Death Data Dictionary - Wa
Death Statistical File Data Dictionary, 1980-2015
Washington State Department of Health
Center for Health Statistics, July, 2016
The following are NEW beginning with the 2012 death data:
• Files and code tables are being distributed in .csv format: In the .csv flies all dates are in format DD-MMM-YY and include separate month, day, and year fields. Other differences are noted in the field description section (page 10).
• Place External Injury Occurred: The National Safety Council Place Code for place an external injury occurred (injplace)is no longer available. The National Center for Health Statistics code for place an external injury occurred (injpnchs) is still available.
• NCHS Bridged Race: The variable sum_race, available since 2004, is based on all races reported (with editing to remove duplicate race groups) and allows for multiple-race reporting. It is based on 1997 OMB standards. The NCHS bridged race (brg_race) variable bridges multiple-race reporting back to one of four race categories (White, Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander) and includes single race reporting. This variable allows estimation of race-specific statistics based on the four race categories used in the 1977 OMB standards of four race categories. Many national health statistics, including birth and death, continue to be reported using the 1977 OMB standards.
The following items are NEW beginning with the 2011 death data:
• Disposition Facility Code: It is a four digit code representing the place of disposition.
The following items are NEW beginning with the 2010 death data:
• New City Codes: The following cities now have populations large enough to have city codes: Kalama (Cowlitz county, code 0805), Okanogan (Okanogan county, code 2404), Moxee (Yakima county, code 3911)
• Federal Occupation Codes: The federal occupation(occ_fed)and industry (ind_fed)codes are no longer available.
The following items are NEW beginning with the 2007 death data:
• Marital Status: A new code was added beginning July 2007 to include an option for domestic partner.
The following items were new beginning with the 2006 death data:
• Reported Manner of Death: Beginning with the 2006 death file we have added the reported manner of death (rinj_caus) to the end of the file.
The following sections were changed beginning with the 2004 data dictionary:
• Milham occupation codes: The file to define codes has been updated
• New State of Birth Codes: There are two new NCHS state of birth codes.
• New ICD-10 codes: New ICD-10 code I27.2: “Other secondary pulmonary hypertension”
• New Variables: 32 new variables have been added to the end of the layout reflecting the changes in the revised 2004 death certificate.
• Changes to Variables: There have also been changes to the following variables: Education, Marital Status, Hispanic Origin, Race, Length of time at Residence, Place of death, Manner of Death, and Tobacco Use.
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All data files are .csv format. The record length for the 1980-1987 files is 212, for the 1988-2003 files is 328, for the 2004-2005 files is 423, for the 2006-2010 files is 425, for the 2011 files is 429, and for the 2012 files is 431.
INDEXES - To help you find the variable you need, four separate indexes are listed at the beginning of this data dictionary. The four indexes are:
INDEX BY FIELD NUMBER - numeric 3-digit field number
INDEX BY DESCRIPTION - alphabetical by descriptive title
INDEX BY FIELD NAME - alphabetical by 8-digit field name
INDEX BY CATEGORY - alphabetical by groups of related fields
INDEX FIELD BY NUMBER
Field Field
Description Number Name Columns
Certificate Number 1 certno 1-10
