Scientific Data Documentation
Fetal Death Detail Record, 1996DSN:CC36.FETDTH96 DSN:CC36.FETDTH96.PRVIGDocumentation of the Fetal Death Tape File for 1996 DataThis tape documentation was prepared in the Division of Vital Statistics. Steve Steimel, Jaleh Mousavi and Jordan Sacks of the Systems Programming and Statistical Resources Branch were responsible for updating the fetal death documentation. Joyce Martin of the Reproductive Statistics Branch was responsible for providing all needed modifications to keep the documentation up- to-date. Joyce Martin and Donna Hoyert of the Mortality Statistics Branch prepared the Fetal Death Technical Appendix. The Registration Methods Staff and the Data Acquisition and Evaluation Branch provided consultation to State vital statistics offices regarding collection of fetal death data.Questions concerning the documentation or general questions concerning the fetal death file should be directed to the Systems and Programming Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, 6525 Belcrest Road, Room 840 Hyattsville, Maryland 20782 (301-436-8900).Questions concerning the Technical Appendix or substantive questions concerning the fetal death or natality data should be directed to the Reproductive Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, NCHS, 6525 Belcrest Road, Room 840, Hyattsville Maryland 20782 (301-436-8954).Documentation of the Fetal Death Tape Files for 1996 DataInformation on the US fetal death data tape file was abstracted from the Report of Fetal Death forms received in all the States and the District of Columbia, with a record on the data file for each report of a fetal death received. The data is provided to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program by the registration offices of all States, the District of Columbia, and New York City. Fetal deaths for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam are included a separate data set in the public-use file. Data from Arizona, California, Louisiana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, and Guam were coded and keyed by NCHS. All other 1996 data were submitted in machine readable form.US Fetal death data are limited to deaths occurring within the United States to U.S. residents and nonresidents. Fetal deaths occurring to U.S. citizens outside the United States are not included in this data file. Fetal death data for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam are limited to deaths occurring within the respective territories.In NCHS tabulations by place of residence, fetal deaths to nonresidents of the United States are excluded. The foreign resident records can be identified by code 4 in tape location 7 of the data tape. In addition, the majority of fetal death tables published by NCHS include only those fetal deaths with stated or presumed gestation of 20 weeks or more (see the Technical Appendix). Those records identified with a 2 in tape location 5 are included in these tabulations. All other records are excluded.Effective January 1, 1989, a revised U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Death replaced the 1978 revision. The 1989 revision provides a wide variety of new information on maternal and fetal health characteristics. Questions on complications of labor and delivery and congenital anomalies of fetus were changed from an open-ended question to a checkbox format to improve reporting of information. Several new items were added that improve the data file's value for monitoring and research of factors affecting fetal mortality.The Office of Management and Budget revised its designation of metropolitan statistical areas based on figures from the 1990 Census. For the 1990 through 1993 data files, NCHS has been using these new definitions and codes as indicated in the listing of 320 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PMSAs), and New England County Metropolitan Areas (NECMAs) that were included in the documentation for those years. There are also 20 Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs), which are made up of PMSAs. Because other geographic changes based on the 1990 Census became effective with the 1994 data file, the metropolitan statistical area designations were updated as well. Effective with the 1994 data file there are 311 MSAs, PMSA, and NECMAs and 18 CMSAs as indicated in the listing included in this documentation.Documentation of the Fetal Death Tape File for 1996 DataNCHS has adopted a new policy on release of vital statistics unit record data files. This new policy was implemented with the 1989 vital event files to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of individuals and institutions. As a result, this file does not contain the actual day of the death. The geographic detail is also restricted; only counties and cities of 100,000 or more population based on the 1990 Census as well as metropolitan areas of 100,000 or more population based on the 1990 Census, are identified.Included in this document are: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 - Fetal Death. 8. Technical Appendix - Natality.SYMBOLS USED IN TABLESSymbol Explanation--- Data not available ... Category not applicable - Quantity zero 0.0 Quantity more than 0 but less than 0.05 * Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precisionTape Data Items Locations1. General a. Data year 1-4 b. Tabulation flag 5 c. Record type 6 d. Resident status 72. 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 24-263. Residence a. NCHS state 33-34 b. Expanded NCHS State 31-32 c. NCHS County 35-37 d. NCHS City 38-40 e. Population size - city 41 f. Population size - county 59 g. NCHS MSA 357-359 h. Met/Nonmet county 42 i. Division 29 j. Region 28 k. FIPS State 43-44 l. FIPS County 45-47 m. FIPS Place 48-52 n. FIPS CMSA 53-54 o. FIPS MSA 55-584. Prenatal Care a. Month began 113-116 b. Number of visits 117-1205. 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 194Tape Data Items Locations6. Mother a. Age 69-75,87-88 b. Race 79-81 c. Marital status 86 d. Education 82-84 e. Hispanic origin 76-777. 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 105-1078. Father a. Age 160-164,173-174 b. Race 167-169 c. Education 170-172 d. Hispanic origin 165-1669. 