SEER*Prep Input File Description for: c:\program files\seerprep\mort58.d03082007.dd ********************************************* INPUT POPULATION FILE FORMAT ********************************************* Record length: 26 List of included variable details: Population Count (Required if Population File(s) Included, No Index, Exclude Invalid Values) Start Column: 19 Length 8 Age recode with <1 year olds (Not Required, Index, Exclude Invalid Values) Start Column: 17 Length: 2 Race recode (White, Black, Other) (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 14 Length: 1 State (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 7 Length: 2 State-county (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 7 Length: 5 County (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 9 Length: 3 Sex (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 16 Length: 1 Year of death (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 1 Length: 4 ********************************************* INPUT CASE FILE FORMAT ********************************************* Record length: 58 List of included variable details: Age recode with <1 year olds (Not Required, Index, Exclude Invalid Values, Derived) Start Column: N/A Length: 2 Variable derived from: Age at death unit Age at death value Age recode with <1 year olds and 100+ (Not Required, Index, Exclude Invalid Values, Derived) Start Column: N/A Length: N/A Variable derived from: Age at death unit Age at death value Age recode (Not Required, Index, Exclude Invalid Values, Derived) Start Column: N/A Length: N/A Variable derived from: Age at death unit Age at death value Age recode with single ages and 85+ (Not Required, Index, Exclude Invalid Values, Derived) Start Column: N/A Length: N/A Variable derived from: Age at death unit Age at death value Race recode (White, Black, Other) (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values, Derived) Start Column: N/A Length: 1 Variable derived from: Race/ethnicity Year of death Race recode (W, B, AI, API) (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values, Derived) Start Column: N/A Length: N/A Variable derived from: Race/ethnicity Year of death Race recode (White, Non-White) (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values, Derived) Start Column: N/A Length: N/A Variable derived from: Race/ethnicity Year of death Origin recode (Hispanic, Non-Hisp) (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values, Derived) Start Column: N/A Length: N/A Description: For more information, see http://seer.cancer.gov/seerstat/variables/mort/origin_recode_1990+. Variable derived from: Origin of descent Cause of death recode (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values, Derived) Start Column: N/A Length: N/A Description: Only ICD-8, 9, and 10 are supported for the generation of this variable. For more information, see http://seer.cancer.gov/codrecode/1969+_d09172004. Variable derived from: Cause of death position 1 ICD version for COD in position 1 Cause of death position 2 ICD version for COD in position 2 Cause of death position 3 ICD version for COD in position 3 COD position indicator Age at death unit Age at death value Year of death COD recode with Kaposi and mesothelioma (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values, Derived) Start Column: N/A Length: N/A Description: Only ICD-8, 9, and 10 are supported for the generation of this variable. For more information, see http://seer.cancer.gov/codrecode/1969+_d09172004. Variable derived from: Cause of death position 1 ICD version for COD in position 1 Cause of death position 2 ICD version for COD in position 2 Cause of death position 3 ICD version for COD in position 3 COD position indicator Age at death unit Age at death value Year of death Age at death (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values, Derived) Start Column: N/A Length: N/A Variable derived from: Age at death unit Age at death value State (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 1 Length: 2 State-county (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 1 Length: 5 County (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 3 Length: 3 Age at death unit (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 6 Length: 1 Age at death value (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 7 Length: 2 Description: Valid values are dependent on Age at death unit. Yrs (<100):00-99; Yrs (100+):00-99; Mnths:00-11,99; Wks:00-03,99; Days:00-27,99; Hrs:00-23,99; Mins:00-59,99. Race/ethnicity (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 9 Length: 2 Sex (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 11 Length: 1 Marital status at death (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 12 Length: 1 State of birth (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 13 Length: 2 Month of death (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 15 Length: 2 Year of death (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 17 Length: 4 Cause of death position 1 (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 21 Length: 4 Description: An underscore in the right-most position of an unlabeled value represents a blank or space. This implies that 140_-1409 represents all values with 140 in the first 3 positions. ICD version for COD in position 1 (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 25 Length: 2 Cause of death position 2 (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 27 Length: 4 Description: An underscore in the right-most position of an unlabeled value represents a blank or space. This implies that 140_-1409 represents all values with 140 in the first 3 positions. ICD version for COD in position 2 (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 31 Length: 2 Cause of death position 3 (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 33 Length: 4 Description: An underscore in the right-most position of an unlabeled value represents a blank or space. This implies that C00_-C009 represents all values with C00 in the first 3 positions. ICD version for COD in position 3 (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 37 Length: 2 COD position indicator (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 39 Length: 1 Description: The COD position stated by this variable will be used to generate Cause of death recode. Only ICD-8, 9, and 10 are supported for the generation of Cause of death recode. Origin of descent (Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 40 Length: 2 Description: For more information, see http://seer.cancer.gov/seerstat/variables/mort/origin_recode_1990+. User-specified G (5-bytes) (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 42 Length: 5 Description: Please enter a meaningful description here. Note that this can only be edited with SEER*Prep. User-specified F (3-bytes) (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 47 Length: 3 Description: Please enter a meaningful description here. Note that this can only be edited with SEER*Prep. User-specified E (2-bytes) (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 50 Length: 2 Description: Please enter a meaningful description here. Note that this can only be edited with SEER*Prep. User-specified D (2-bytes) (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 52 Length: 2 Description: Please enter a meaningful description here. Note that this can only be edited with SEER*Prep. User-specified C (1-byte) (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 54 Length: 1 Description: Please enter a meaningful description here. Note that this can only be edited with SEER*Prep. User-specified B (1-byte) (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 55 Length: 1 Description: Please enter a meaningful description here. Note that this can only be edited with SEER*Prep. User-specified A (1-byte) (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 56 Length: 1 Description: Please enter a meaningful description here. Note that this can only be edited with SEER*Prep. Custom race (Not Required, Index, Recode Invalid Values) Start Column: 57 Length: 2 Description: Please enter a meaningful description here. Note that this can only be edited with SEER*Prep.