Sex 2 sex 11-11
Date of Death 3 dth_date 12-19
Race 4 race 20-20
Type of Age Unit 5 ageunit 21-21
Number of Age Units 6 ageunum 22-23
Hispanic Origin 7 hisp 24-24
Date of Birth 8 dob 25-32
County and City of Occurrence 9 city_occ 33-36
County of Occurrence 10 cnty_occ 33-34
Facility or Institution of Death 11 facility 37-39
State of Birth 12 statebir 40-41
High School Graduate 13 hs_grad 42-42
Marital Status (new code added 2007) 14 married 43-43
County and City of Residence 15 city_res 44-47
County of Residence 16 cnty_res 44-45
Contributory Cause of Death 17 contrib 50-50
Underlying Cause of Death 18 underly 51-54
Autopsy 19 autopsy 55-55
External Cause 20 inj_caus 56-56
Injury Date 21 inj_date 57-64
Injury Hour 22 inj_hour 65-66
Injury Minute 23 inj_min 67-68
Injury at Work 24 injatwrk 69-69
Place External Injury Occurred 25 injplace 70-70
County/City External Injury Occurred 26 city_inj 71-74
County External Injury Occurred 27 cnty_inj 71-72
Smoking Status 28 smoking 75-75
Death Hour 29 dth_hour 76-77
Death Minute 30 dth_min 78-79
Classification of Attendant at Death 31 attclass 80-81
Usual Occupation - Milham's Code 32 occ_sam 82-84
Facility Type for Place of Death 33 fac_type 91-91
ZIP Code of Residence 34 zipcode 92-96
Occupation - Federal Code 35 occ_fed 97-99
Industry - Federal Code 36 ind_fed 100-102
Education Level 37 educ 103-105
Length of Residence, Unit Type 38 resunit 106-106
Length of Residence, Number of Units 39 resunum 107-108
State of Residence 40 st_res 109-110
State of Occurrence 41 st_occ 111-112
Death AM or PM 42 dth_ampm 114-114
Citizenship status 43 citizen 115-115
Age in Years 44 age 116-118
Occupation - Literal 45 occ_lit 119-148
Industry - Literal 46 ind_lit 149-178
Emergency Care Code 47 emergent 179-179
Injury Time, AM or PM 48 inj_ampm 180-180
State of External Injury Occurrence 49 st_inj 181-182
Armed Forces Code 50 armforce 187-187
Inside City Limits Flag 51 incity 188-188
Disposition Type (new codes for 2004) 52 disptype 189-189
Disposition Date 53 dispdate 190-197
Funeral Home Code 54 funeralc 198-201
Coroner Referred 55 referred 202-202
County Receive Date 56 rcvdt 203-210
NCHS New Record Flag 57 nchsnew 211-211
External Event Code 58 ecode 212-212
TRANSAX Conversion Flag 59 transax 213-213
Injury Flag for up to 20 conditions starts 60 injflg1-20 214+
ICD Cause of Death Code starts 61 mltcse1-20 215+
NCHS Place of Injury Code 100 injpnchs 314-314
Birth Country Code 101 bcountry 315-317
County File Number (blank as of 2004, see field 138)
102 cntyfile 318-323
Zip code assigned by GIS software 103 geozip 324-328
**** New Variables Beginning in 2004***********
Zip Code of Death Occurrence 104 zip_occ 329-333
Education Years If LE 8th Grade 105 edu_le8 334
Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic 106 hisp_no 335
Hispanic Origin, Mexican 107 hisp_mex 336
Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican 108 hisp_pr 337
Hispanic Origin, Cuban 109 hisp_cub 338
Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic 110 hisp_oth 339
Race, White 111 race_wht 340
Race, Black 112 race_blk 341
Race, American Indian/Alaska Native 113 race_ami 342
Race, Asian Indian 114 race_asi 343
Race, Chinese 115 race_chi 344
Race, Filipino 116 race_fil 345
Race, Japanese 117 race_jap 346
Race, Korean 118 race_kor 347
Race, Vietnamese 119 race_vie 348
Race, Other Asian 120 race_oas 349
Race, Native Hawaiian 121 race_haw 350
Race, Guamanian or Chamorro 122 race_gua 351
Race, Samoan 123 race_sam 352
Race, Other Pacific Islander 124 race_opi 353
Race, Other 125 race_oth 354
Residence Tribal Reservation Code 126 res_trbc 355-357
Length of Residence at Address, Unit type 127 res_lena 358