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 135-13910. Medical and Health Data a. Method of delivery 220-227 b. Medical risk factors 228-244 c. Other risk factors Tobacco 245-248 Alcohol 249-252 Weight gain during pregnancy 253-255 d. Obstetric procedures 256-262 e. Complications of labor and/or delivery 263-278 f. Congenital anomalies 279-300All FILES:1. Machine used: IBM/3081/K 2. Language used: PL/1 3. File organization: Multiple files/one reel 4. Record format: Blocked, Fixed Format 5. Record mode: IBM/EBCDIC 8-Bit Code 6. Code scheme: Numeric/Alphabetic/Blanks 7. Last block: May be a short block 8. Record length: 360 9. Blocksize: 32400U.S. DATA SET1. Record count: 63,170 2. Data counts: ALL FETAL DEATHS: a. By occurrence: 63,170 b. By residence: 63,099 c. To foreign residents: 7120 WEEKS AND OVER: a. By occurrence: 27,323 b. By residence: 27,294 c. To foreign residents: 29PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND GUAM DATA SET1. Record count: 718PUERTO RICO:2. Data counts: ALL FETAL DEATHS: a. By occurrence: 649 b. By residence: 64520 WEEKS AND OVER: a. By occurrence: 645 b. By residence: 641VIRGIN ISLANDS:2. Data counts: ALL FETAL DEATHS: a. By occurrence: 32 b. By residence: 3320 WEEKS AND OVER: a. By occurrence: 31 b. By residence: 32GUAM:2. Data counts: ALL FETAL DEATHS: a. By occurrence: 37 b. By residence: 3620 WEEKS AND OVER: a. By occurrence: 34 b. By residence: 33Record LayoutItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline1-4 4 DATAYEAR Year of Delivery (Data Year)1996 ... 19965 1 TABFLAG Tabulation Inclusion FlagThe 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 Type1 ... 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 StatusU.S. Occurrence 1 ... RESIDENTS: State and county of occurrence and residence are the same. 2 ... INTRASTATE NONRESIDENTS: State of occurrence and residence are the same, but county is different. 3 ... INTERSTATE NONRESIDENTS: State of occurrence and residence are different, but both are in the U.S. 4 ... FOREIGN RESIDENTS: State of occurrence is one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia, but place of residence of mother is outside of the U.S.Puerto Rico 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.Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline7 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.8 1 PLDEL Place or Facility of Delivery1 ... 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 stated9 1 PLDEL2 Place or Facility of Delivery Recode1 ... In hospital 2 ... Not in a hospital (includes unknown)10 1 FATTND Attendant at Delivery1 ... 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 1 FATTNDR Attendant at Delivery Recode1 ... Physician 2 ... Midwife 3 ... Other 9 ... Unknown or not statedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline12-27 16 FOCCUR Place of OccurrenceRefer to the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document for a detailed list of areas and codes. Some Geographic Codes have changed to reflect the results of the 1990 Census.12-14 3 RDSSCOCC Region, Division, and State Subcode of Occurrence12 1 REGNOCC Region of Occurrence13 1 DIVOCC Division of Occurrence14 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 ... 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 ... KansasItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline12-14 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 ... HawaiiItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline15-16 2 STFETEXP Expanded State of OccurrenceThis item is designed to separately identify New York city records from other New York State records.U.S. 01 ... Alabama 02 ... Alaska 03 ... Arizona 04 ... Arkansas 05 ... California 06 ... Colorado 07 ... Connecticut 08 ... Delaware 09 ... District of Columbia 10 ... Florida 11 ... Georgia 12 ... Hawaii 13 ... Idaho 14 ... Illinois 15 ... Indiana 16 ... Iowa 17 ... Kansas 18 ... Kentucky 19 ... Louisiana 20 ... Maine 21 ... Maryland 22 ... Massachusetts 23 ... Michigan 24 ... Minnesota 25 ... Mississippi 26 ... Missouri 27 ... Montana 28 ... Nebraska 29 ... Nevada 30 ... New Hampshire 31 ... New Jersey 32 ... New Mexico 33 ... New York 34 ... New York city 35 ... North Carolina 36 ... North Dakota 37 ... Ohio 38 ... OklahomaItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline15-16 2 STFETEXP Expanded State of Occurrence Cont'dU.S. 39 ... Oregon 40 ... Pennsylvania 41 ... Rhode Island 42 ... South Carolina 43 ... South Dakota 44 ... Tennessee 45 ... Texas 46 ... Utah 47 ... Vermont 48 ... Virginia 49 ... Washington 50 ... West Virginia 51 ... Wisconsin 52 ... WyomingPuerto Rico 53 ... Puerto RicoVirgin Islands 54 ... Virgin IslandsGuam 55 ... Guam17-18 2 STATEFET State of OccurrenceU.S. 01 ... Alabama 02 ... Alaska 03 ... Arizona 04 ... Arkansas 05 ... California 06 ... Colorado 07 ... Connecticut 08 ... Delaware 09 ... District of Columbia 10 ... Florida 11 ... Georgia 12 ... Hawaii 13 ... Idaho 14 ... Illinois 15 ... Indiana 16 ... Iowa 17 ... Kansas 18 ... Kentucky 19 ... Louisiana 20 ... Maine 21 ... Maryland 22 ... Massachusetts 23 ... Michigan 24 ... MinnesotaItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline17-18 2 STATEFET State of Occurrence Cont'dU.S. 25 ... Mississippi 26 ... Missouri 27 ... Montana 28 ... Nebraska 29 ... Nevada 30 ... New Hampshire 31 ... New Jersey 32 ... New Mexico 33 ... New York 34 ... North Carolina 35 ... North Dakota 36 ... Ohio 37 ... Oklahoma 38 ... Oregon 39 ... Pennsylvania 40 ... Rhode Island 41 ... South Carolina 42 ... South Dakota 43 ... Tennessee 44 ... Texas 45 ... Utah 46 ... Vermont 47 ... Virginia 48 ... Washington 49 ... West Virginia 50 ... Wisconsin 51 ... WyomingPuerto Rico 52 ... Puerto RicoVirgin Islands 53 ... Virgin IslandsGuam 54 ... Guam19-21 3 CNTYFET County of Occurrence001-nnn ... Counties and county equivalents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each State. (Note: To uniquely identify a county, both the State and county codes must be used.) A complete list of counties is shown in the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document.Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline22-26 5 FIPSOCC Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Geographic Codes (Occurrence)Refer to the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document for a detailed list of areas and codes. For an explanation of FIPS codes, reference should be made to various National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publications. Some Geographic Codes have changed to reflect the results of the 1990 Census.22-23 2 STOCCFIP State of Occurrence (FIPS)U.S. 01 ... Alabama 02 ... Alaska 04 ... Arizona 05 ... Arkansas 06 ... California 08 ... Colorado 09 ... Connecticut 10 ... Delaware 11 ... District of Columbia 12 ... Florida 13 ... Georgia 15 ... Hawaii 16 ... Idaho 17 ... Illinois 18 ... Indiana 19 ... Iowa 20 ... Kansas 21 ... Kentucky 22 ... Louisiana 23 ... Maine 24 ... Maryland 25 ... Massachusetts 26 ... Michigan 27 ... Minnesota 28 ... Mississippi 29 ... Missouri 30 ... Montana 31 ... Nebraska 32 ... Nevada 33 ... New Hampshire 34 ... New Jersey 35 ... New Mexico 36 ... New York 37 ... North Carolina 38 ... North Dakota 39 ... OhioItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline22-23 2 STOCCFIP State of Occurrence (Cont'd)U.S. 40 ... Oklahoma 41 ... Oregon 42 ... Pennsylvania 44 ... Rhode Island 45 ... South Carolina 46 ... South Dakota 47 ... Tennessee 48 ... Texas 49 ... Utah 50 ... Vermont 51 ... Virginia 53 ... Washington 54 ... West Virginia 55 ... Wisconsin 56 ... WyomingPuerto Rico 72 ... Puerto RicoVirgin Islands 78 ... Virgin IslandsGuam 66 ... Guam24-26 3 CNTOCFIP County of Occurrence (FIPS)001-nnn ... Counties and county equivalents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each State. (Note: To uniquely identify a county, both the State and county codes must be used.) A complete list of counties is shown in the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document.27 1 CNTOCPOP Population Size of County of 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 4 ... County of 50,000 to 100,000 5 ... County of 25,000 to 50,000 6 ... County of Less than 25,000Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline28-59 32 FRESID 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.28-30 3 RDSCRES Region, Division, and State Subcode of Residence28 1 REGNRES Region of Residence29 1 DIVRES Division of Residence30 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 residents1 ... 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 ... KansasItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline28-30 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 ... HawaiiItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline31-32 2 STRESEXP Expanded State of ResidenceThis item is designed to separately identify New York city records from other New York State records.U.S. Occurrence 01 ... Alabama 02 ... Alaska 03 ... Arizona 04 ... Arkansas 05 ... California 06 ... Colorado 07 ... Connecticut 08 ... Delaware 09 ... District of Columbia 10 ... Florida 11 ... Georgia 12 ... Hawaii 13 ... Idaho 14 ... Illinois 15 ... Indiana 16 ... Iowa 17 ... Kansas 18 ... Kentucky 19 ... Louisiana 20 ... Maine 21 ... Maryland 22 ... Massachusetts 23 ... Michigan 24 ... Minnesota 25 ... Mississippi 26 ... Missouri 27 ... Montana 28 ... Nebraska 29 ... Nevada 30 ... New Hampshire 31 ... New Jersey 32 ... New Mexico 33 ... New York 34 ... New York city 35 ... North Carolina 36 ... North Dakota 37 ... Ohio 38 ... Oklahoma 39 ... Oregon 40 ... Pennsylvania 41 ... Rhode Island 42 ... South Carolina 43 ... South Dakota 44 ... Tennessee 45 ... TexasItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline31-32 2 STRESEXP Expanded State of Residence Cont'dU.S. Occurrence 46 ... Utah 47 ... Vermont 48 ... Virginia 49 ... Washington 50 ... West Virginia 51 ... Wisconsin 52 ... Wyoming 53-58,60 ... Foreign Residents 53 ... Puerto Rico 54 ... Virgin Islands 55 ... Guam 56 ... Canada 57 ... Cuba 58 ... Mexico 60 ... Remainder of the worldPuerto Rico Occurrence 53 ... Puerto Rico 01-52,54-58,60 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure.Virgin Islands Occurrence 54 ... Virgin Islands 01-53,55-58,60 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure.Guam Occurrence 55 ... Guam 01-52 ... U.S. resident is also considered a resident of Guam. 53-58,60 ... Foreign residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure.Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline33-34 2 STATERES State of ResidenceU.S. Occurrence 01 ... Alabama 02 ... Alaska 03 ... Arizona 04 ... Arkansas 05 ... California 06 ... Colorado 07 ... Connecticut 08 ... Delaware 09 ... District of Columbia 10 ... Florida 11 ... Georgia 12 ... Hawaii 13 ... Idaho 14 ... Illinois 15 ... Indiana 16 ... Iowa 17 ... Kansas 18 ... Kentucky 19 ... Louisiana 20 ... Maine 21 ... Maryland 22 ... Massachusetts 23 ... Michigan 24 ... Minnesota 25 ... Mississippi 26 ... Missouri 27 ... Montana 28 ... Nebraska 29 ... Nevada 30 ... New Hampshire 31 ... New Jersey 32 ... New Mexico 33 ... New York 34 ... North Carolina 35 ... North Dakota 36 ... Ohio 37 ... Oklahoma 38 ... Oregon 39 ... Pennsylvania 40 ... Rhode Island 41 ... South Carolina 42 ... South DakotaItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline33-34 2 STATERES State of Residence Cont'dU.S. Occurrence 43 ... Tennessee 44 ... Texas 45 ... Utah 46 ... Vermont 47 ... Virginia 48 ... Washington 49 ... West Virginia 50 ... Wisconsin 51 ... Wyoming 52-57,59 ... Foreign Residents 52 ... Puerto Rico 53 ... Virgin Islands 54 ... Guam 55 ... Canada 56 ... Cuba 57 ... Mexico 59 ... Remainder of the worldPuerto Rico Occurrence 52 ... Puerto Rico 01-51,53-57,59 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Virgin Islands Occurrence 53 ... Virgin Islands 01-52,54-57,59 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure. Guam Occurrence 54 ... Guam 01-51 ... U.S. resident is also considered a resident of Guam. 52-57,59 ... Foreign Residents: Refer to U.S. for specific code structure.35-37 3 CNTYRES County of 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. (Note: To uniquely identify a county, both the State and county codes must be used.)ZZZ ... Foreign ResidentsItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline38-40 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 10,000 or more in 1990. (Note: To uniquely identify a city, both the State and city codes must be used. State, county and city codes may also be used.) 999 ... Balance of county ZZZ ... Foreign residents41 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 4 ... Place of 50,000 to 100,000 5 ... Place of 25,000 to 50,000 6 ... Place of 10,000 to 25,000 9 ... All other areas in the U.S. Z ... Foreign residents42 1 METRORES Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan County of ResidenceNOTE: GUAM AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DO NOT HAVE ANY METROPOLITAN AREAS1 ... Metropolitan county 2 ... Nonmetropolitan county Z ... Foreign residents43-58 16 FIPSRES Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Geographic Codes (Residence)Refer to the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document for a detailed list of areas and codes. For an explanation of FIPS codes, reference should be made to various National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publications. Some Geographic Codes have changed to reflect the results of the 1990 Census.
Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline43-44 2 STRESFIP State of Residence (FIPS)U.S. Occurrence 00 ... Foreign residents 01 ... Alabama 02 ... Alaska 04 ... Arizona 05 ... Arkansas 06 ... California 08 ... Colorado 09 ... Connecticut 10 ... Delaware 11 ... District of Columbia 12 ... Florida 13 ... Georgia 15 ... Hawaii 16 ... Idaho 17 ... Illinois 18 ... Indiana 19 ... Iowa 20 ... Kansas 21 ... Kentucky 22 ... Louisiana 23 ... Maine 24 ... Maryland 25 ... Massachusetts 26 ... Michigan 27 ... Minnesota 28 ... Mississippi 29 ... Missouri 30 ... Montana 31 ... Nebraska 32 ... Nevada 33 ... New Hampshire 34 ... New Jersey 35 ... New Mexico 36 ... New York 37 ... North Carolina 38 ... North Dakota 39 ... Ohio 40 ... Oklahoma 41 ... Oregon 42 ... Pennsylvania 44 ... Rhode Island 45 ... South Carolina 46 ... South Dakota 47 ... Tennessee 48 ... Texas 49 ... UtahItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline43-44 2 STRESFIP State of Residence (FIPS) (Cont'd)U.S. Occurrence 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 ... Guam45-47 3 CNTYRFIP County of Residence (FIPS)000 ... Foreign residents 001-nnn ... Counties and county equivalents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each State. (Note: To uniquely identify a county, both the State and county codes must be used.) A complete list of counties is shown in the Geographic Code Outline further back in this document.Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline48-52 5 PLACEFIP Place (City) of Residence (FIPS)A complete list of cities is shown in the Geographic code outline further back in this document.Effective with the 1994 data year, the FIPS place code has been added to the fetal death record. It identifies each city of 10,000 population or more in 1990.00000 ... Foreign residents 00001-nnnnn ... Code range53-54 2 CMSA CMSA of Residence (FIPS)Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas are groupings of certain Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas and are defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of 1990.All AREAS 00 ... Not a CMSAU.S. Occurrence 07 ... Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME- -CT, CMSA 14 ... Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, CMSA 21 ... Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN, CMSA 28 ... Cleveland-Akron, OH, CMSA 31 ... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, CMSA 34 ... Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, CMSA 35 ... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI, CMSA 42 ... Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, CMSA 49 ... Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, CMSA 56 ... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL, CMSA 63 ... Milwaukee-Racine, WI, CMSA 70 ... New York-Northern New Jersey-Long, Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, CMSA 77 ... Philadelphia-Wilmington -Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CMSA 79 ... Portland-Salem, OR-WA, CMSA 82 ... Sacramento-Yolo, CA, CMSA 84 ... San Francisco-Oakland-SanJose, CA, CMSA 91 ... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, CMSA 97 ... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, CMSAPuerto Rico Occurrence 87 ... San Juan-Caguas-Arecibo,PR,CMSAItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline55-58 4 SMSARFIP PMSA/MSA of Residence (FIPS)Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Metropolitan Statistical Areas are those defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as of 1990. For New England, the New England County Metropolitan Areas (NECMA's) are used.Further back in this document is a list of PMSA's, MSA's, NECMA's, and their component counties.0000 ... Nonmetropolitan counties or foreign residents 0040-9360... Code range59 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 4 ... County of 50,000 to 100,000 5 ... County of 25,000 to 50,000 6 ... County of Less than 25,000 Z ... Foreign resident60-68 9 MDOB Date of Birth of Mother60 1 MDOBIMP Day of Birth of Mother Imputation FlagDay is not imputed if month and/or year is unknown.Blank ... Day is not imputed 1 ... Day is imputed61-62 2 MDOBMON Month of Birth of Mother01 ... 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 statedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline63-64 2 MDOBDAY Day of Birth of Mother01-31 ... As applicable to month of birth 99 ... Unknown or not stated65-68 4 MDOBYR Year of Birth of MotherYear is checked for valid numeric codes including unknown. If invalid, year is made unknown. Year is not changed to unknown if its use results in an impossible computation. The computed item is made unknown.1900-1996 ... Code range 9999 ... Unknown or not stated69 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 used70 1 MAGEIMP Age of Mother Imputation FlagBlank ... Age is not imputed 1 ... Age is imputed71-72 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 is single yearsItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline73-74 2 MAGE12 Age of Mother Recode 1201 ... 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 years75 1 MAGE8 Age of Mother Recode 81 ... 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 years76 1 ORMOTH Hispanic Origin of MotherOrigin 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 statedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline77 1 ORRACEM Hispanic Origin and Race of Mother RecodeOrigin is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags.1 ... Mexican 2 ... Puerto Rican 3 ... Cuban 4 ... Central or South American 5 ... Other and unknown Hispanic 6 ... Non-Hispanic White 7 ... Non-Hispanic Black 8 ... Non-Hispanic other races 9 ... Origin unknown or not stated78 1 MRACEIMP Race of Mother Imputation FlagBlank ... Race is not imputed 1 ... Race is imputed79-80 2 MRACE Race of MotherU.S. Occurrence Beginning with 1992 data, some areas started reporting additional Asian or Pacific Islander codes for race. Codes 18-68 replace old code 08 for these areas. Code 78 replaces old code 08 for all other areas. For consistency with Census race code 09 (all other races) used prior to 1992 has been imputed.01 ... White 02 ... Black 03 ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 04 ... Chinese 05 ... Japanese 06 ... Hawaiian (includes part-Hawaiian) 07 ... Filipino 18 ... Asian Indian 28 ... Korean 38 ... Samoan 48 ... Vietnamese 58 ... Guamanian 68 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander in areas reporting codes 18-58 78 ... Combined other Asian or Pacific Islander, includes codes 18-68 for areas that do not report them separatelyItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline79-80 2 MRACE Race of Mother (Cont'd)Puerto Rico Occurrence Does not report race. 99 ... UnknownVirgin 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 ... GuamanianItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline81 1 MRACE3 Race of Mother RecodeU.S./Virgin Islands/Guam Occurrence 1 ... White 2 ... Races other than White or Black 3 ... BlackPuerto Rico Occurrence 4 ... Unknown82-83 2 DMEDUC Education of MotherEducation 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 stated84 1 MEDUC6 Education of Mother RecodeEducation 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 stated85 1 DMARIMP Marital Status of Mother Imputation FlagMarital status is imputed for residents of reporting areas only, see technical appendix.The marital status item is imputed in the edit program. However, it was decided not to maintain the imputed values.Blank ... Marital Status is not imputed 1 ... Marital Status is imputedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline86 1 DMAR Marital Status of MotherMarital status is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags.U.S./Virgin Islands/Guam Occurrence 1 ... Married 2 ... Unmarried 9 ... Unknown or not statedPuerto Rico Occurrence 1 ... Married 2 ... Unmarried parents living together 3 ... Unmarried parents not living together 9 ... Unknown or not stated87-88 2 DMAGERPT Reported Age of Mother10-49 ... Age in single years 99 ... Unknown or not stated89-97 9 R2 Reserved Positions98-99 2 NLBNL Number of Live Births, Now Living00-30 ... Stated number of children 99 ... Unknown or not stated100-101 2 NLBND Number of Live Births, Now Dead00-30 ... Stated number of children 99 ... Unknown or not stated102-103 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 statedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline104 1 LBOIMPF Live Birth Order Imputation FlagLive birth order is imputed in the edit program. However, it was decided not to maintain the imputed values.Blank ... Live birth order is not imputed 1 ... Live birth order is imputed105-106 2 DLIVORD Detail Live Birth OrderSum 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 order107 1 LIVORD9 Live Birth Order Recode0 ... 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 order108 1 TBOIMP Total Birth Order Imputation FlagTotal birth order is imputed in the edit program. However it was decided not to maintain the imputed values.Blank ... Total birth order is not imputed 1 ... Total birth order is imputed109-110 2 DTOTORD Detail Total Birth OrderSum 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 orderItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline111 1 TOTORD9 Total Birth Order Recode1 ... One 2 ... Two 3 ... Three 4 ... Four 5 ... Five 6 ... Six 7 ... Seven 8 ... Eight or more 9 ... Unknown total birth order112 1 NAMEDMTH Named Month Prenatal Care Began FlagThis position identifies records that contained Jan., Feb., etc. instead of first month, second month, etc. for month of pregnancy prenatal care began.Blank ... Numeric month given 1 ... Named month given113-114 2 MONPRE Detail Month of Pregnancy Prenatal Care BeganMonth 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 stated115 1 MPRE6 Month Prenatal Care Began Recode 6Month 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 statedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline116 1 MPRE5 Month Prenatal Care Began Recode 5Month 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 stated117-118 2 NPREVIST Total Number of Prenatal VisitsNumber of prenatal visits is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags00 ... No prenatal visits 01-48 ... Stated number of visits 49 ... 49 or more visits 99 ... Unknown or not stated119-120 2 NPREV12 Number of Prenatal Visits RecodeNumber of prenatal visits is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags01 ... 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 statedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline121-128 8 LMPDATE Date Last Normal Menses BeganDate of last normal menses is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags.121-122 2 LMPMON Month01 ... 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 LMP123-124 2 LMPDAY Day01-31 ... As applicable to month of LMP 99 ... Unknown or not stated day of LMP125-128 4 LMPYR Year1995 ... 1995 1996 ... 1996 9999 ... Unknown or not stated year of LMPItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline129-134 6 LLBDATE Date of last Live BirthDate of last live birth is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags777777 ... No previous live birth129-130 2 LLBMON Month of Last Live Birth01 ... 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 stated131-134 4 LLBYR Year of Last Live Birth1900-1996 ... Stated year 9999 ... Unknown or not stated135-137 3 DISLLB Interval Since Last Live BirthThis 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 ... UnknownItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline138-139 2 ISLLB1O 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 ... Unknown140-150 11 R3 Reserved Positions151-159 9 FDOB Date of Birth of Father151 1 FDOBIMP Day of Birth of Father Imputation FlagDay is not imputed if month and/or year is unknown.Blank ... Day is not imputed 1 ... Day is imputedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline152-153 2 FDOBMON Month of Birth of Father01 ... 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 stated154-155 2 FDOBDAY Day of Birth of Father01-31 ... As applicable to month of birth 99 ... Unknown or not stated156-159 4 FDOBYR Year of Birth of FatherYear is checked for valid numeric codes including unknown. If invalid, year is made unknown. Year is not changed to unknown if its use results in an impossible computation. The computed item is made unknown.1894-1996 ... Code range 9999 ... Unknown or not stated160 1 FAGERFLG Reported Age of Father Used FlagThis 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 usedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline161-162 2 DFAGE Age of FatherThis 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 stated163-164 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 - 59 years 11 ... 