Birth After Previous C-Section
222 1 PRIMAC
Primary C-Section
223 1 REPEAC
Repeat C-Section
224 1 FORCEP
Forceps
225 1 VACUUM
Vacuum
226 1 HYSTER
Hysterotomy/Hysterectomy
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
227 1 DELMETH6
Method of Delivery Recode
1 ... Vaginal (excludes Vaginal
after previous C-section
2 ... Vaginal birth after
previous C-section
3 ... Primary C-section
4 ... Repeat C-Section
5 ... Hysterotomy/Hysterectomy
6 ... Not stated
228-244 17 MEDRISK
Medical Risk Factors
Each risk factor is assigned a
separate position, and the code
structure for each risk factor
(position) is:
1 ... Factor reported
2 ... Factor not reported
8 ... Factor not on certificate
9 ... Factor not classifiable
228 1 ANEMIA
Anemia (Hct.<30/Hgb.<10)
229 1 CARDIAC
Cardiac disease
230 1 LUNG
Acute or chronic lung disease
231 1 DIABETES
Diabetes
232 1 HERPES
Genital herpes
233 1 HYDRA
Hydramnios/Oligohydramnios
234 1 HEMO
Hemoglobinopathy
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
235 1 CHYPER
Hypertension, chronic
236 1 PHYPER
Hypertension, pregnancy-associated
237 1 ECLAMP
Eclampsia
238 1 INCERVIX
Incompetent cervix
239 1 PRE4000
Previous infant 4000+ grams
240 1 PRETERM
Previous preterm or small-for-
gestational-age infant
241 1 RENAL
Renal disease
242 1 RH
Rh sensitization
243 1 UTERINE
Uterine bleeding
244 1 OTHERMR
Other Medical Risk Factors
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
245-255 11 OTHERRSK
Other Risk Factors For This Pregnancy
245-248 4 TOBACRSK
Tobacco Risks
245 1 TOBACCO
Tobacco Use During Pregnancy
1 ... Yes
2 ... No
9 ... Unknown or not stated
246-247 2 CIGAR
Average Number of Cigarettes Per Day
00-97 ... As stated
98 ... 98 or more cigarettes
per day
99 ... Unknown or not stated
248 1 CIGAR6
Average Number of Cigarettes Per Day
Recode
0 ... Non smoker
1 ... 1-5 cigarettes per day
2 ... 6-10 cigarettes per day
3 ... 11-20 cigarettes per day
4 ... 21-40 cigarettes per day
5 ... 41 or more cigarettes
per day
6 ... Unknown or not stated
249-252 4 ALCOHRSK
Alcohol
249 1 ALCOHOL
Alcohol Use During Pregnancy
1 ... Yes
2 ... No
9 ... Unknown or not stated
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
250-251 2 DRINK
Average Number of Drinks Per Week
00-97 ... As stated
98 ... 98 or more drinks per
week
99 ... Unknown or not stated
252 1 DRINK5
Average Number of Drinks Per Week Recode
0 ... Non drinker
1 ... 1 drink per week
2 ... 2 drinks per week
3 ... 3-4 drinks per week
4 ... 5 or more drinks per
week
5 ... Unknown or not stated
253-255 3 WTGANRSK
Weight Gain During Pregnancy
253-254 2 WTGAIN
Weight Gain
00-97 ... Stated number of pounds
98 ... 98 pounds or more
99 ... Unknown or not stated
255 1 WTGAIN8
Weight Gain Recode
1 ... Less than 10 pounds
2 ... 10-14 pounds
3 ... 15-19 pounds
4 ... 20-24 pounds
5 ... 25-29 pounds
6 ... 30-34 pounds
7 ... 35 or more pounds
8 ... Unknown or not stated
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
256-262 7 OBSTETRC
Obstetric Procedures
Each procedure is assigned a separate
position, and the code structure
for each procedure (position) is:
1 ... Procedure reported
2 ... Procedure not reported
8 ... Procedure not on certificate
9 ... Procedure not classifiable
256 1 AMNIO
Amniocentesis
257 1 MONITOR
Electronic fetal monitoring
258 1 INDUCT
Induction of labor
259 1 STIMULA
Stimulation of labor
260 1 TOCOL
Tocolysis
261 1 ULTRAS
Ultrasound
262 1 OTHEROB
Other Obstetric Procedures
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
263-278 16 LABOR
Complications of Labor and/or Delivery
Each complication is assigned a
separate position, and the code
structure for each complication
(position) is:
1 ... Complication reported
2 ... Complication not reported
8 ... Complication not on
certificate
9 ... Complication not classifiable
263 1 FEBRILE
Febrile (>100 degrees F. or
38 degrees C.)