Length of Residence at Address, # units 128 res_auni 359-360
Informant Relationship 129 informrl 361-390
Autopsy Available 130 autopava 391
Zip Code Where Injury Occurred 131 zipinjoc 392-396
Pregnancy Status 132 pregstat 397
Tobacco Use Contributed to Death 133 tbcontri 398
Transport Injury Role 134 transinj 399
Date of Death Modifier 135 dod_modi 400
Occupation - Federal Code 2004 Revision 136 occfed04 401-403
Industry – Federal Code 2004 Revision 137 indfed04 404-406
County File Number(new 2004-longer length)138 cntyfile 407-421
Decedent’s Summary Race 139 sum_race 422-423
*** New Variable Beginning in 2006***
Reported Manner of Death 140 rinj_caus 424
**** New Variable Beginning in 2011****
Disposition Facility Code 141 disp_fac 426-429
**** New Variable Beginning in 2012****
NCHS Bridged Race 142 brg_race 430-431
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INDEX BY DESCRIPTION
Field Field
Description Number Name Columns
Age in Years 44 age 116-118
Armed Forces Code 55 armforce 187-187
Autopsy 19 autopsy 55-55
Autopsy Available 130 autopava 391
Birth Country Code 101 bcountry 315-317
Certificate Number 1 certno 1-10
Citizenship status 43 citizen 115-115
Classification of Attendant at Death 31 attclass 80-81
Contributory Cause of Death 17 contrib 50-50
Coroner Referred 55 referred 202-202
County and City of Occurrence 9 city_occ 33-36
County and City of Residence 15 city_res 44-47
County External Injury Occurred 27 cnty_inj 71-72
County File Number(blank as of 2004) 102 cntyfile 318-323
County File Number(new 2004-longer length)138 cntyfile 407-421
County of Occurrence 10 cnty_occ 33-34
County of Residence 16 cnty_res 44-45
County Receive Date 56 rcvdt 203-210
County and City External Injury Occurred 26 city_inj 71-74
Date of Birth 8 dob 25-32
Date of Death 3 dth_date 12-19
Date of Death Modifier 135 dod_modi 400
Death AM or PM 42 dth_ampm 114-114
Death Hour 29 dth_hour 76-77
Death Minute 30 dth_min 78-79
Decedent’s Summary Race 139 sum_race 422-423
Disposition Date 53 dispdate 190-197
Disposition Facility Code 141 disp_fac 426-429
Disposition Type 52 disptype 189-189
Education Level 37 educ 103-105
Education Years If LE 8th Grade 105 edu_le8 334
Emergency Care Code 47 emergent 179-179
External Cause 20 inj_caus 56-56
External Event Code 58 ecode 212-212
Facility or Institution of Death 11 facility 37-39
Facility Type for Place of Death 33 fac_type 91-91
Funeral Home Code 54 funeralc 198-201
High School Graduate 13 hs_grad 42-42
Hispanic Origin 7 hisp 24-24
Hispanic Origin, Cuban 109 hisp_cub 338
Hispanic Origin, Mexican 107 hisp_mex 336
Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic 106 hisp_no 335
Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic 110 hisp_oth 339
Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican 108 hisp_pr 337
ICD Cause of Death Code starts 61 mltcse1-20 215+
Inside City Limits Flag 51 incity 188-188
Industry - Federal Code 36 ind_fed 100-102
Industry – Federal Code 2004 Revision 137 indfed04 404-406
Industry - Literal 46 ind_lit 149-178
Informant Relationship 129 informrl 361-390
Injury at Work 24 injatwrk 69-69
Injury Date 21 inj_date 57-64
Injury Flag for up to 20 conditions starts 60 injflg1-20 214+
Injury Hour 22 inj_hour 65-66
Injury Minute 23 inj_min 67-68
Injury Time, AM or PM 48 inj_ampm 180-180
Length of Residence, Unit Type 38 resunit 106-106
Length of Residence, Number of Units 39 resunum 107-108
Length of Residence at Address, Unit type 127 res_lena 358
Length of Residence at Address, # units 128 res_auni 359-360
Marital Status 14 married 43-43
NCHS Bridged Race 142 brg_race 430-431
NCHS New Record Flag 57 nchsnew 211-211
NCHS Place of Injury Code 100 injpnchs 314-314
Number of Age Units 6 ageunum 22-23