60 - 98 years 12 ... Not stated165 1 ORFATH Hispanic Origin of FatherOrigin 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 statedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline166 1 ORRACEF Hispanic Origin and Race of Father RecodeOrigin 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 stated167-168 2 FRACE Race of FatherU.S. Occurrence Beginning with 1992 data, some areas started reporting additional Asian or Pacific Islander codes for race. Codes 18-68 replace old code 08 for these areas. Code 78 replaces old code 08 for all other areas. Code 09 (all other races) used prior to 1992 has been changed to 99.01 ... White 02 ... Black 03 ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 04 ... Chinese 05 ... Japanese 06 ... Hawaiian (includes part-Hawaiian) 07 ... Filipino 18 ... Asian Indian 28 ... Korean 38 ... Samoan 48 ... Vietnamese 58 ... Guamanian 68 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander in areas reporting codes 18-58 78 ... Combined other Asian or Pacific Islander, includes codes 18-68 for areas that do not report them separately 99 ... Unknown or not statedPuerto Rico Occurrence Does not report race 99 ... UnknownItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline167-168 2 FRACE Race of Father (Cont'd)Virgin Islands Occurrence 01 ... White 02 ... Black 03 ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 04 ... Chinese 05 ... Japanese 06 ... Hawaiian (includes part-Hawaiian) 07 ... Filipino 08 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander 99 ... Unknown or not statedGuam Occurrence 01 ... White 02 ... Black 03 ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 04 ... Chinese 05 ... Japanese 06 ... Hawaiian (includes part-Hawaiian) 07 ... Filipino 08 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander 10 ... Guamanian 99 ... Unknown or not stated169 1 FRACE4 Race of Father Recode1 ... White 2 ... Race other than White, Black, or unknown 3 ... Black 4 ... Unknown or not statedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline170-171 2 DFEDUC Education of FatherEducation is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags00 ... 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 stated172 1 FEDUC6 Education of Father RecodeEducation is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags1 ... 0 - 8 years 2 ... 9 - 11 years 3 ... 12 years 4 ... 13 - 15 years 5 ... 16 years and over 6 ... Not stated173-174 2 DFAGERPT Reported Age of Father10-98 ... Age in single years 99 ... Unknown or not stated175-183 9 R4 Reserved Positions184 1 FDODMIMP Month of Delivery Imputation FlagBlank ... Month is not imputed 1 ... Month is imputedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline185 1 FDODDIMP Day of Delivery Imputation FlagBlank ... Day is not imputed 1 ... Day is imputed186-187 2 DELMON Month01 ... January 02 ... February 03 ... March 04 ... April 05 ... May 06 ... June 07 ... July 08 ... August 09 ... September 10 ... October 11 ... November 12 ... December188-189 2 DELDAY Day01-31 ... As applicable to month of birth190-193 4 DELYR Year1996 ... 1996194 1 WEEKDAY Day of Week of Delivery1 ... Sunday 2 ... Monday 3 ... Tuesday 4 ... Wednesday 5 ... Thursday 6 ... Friday 7 ... SaturdayItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline195 1 GESTESTM Clinical Estimate of Gestation Used FlagThis 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 used196 1 GESTIMP Gestation Imputation FlagBlank ... Gestation is not imputed 1 ... Gestation is imputed197-198 2 DGESTAT GestationThis 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 ... UnknownItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline199-200 2 GESTAT12 Gestation Recode 1201 ... 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 ... Unknown201 1 GESTAT5 Gestation Recode 51 ... Under 20 weeks 2 ... 20-23 weeks 3 ... 24-27 weeks 4 ... 28 weeks and over 5 ... Unknown202 1 FSEXIMP Sex Imputation FlagSex 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 imputed203 1 FSEX Sex1 ... Male 2 ... Female 9 ... Unknown or not statedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline204-205 2 MRACE Race of FetusU.S. Occurrence Beginning with 1992 data, some areas started reporting additional Asian or Pacific Islander codes for race. Codes 18-68 replace old code 08 for these areas. Code 78 replaces old code 08 for all other areas. For consistency with Census race code 09 (all other races) used prior to 1992 has been imputed.01 ... White 02 ... Black 03 ... American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 04 ... Chinese 05 ... Japanese 06 ... Hawaiian (includes part-Hawaiian) 07 ... Filipino 18 ... Asian Indian 28 ... Korean 38 ... Samoan 48 ... Vietnamese 58 ... Guamanian 68 ... Other Asian or Pacific Islander in areas reporting codes 18-58 78 ... Combined other Asian or Pacific Islander, includes codes 18-68 for areas that do not report them separatelyPuerto Rico Occurrence Does not report race. 99 ... UnknownVirgin 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 ... GuamanianItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline206 1 MRACE3 Race of Fetus RecodeU.S./Virgin Islands/Guam Occurrence 1 ... White 2 ... Races other than White or Black 3 ... BlackPuerto Rico Occurrence 4 ... Unknown207-210 4 DBIRWT Weight at Delivery0000-8165... Number of grams 9999 ... Unknown or not stated211-212 2 BIRWT14 Weight at Delivery Recode 1401 ... 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 stated213 1 BIRWT4 Weight at Delivery Recode 41 ... 1499 grams or less 2 ... 1500-2499 grams 3 ... 2500 grams or more 4 ... Unknown or not stated214 1 PLURIMP Plurality Imputation FlagBlank ... Plurality is not imputed 1 ... Plurality is imputedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline215 1 DPLURAL Plurality1 ... Single 2 ... Twin 3 ... Triplet 4 ... Quadruplet 5 ... Quintuplet or higher216-217 2 CLINGEST Clinical Estimate of GestationClinical estimate is not reported by all areas. See reporting flags.02-47 ... Estimated gestation in weeks 99 ... Unknown or not stated218-219 2 R5 Reserved PositionsItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline220-314 95 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.220-226 7 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 stated220 1 VAGINAL Vaginal221 1 VBAC Vaginal Birth After Previous C-Section222 1 PRIMAC Primary C-Section223 1 REPEAC Repeat C-Section224 1 FORCEP Forceps225 1 VACUUM Vacuum226 1 HYSTER Hysterotomy/HysterectomyItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline227 1 DELMETH6 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 ... Hysterotomy/Hysterectomy 6 ... Not stated228-244 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 classifiable228 1 ANEMIA Anemia (Hct.<30/Hgb.