264 1 MECONIUM
Meconium
265 1 RUPTURE
Premature rupture of membrane
(>12 hours)
266 1 ABRUPTIO
Abruptio placenta
267 1 PREPLACE
Placenta previa
268 1 EXCEBLD
Other excessive bleeding
269 1 SEIZURE
Seizures during labor
270 1 PRECIP
Precipitous labor (<3 hours)
271 1 PROLONG
Prolonged labor (>20 hours)
272 1 DYSFUNC
Dysfunctional labor
273 1 BREECH
Breech/Malpresentation
274 1 CEPHALO
Cephalopelvic disproportion
275 1 CORD
Cord prolapse
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
276 1 ANESTHE
Anesthetic complications
277 1 DISTRESS
Fetal distress
278 1 OTHERLB
Other Complication of Labor
and/or Delivery
279-300 22 CONGENIT
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
Each anomaly is assigned a separate
position, and the code structure
for each anomaly (position) is:
1 ... Anomaly reported
2 ... Anomaly not reported
8 ... Anomaly not on certificate
9 ... Anomaly not classifiable
279 1 ANEN
Anencephalus
280 1 SPINA
Spina bifida/Meningocele
281 1 HYDRO
Hydrocephalus
282 1 MICROCE
Microcephalus
283 1 NERVOUS
Other central nervous system anomalies
284 1 HEART
Heart malformations
285 1 CIRCUL
Other circulatory/respiratory anomalies
286 1 RECTAL
Rectal atresia/stenosis
287 1 TRACHEO
Tracheo - esophageal fistula/Esophageal
atresia
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
288 1 OMPHALO
Omphalocele/Gastroschisis
289 1 GASTRO
Other gastrointestinal anomalies
290 1 GENITAL
Malformed genitalia
291 1 RENALAGE
Renal agenesis
292 1 UROGEN
Other urogenital anomalies
293 1 CLEFTLP
Cleft lip/palate
294 1 ADACTYLY
Polydactyly/Syndactyly/Adactyly
295 1 CLUBFOOT
Club foot
296 1 HERNIA
Diaphragmatic hernia
297 1 MUSCULO
Other musculoskeletal/integumental
anomalies
298 1 DOWNS
Down's syndrome
299 1 CHROMO
Other chromosomal anomalies
300 1 OTHERCON
Other Congenital Anomalies
301-314 14 R5A
Reserved Positions
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
315-339 25 FLRES
REPORTING FLAGS FOR PLACE OF RESIDENCE
These positions contain flags to
indicate whether or not the specified
item is included in the report of
fetal death of the State of residence
identified in positions 31-32.
The code structure for each flag
(position) is:
0 ... The item is not reported
1 ... The item is reported
315 1 GESTALL
All Gestations Reported
316 1 ORIGM
Origin of mother
317 1 ORIGF
Origin of father
318 1 EDUCM
Education of mother
319 1 EDUCF
Education of father
320 1 LLBF
Date of last live birth
321 1 DMARF
Marital status
322 1 DATELMP
Date of last normal menses
323 1 PNCF
Month prenatal care began
324 1 PNVF
Number of prenatal visits
325 1 GESTE
Clinical estimate of gestation
326 1 DELMETRF
Method of delivery
327 1 MEDRSK
Medical risk factors
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
328 1 TOBUSE
Tobacco use
329 1 CIGARSF
Number of cigarettes
330 1 ALCUSE
Alcohol use
331 1 DRINKSF
Number of drinks
332 1 WTGN
Weight gain
333 1 OBSTRC
Obstetric procedures
334 1 CLABOR
Complications of labor and/or delivery
335 1 CONGAN
Congenital anomalies
336 1 UCF
Underlying cause
337 1 PLURALF
Plurality
338-339 2 R8
Reserved positions
340 1 ALLGOCC
ALL GESTATIONS REPORTING FLAG FOR PLACE
OF OCCURRENCE
This position indicates whether or not
all gestation periods are reported
by the State of occurrence identified
in positions 15-16.
0 ... All gestations are not
reported
1 ... All gestations are reported
Item Item Variable Name,
Location Length Item and Code Outline
341-356 16 R8A
Reserved Positions
357-359 3 SMSARES
NCHS Primary Metropolitan Statistical
Area (PMSA/MSA) OF Residence
Based on residence of the mother.
Primary Metropolitan Statistical
Areas and Metropolitan Statistical
Areas are those defined by the U.S.
Office of Managemnt 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 SMSA's and their component
counties.
000 ... Nonmetropolitan counties
001-320 ... Code range
999 ... Area of less than
100,000 population
ZZZ ... Foreigh residents
360 1 POPSMAS
PMSA/MSA Population Size
Based on the results of the 1990 Census.
1 ... MSA of 250,000 and over
2 ... MSA of 100,000 to 250,000
9 ... MSA of less than 100,000 or
Nonmetropolitan area
Z ... Foreigh resident