Occupation - Federal Code 35 occ_fed 97-99
Occupation - Federal Code 2004 Revision 136 occfed04 401-403
Occupation - Literal 45 occ_lit 119-148
Place External Injury Occurred 25 injplace 70-70
Pregnancy Status 132 pregstat 397
Race 4 race 20-20
Race, American Indian/Alaska Native 113 race_ami 342
Race, Asian Indian 114 race_asi 343
Race, Black 112 race_blk 341
Race, Chinese 115 race_chi 344
Race, Filipino 116 race_fil 345
Race, Guamanian or Chamorro 122 race_gua 351
Race, Japanese 117 race_jap 346
Race, Korean 118 race_kor 347
Race, Native Hawaiian 121 race_haw 350
Race, Other 125 race_oth 354
Race, Other Asian 120 race_oas 349
Race, Other Pacific Islander 124 race_opi 353
Race, Samoan 123 race_sam 352
Race, Vietnamese 119 race_vie 348
Race, White 111 race_wht 340
Reported Manner of death 140 rinj_caus 424
Residence Tribal Reservation Code 126 res_trbc 355-357
Sex 2 sex 11-11
Smoking Status 28 smoking 75-75
State of Birth 12 statebir 40-41
State of External Injury Occurrence 49 st_inj 181-182
State of Occurrence 41 st_occ 111-112
State of Residence 40 st_res 109-110
Tobacco Use Contributed to Death 133 tbcontri 398
TRANSAX Conversion Flag 59 transax 213-213
Transport Injury Role 134 transinj 399
Type of Age Unit 5 ageunit 21-21
Underlying Cause of Death 18 underly 51-54
Usual Occupation - Milham's Code 32 occ_sam 82-84
ZIP Code of Residence 34 zipcode 92-96
Zip code assigned by GIS software 103 geozip 324-328
Zip Code of Death Occurrence 104 zip_occ 329-333
Zip Code Where Injury Occurred 131 zipinjoc 392-396
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INDEX BY FIELD NAME
Field Field
Name Description Number Columns
age Age in Years 44 116-118
ageunit Type of Age Unit 5 21-21
ageunum Number of Age Units 6 22-23
armforce Armed Forces Code 50 187-187
attclass Classification of Attendant at Death 31 80-81
autopava Autopsy Available 130 391
autopsy Autopsy 19 55-55
bcountry Birth Country Code 101 315-317
brg_race NCHS Bridged Race 142 430-431
certno Certificate Number 1 1-10
citizen Citizenship Status 43 115-115
city_inj County and City External Injury Occurred 26 71-74
city_occ County and City of Occurrence 9 33-36
city_res County and City of Residence 15 44-47
cntyfile County File Number(blank as of 2004) 102 318-323
cntyfile County File Number(new 2004-longer length)138 407-421
cnty_inj County External Injury Occurred 26 71-72
cnty_occ County of Occurrence 10 33-34
cnty_res County of Residence 16 44-45
contrib Contributory Cause of Death 17 50-50
disp_fac Disposition Facility Code 141 426-429
dispdate Disposition Date 53 190-197
disptype Disposition Type 52 189-189
dob Date of Birth 8 25-32
dod_modi Date of Death Modifier 135 400
dth_ampm Death AM or PM 42 114-114
dth_date Date of Death 3 12-19
dth_hour Death Hour 29 76-77
dth_min Death Minute 30 78-79
ecode External Event Code 58 212-212
educ Education Level 37 103-105
edu_le8 Education Years If LE 8th Grade 105 334
emergent Emergency Care Code 47 179-179
fac_type Facility Type for Place of Death 33 91-91
facility Facility or Institution of Death 11 37-39
funeralc Funeral Home Code 54 198-201
geozip Zip code assigned by GIS software 103 324-328
hisp Hispanic Origin 7 24-24
hisp_cub Hispanic Origin, Cuban 109 338
hisp_mex Hispanic Origin, Mexican 107 336
hisp_no Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic 106 335
hisp_oth Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic 110 339
hisp_pr Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican 108 337
hs_grad High School Graduate 13 42-42
incity Inside City Limits Flag 51 188-188
informrl Informant Relationship 129 361-390
ind_fed Industry - Federal Code 36 100-102
indfed04 Industry – Federal Code 2004 Revision 137 404-406