<10)229 1 CARDIAC Cardiac disease230 1 LUNG Acute or chronic lung disease231 1 DIABETES Diabetes232 1 HERPES Genital herpes233 1 HYDRA Hydramnios/Oligohydramnios234 1 HEMO HemoglobinopathyItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline235 1 CHYPER Hypertension, chronic236 1 PHYPER Hypertension, pregnancy-associated237 1 ECLAMP Eclampsia238 1 INCERVIX Incompetent cervix239 1 PRE4000 Previous infant 4000+ grams240 1 PRETERM Previous preterm or small-for-gestational-age infant241 1 RENAL Renal disease242 1 RH Rh sensitization243 1 UTERINE Uterine bleeding 244 1 OTHERMR Other Medical Risk FactorsItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline245-255 11 OTHERRSK Other Risk Factors For This Pregnancy245-248 4 TOBACRSK Tobacco Risks245 1 TOBACCO Tobacco Use During Pregnancy1 ... Yes 2 ... No 9 ... Unknown or not stated246-247 2 CIGAR Average Number of Cigarettes Per Day00-97 ... As stated 98 ... 98 or more cigarettes per day 99 ... Unknown or not stated248 1 CIGAR6 Average Number of Cigarettes Per Day Recode0 ... 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 stated249-252 4 ALCOHRSK Alcohol249 1 ALCOHOL Alcohol Use During Pregnancy1 ... Yes 2 ... No 9 ... Unknown or not stated
Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline250-251 2 DRINK Average Number of Drinks Per Week00-97 ... As stated 98 ... 98 or more drinks per week 99 ... Unknown or not stated252 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 stated253-255 3 WTGANRSK Weight Gain During Pregnancy253-254 2 WTGAIN Weight Gain00-97 ... Stated number of pounds 98 ... 98 pounds or more 99 ... Unknown or not stated255 1 WTGAIN8 Weight Gain Recode1 ... 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 statedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline256-262 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 classifiable256 1 AMNIO Amniocentesis257 1 MONITOR Electronic fetal monitoring258 1 INDUCT Induction of labor259 1 STIMULA Stimulation of labor260 1 TOCOL Tocolysis261 1 ULTRAS Ultrasound262 1 OTHEROB Other Obstetric ProceduresItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline263-278 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 classifiable263 1 FEBRILE Febrile (>100 degrees F. or 38 degrees C.)264 1 MECONIUM Meconium265 1 RUPTURE Premature rupture of membrane (>12 hours)266 1 ABRUPTIO Abruptio placenta267 1 PREPLACE Placenta previa268 1 EXCEBLD Other excessive bleeding269 1 SEIZURE Seizures during labor270 1 PRECIP Precipitous labor (<3 hours)271 1 PROLONG Prolonged labor (>20 hours)272 1 DYSFUNC Dysfunctional labor273 1 BREECH Breech/Malpresentation274 1 CEPHALO Cephalopelvic disproportion275 1 CORD Cord prolapseItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline276 1 ANESTHE Anesthetic complications277 1 DISTRESS Fetal distress278 1 OTHERLB Other Complication of Labor and/or Delivery279-300 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 classifiable279 1 ANEN Anencephalus280 1 SPINA Spina bifida/Meningocele281 1 HYDRO Hydrocephalus282 1 MICROCE Microcephalus283 1 NERVOUS Other central nervous system anomalies284 1 HEART Heart malformations285 1 CIRCUL Other circulatory/respiratory anomalies286 1 RECTAL Rectal atresia/stenosis287 1 TRACHEO Tracheo - esophageal fistula/Esophageal atresia
Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline288 1 OMPHALO Omphalocele/Gastroschisis289 1 GASTRO Other gastrointestinal anomalies290 1 GENITAL Malformed genitalia291 1 RENALAGE Renal agenesis292 1 UROGEN Other urogenital anomalies293 1 CLEFTLP Cleft lip/palate294 1 ADACTYLY Polydactyly/Syndactyly/Adactyly295 1 CLUBFOOT Club foot296 1 HERNIA Diaphragmatic hernia297 1 MUSCULO Other musculoskeletal/integumental anomalies298 1 DOWNS Down's syndrome299 1 CHROMO Other chromosomal anomalies300 1 OTHERCON Other Congenital AnomaliesItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline301-314 14 UCAUSE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF FETAL DEATH301-304 4 DETICD ICD CODE (9TH REVISION)See the "International Classification of Diseases", 1975 Revision, Volume 1. For injuries and poisoning, the external cause is coded (E800-E999) rather than the Nature of Injury (800-999). These positions do not include the letter E for the external cause of injury. For those causes that do not have a 4th digit, location 304 is blank.305 1 R6 Reserved Position306-308 3 C72 72 Cause RecodeA recode of the ICD cause code into 72 groups for NCHS publications. Further back in this document is a complete list of recodes and the causes included.010-770 ... Code range (not inclusive)309-314 6 R7 Reserved PositionsItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline315-339 25 FLRES REPORTING FLAGS FOR PLACE OF RESIDENCEThese 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 reported315 1 GESTALL All Gestations Reported316 1 ORIGM Origin of mother317 1 ORIGF Origin of father318 1 EDUCM Education of mother319 1 EDUCF Education of father320 1 LLBF Date of last live birth321 1 DMARF Marital status322 1 DATELMP Date of last normal menses323 1 PNCF Month prenatal care began324 1 PNVF Number of prenatal visits325 1 GESTE Clinical estimate of gestation326 1 DELMETRF Method of delivery327 1 MEDRSK Medical risk factorsItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline328 1 TOBUSE Tobacco use329 1 CIGARSF Number of cigarettes330 1 ALCUSE Alcohol use331 1 DRINKSF Number of drinks332 1 WTGN Weight gain333 1 OBSTRC Obstetric procedures334 1 CLABOR Complications of labor and/or delivery335 1 CONGAN Congenital anomalies336 1 UCF Underlying cause337 1 PLURALF Plurality338-339 2 R8 Reserved positions340 1 ALLGOCC ALL GESTATIONS REPORTING FLAG FOR PLACE OF OCCURRENCEThis 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 reportedItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline341 1 GESTCIMP Computed Gestation Imputation FlagGestation is imputed if day of LMP is the only item unknown of the items used to compute gestation.Blank ... Gestation is not imputed 1 ... Gestation is imputed342-343 2 GESTCOMP Computed GestationThis item is computed using dates of last normal menses and delivery.02-47 ... 2nd through 47th week of gestation 99 ... Unknown344-345 2 MAGECOMP Computed Age of MotherThis item is computed using dates of delivery and of birth of mother and is computed if, at least, year of birth of mother is known.10-49 ... Age in single years 99 ... Unknown346-347 2 FAGECOMP Computed Age of FatherThis item is computed using dates of delivery and of birth of father and is computed if, at least, year of birth of father is known.10-98 ... Age is single years 99 ... UnknownItem Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline348-349 2 SN Shipment Number01-nn ... Shipments from each reporting area are numbered consecutively.350 1 RPRTAREA Reporting AreaThese codes used with the State of occurrence codes, locations 17-18, identify separate reporting areas.1 ... Bronx borough, Bronx county 2 ... Brooklyn borough, Kings county 3 ... Manhattan borough, New York county 4 ... Queens borough, Queens county 5 ... Staten island borough, Richmond county 6 ... Chicago 0 ... All other areas351-356 6 CERTNUMB Certificate NumberAssigned within reporting area.Item Item Variable Name, Location Length Item and Code Outline357-359 3 SMSARES NCHS Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA/MSA) Of ResidenceBased on residence of the mother. Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Metropolitan Statistical Areas are those defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of 1990. For New England, the New England County Metropolitan Areas (NECMA's) are used.Further back in this document is a list of SMSA's and their component counties.000 ... Nonmetropolitan counties 001-311 ... Code range ZZZ ... Foreign residents360 1 POPSMAS PMSA/MSA Population SizeBased on the results of the 1990 Census.1 ... MSA of 250,000 and over 2 ... MSA of 100,000 to 250,000 3 ... MSA of less than 100,000 9 ... Nonmetropolitan area Z ... Foreign residentVital Statistics Geographic Code Outline for the United 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. Codes are effective with the 1994 data year and are based on the 1990 Census.To aid the user in interpreting the geographic codes, a brief explanation of the codes and of the column headings/abbreviations shown on the following pages are:State (St): Each State and the District of Columbia are numbered alphabetically. In addition, several unique codes are used to identify nonresidents of the U.S.County (Cnty): Counties and county equivalents (independent and coextensive cities) are numbered alphabetically within each state.P/MSA: Primary metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan statistical areas are those established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) using 1990 Census population counts. For New England, the New England County Metropolitan Areas (NECMA) are used.M/NM: Metropolitan counties (code 1) are component counties of P/MSA's Nonmetropolitan counties (code 2) are not part of any P/MSA.City or Place: Cities/Places are numbered alphabetically within each State and identify each city with a population of 10,000 or more in 1990P/S: Population size code for city/place of residence based on the 1990 Census. Refer to the code outline given earlier in this document for specific codes and meanings.Name: Each State, county, and city name is listed along with its respective code. In addition, places used to identify nonresidents of the U.S. are also listed along with their codes.FIPS: For an explanation of FIPS codes, reference should be made to various National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publications.So! How do I find Yavapai county, Arizona; or Tupelo city, Mississippi?Since counties and cities/places are numbered within State, the State and county or the State and city/places codes must be used to select these areas. It is most helpful if the county is known when looking for a particular city since areas are shown by State, county, and city/place.Yavapai county, Arizona - State and county codes NCHS: 03 014; FIPS: 04 025.Tupelo, Mississippi - State and city/place codes NCHS: 25 032; FIPS: 28 74840; or State, county, city/place codes NCHS: 25 041 032; FIPS: 28 081 74840.Vital Statistics Geographic Code Outline for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and 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, Virgin Islands, or Guam. When an event occurs to a nonresident of these areas, residence data are coded only to the "State" level; each U.S. state, several western hemisphere countries or the remainder of the world are uniquely identified. Along with the Division of Vital Statistics codes, the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes are shown for several items. Both sets of codes appear on the vital event public-use files. Codes are effective with the 1994, data year and are based on results of the 1990 Census.To aid the user in interpreting the geographic codes, a brief explanation of the codes and of the column headings/abbreviations shown on the following pages are:Puerto Rico:State (St): Puerto Rico has its own unique code. In addition, several unique codes are used to identify nonresidents of Puerto Rico.County (Cnty): Each municipio (county equivalent) is numbered alphabetically.P/MSA: Primary metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan statistical areas are those established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) using 1990 Census population counts.M/NM: Metropolitan counties (code 1) are component counties of P/MSA's Nonmetropolitan counties (code 2) are not part of any P/MSA.City or Place: No city/places in Puerto Rico are identified.Name: Puerto Rico and each municipio are listed along with their respective codes. In addition, places used to identify nonresidents of Puerto Rico are also listed along with their codes.FIPS: For an explanation of FIPS codes, reference should be made to various National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publications.Virgin Islands:State (St): The Virgin Islands has its own unique code. In addition, several unique codes are used to identify nonresidents of the Virgin Islands.County (Cnty): Several Islands (county equivalent) are numbered alphabetically.P/MSA: None are identified in the Virgin Islands.M/NM: No metropolitan areas are identified for the Virgin Islands.City or Place: City/places are numbered alphabetically and identify each city with a population of 10,000 or more in 1990.P/S: Population size code for city of residence based on the 1990 Census. Refer to the code outline given earlier in this document for specific codes and meanings.Name: The Virgin Islands as a whole and several islands are listed along with their respective codes. In addition, places used to identify nonresidents of the Virgin Islands are also listed along with their codes.Guam:State (St): Guam has its own unique code. In addition, several unique codes are used to identify nonresidents of Guam.County (Cnty): None are identified in Guam.P/MSA: None are identified in Guam.M/NM: No metropolitan areas are identified for Guam.City or Place: None are identified in Guam.P/S: No population size groups are identified for Guam.Name: Guam as a whole is listed along with its respective code. In addition, places used to identify nonresidents of Guam are also listed along with their codes.