ind_lit Industry - Literal 46 149-178
inj_ampm Injury Time, AM or PM 48 180-180
inj_caus External Cause 20 56-56
inj_date Injury Date 21 57-64
inj_hour Injury Hour 22 65-66
inj_min Injury Minute 23 67-68
injatwrk Injury at Work 24 69-69
injflg1-20 Injury Flag for up to 20 Conditions starts 60 214+
injplace Place External Injury Occurred 25 70-70
injpnchs NCHS Place of Injury 100 314-314
married Marital Status 14 43-43
mltcse1-20 ICD Cause of Death Code starts 61 215+
nchsnew NCHS New Record Flag 57 211-211
occ_fed Occupation - Federal Code 35 97-99
occfed04 Occupation - Federal Code 2004 Revision 136 401-403
occ_lit Occupation - Literal 45 119-148
occ_sam Usual Occupation - Milham's Code 32 82-84
pregstat Pregnancy Status 132 397
race Race 4 20-20
race_ami Race, American Indian/Alaska Native 113 342
race_asi Race, Asian Indian 114 343
race_blk Race, Black 112 341
race_chi Race, Chinese 115 344
race_fil Race, Filipino 116 345
race_gua Race, Guamanian or Chamorro 122 351
race_jap Race, Japanese 117 346
race_kor Race, Korean 118 347
race_haw Race, Native Hawaiian 121 350
race_oth Race, Other 125 354
race_oas Race, Other Asian 120 349
race_opi Race, Other Pacific Islander 124 353
race_sam Race, Samoan 123 352
race_vie Race, Vietnamese 119 348
race_wht Race, White 111 340
rcvdt County Receive Date 56 203-210
referred Coroner Referred 55 202-202
res_auni Length of Residence at Address, # units 128 359-360
res_lena Length of Residence at Address, Unit type 127 358
res_trbc Residence Tribal Reservation Code 126 355-357
resunit Length of Residence, Unit Type 38 106-106
resunum Length of Residence, Number of Units 39 107-108
rinj_caus Reported Manner of Death 140 424
sex Sex 2 11-11
smoking Smoking Status 28 75-75
st_inj State of External Injury Occurrence 49 181-182
st_occ State of Occurrence 41 111-112
st_res State of Residence 40 109-110
statebir State of Birth 12 40-41
sum_race Decedent’s Summary Race 139 422-423
tbcontri Tobacco Use Contributed to Death 133 398
transax TRANSAX Conversion Flag 59 213-213
transinj Transport Injury Role 134 399
underly Underlying Cause of Death 18 51-54
zipcode ZIP Code of Residence 34 92-96
zip_occ Zip Code of Death Occurrence 104 329-333
zipinjoc Zip Code Where Injury Occurred 131 392-396
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INDEX BY CATEGORY
Category/Description Field Field
Number Name Columns
General
Certificate Number 1 certno 1-10
Citizenship Status 43 citizen 115-115
County File Number(blank as of 2004) 102 cntyfile 318-323
County File Number(new 2004-longer length) 138 cntyfile 407-421
Date of Death 3 dth_date 12-19
Date of Death Modifier (new in 2004) 135 dod_modi 400
Death AM or PM 42 dth_ampm 114-114
Death Hour 29 dth_hour 76-77
Death Minute 30 dth_min 78-79
NCHS New Record Flag 57 nchsnew 211-211
Decedent
Age in Years 44 age 116-118
Armed Forces Code 55 armforce 187-187
Birth Country Code 101 bcountry 315-317
Date of Birth 8 dob 25-32
Education Level 37 educ 103-105
Education Years If LE 8th Grade 105 edu_le8 334
High School Graduate 13 hs_grad 42-42
Hispanic Origin 7 hisp 24-24
Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic 106 hisp_no 335
Hispanic Origin, Mexican 107 hisp_mex 336
Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican 108 hisp_pr 337
Hispanic Origin, Cuban 109 hisp_cub 338
Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic 110 hisp_oth 339
Industry - Federal Code 36 ind_fed 100-102
Industry – Federal Code 2004 Revision 137 indfed04 404-406
Industry - Literal 46 ind_lit 149-178
Informant Relationship 129 informrl 361-390
Marital Status 14 married 43-43
NCHS Bridged Race 142 brg_race 430-431
Number of Age Units 6 ageunum 22-23
Occupation - Federal Code 35 occ_fed 97-99
Occupation - Federal Code 2004 Revision 136 occfed04 401-403
Occupation - Literal 45 occ_lit 119-148
Pregnancy Status 132 pregstat 397
Race 4 race 20-20
Race, White 111 race_wht 340
Race, Black 112 race_blk 341
Race, American Indian/Alaska Native 113 race_ami 342
Race, Asian Indian 114 race_asi 343
Race, Chinese 115 race_chi 344
Race, Filipino 116 race_fil 345
Race, Japanese 117 race_jap 346
Race, Korean 118 race_kor 347
Race, Vietnamese 119 race_vie 348
Race, Other Asian 120 race_oas 349
Race, Native Hawaiian 121 race_haw 350
Race, Guamanian or Chamorro 122 race_gua 351
Race, Samoan 123 race_sam 352
Race, Other Pacific Islander 124 race_opi 353
Race, Other 125 race_oth 354
Sex 2 sex 11-11
Smoking Status 28 smoking 75-75
State of Birth 12 statebir 40-41
Decedent’s Summary Race 139 sum_race 422-423
Type of Age Unit 5 ageunit 21-21
Usual Occupation - Milham's Code 32 occ_sam 82-84
Residence
County and City of Residence 15 city_res 44-47
County of Residence 16 cnty_res 44-45
Inside City Limits Flag 51 incity 188-188
Length of Residence, Unit Type 38 resunit 106-106
Length of Residence, Number of Units 39 resunum 107-108
Residence Tribal Reservation Code 126 res_trbc 355-357
Length of Residence at Address, Unit type 127 res_lena 358
Length of Residence at Address, # units 128 res_auni 359-360
State of Residence 40 st_res 109-110
ZIP Code of Residence 34 zipcode 92-96
Zip code assigned by GIS software 103 geozip 324-328
Occurrence
Classification of Attendant at Death 31 attclass 80-81
County and City of Occurrence 9 city_occ 33-36
County of Occurrence 10 cnty_occ 33-34
County Receive Date 56 rcvdt 203-210
Disposition Date 53 dispdate 190-197
Disposition Facility Code 141 disp_fac 426-429
Disposition Type 52 disptype 189-189
Emergency Care Code 47 emergent 179-179
Facility or Institution of Death 11 facility 37-39
Facility Type for Place of Death 33 fac_type 91-91
Funeral Home Code 54 funeralc 198-201
State of External Injury Occurrence 49 st_inj 181-182
State of Occurrence 41 st_occ 111-112
Zip Code of Death Occurrence 104 zip_occ 329-333
Zip Code Where Injury Occurred 131 zipinjoc 392-396
Underlying Cause
Autopsy 19 autopsy 55-55
Autopsy Available 130 autopava 391
Coroner Referred 55 referred 202-202
County and City External Injury Occurred 26 city_inj 71-74
County External Injury Occurred 27 cnty_inj 71-72
External Cause 20 inj_caus 56-56
External Event Code 58 ecode 212-212
Injury at Work 24 injatwrk 69-69
Injury Date 21 inj_date 57-64
Injury Hour 22 inj_hour 65-66
Injury Minute 23 inj_min 67-68
Injury Time, AM or PM 48 inj_ampm 180-180
NCHS Place of Injury Code 100 injpnchs 314-314
Place External Injury Occurred 25 injplace 70-70
Reported Manner of Death 140 rinj_caus 424
Tobacco Use Contributed to Death 133 tbcontri 398
Transport Injury Role 134 transinj 399
Underlying Cause of Death 18 underly 51-54
Multiple Cause
Contributory Cause of Death 17 contrib 50-50
ICD Cause of Death Code and starts 61 mltcse1-20 215+
Injury Flag for up to 20 Conditions starts 60 injflg1-20 214+
TRANSAX Conversion Flag 59 transax 213-213
Field Field Column Field Data
No. Name Loc. Len. Type Description
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1 certno 1-10 10 C Certificate Number
The first four digits indicate the year of death.
.csv file also has cernum field with year and lead zeros dropped.
2 sex 11-11 1 C Sex
***1980-Present***
F - Female
M - Male
U - Unknown
3 dth_date 12-19 8 N Date of Death
***1980-Present***
YYYYMMDD
99999999 - Unknown/Not Stated
4 race 20-20 1 C Race
Coding of race follows the National Center for Health Statistics(NCHS)guidelines. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Race/Hispanic Ethnicity”.
***2004-Present***
Uses race assigned by NCHS bridging methods (see Death Statistical File Data Notes for description). Coding same as in previous years, plus:
Blank – Not processed by NCHS
***1992-2003***
1 – White
2 - Black
3 - Native American
4 - Chinese
5 - Japanese
6 - Other Non-White
7 - Filipino
8 - Refused to State
9 - Unknown/Not Stated
A - Hawaiian
B - Other Asian/Pacific Islander
C - Mexican/Chicano/Hispanic
D - Asian Indian
E - Korean
F - Samoan
G - Vietnamese
H – Guamanian/Chamorro
***1988-1991***
1 - White
2 - Black
3 - Native American/Alaska Native
4 - Chinese
5 - Japanese
6 - Other Non-White
7 - Filipino
8 - Refused to State
9 - Unknown/Not Stated
A - Hawaiian
B - Other Asian/Pacific Islander
C - Mexican/Chicano/Hispanic
Note: Code ‘C’ has different meaning in 1980-1987.
***1980-1987***
1 - White
2 - Black
3 - Native American
4 - Chinese
5 - Japanese
6 - Other Non-White
7 - Filipino
8 - Refused to State
9 - Unknown/Not Stated
A - Hawaiian
B - Other Asian/Pacific Islander
C - Mexican/Chicano
Note: Code ‘C’ has different meaning in 1988-1991.
5 ageunit 21-21 1 C Age Unit Type
Indicates the unit in which age was reported (e.g., years,months,etc.). To determine age of decedent at time of death use this field with the number of age unit (ageunum). Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Age at Death.”
***1980-Present***
0 - Years 1 to 99
1 - Years 100 or more
2 - Months
4 - Days
5 - Hours
6 - Minutes
9 - Unknown/Not Stated
6 ageunum 22-23 2 N Age, Number of Units
Use number of age units (ageunum) with the age unit (ageunit) field to determine age of decedent at time of death. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Age at Death.”
Range of correct values are:
***1980-Present***
01-99 - Years 1 to 99
00-99 - Years 100 or more
01-11 - Months
01-03 - Weeks
01-31 - Days
01-23 - Hours
01-59 - Minutes
99 - Unknown/Not Stated*
*Note: Age is unknown if ageunit=9 and ageunum=99.
7 hisp 24-24 1 C Hispanic Origin
Coding follows NCHS guidelines.
Note: Hispanic ethnicity data are not complete for 1988. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes - Race/Hispanic Ethnicity.”
***2004-Present***
Uses Hispanic ethnicity assigned by NCHS bridging methods (see Death Statistical File Data Notes for description). Coding same as in previous years, plus:
Blank – Not processed by NCHS
***1996-2003***
0 - Non-Hispanic
1 - Mexican
2 - Puerto Rican
3 - Cuban
4 - Central or South American
5 - Other and Unknown Hispanic
9 - Unknown/Not Stated
***1988-1995***
0 - Non-Hispanic
1 - Mexican
2 - Puerto Rican
3 - Cuban
4 - Central or South American
5 - Other Hispanic
6 - Unknown Hispanic
9 - Unknown/Not Stated
***1980-1987***
Blank Field
8 dob 25-32 8 N Date of Birth
***1980-Present***
YYYYMMDD
99999999 - Unknown/Not Stated
9 city_occ 33-36 4 C County and City of Occurrence
City in which the death occurred. If the death occurred in Washington State, this field will be greater than “0000.”
If a death occurs in a place with a population less than 2,500, it is assigned to the rural portion of the county.
Note: Use this field to select deaths occurring in a specific county or city. See the County and City of Residence (city_res) to select by place of residence. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes- City/County/State of Residence and Occurrence.”
***1980-Present***
0000 - Non-Washington State or Unknown
0100 - Adams County rural
0103 - Othello
0200 - Asotin County rural
0203 - Clarkston
0300 - Benton County rural
0301 - Kennewick
0302 - Richland
0303 - Prosser
0304 - West Richland(1981-Present)
0305 – Benton City (2001-Present)
0400 - Chelan County rural
0402 - Wenatchee
0403 - Chelan
0404 - Cashmere (1992-Present)
0500 - Clallam County rural
0501 - Forks(1981-Present)
0502 - Port Angeles
0503 - Sequim
0600 - Clark County rural
0602 - Vancouver
0603 - Camas
0604 - Washougal
0605 - Battle Ground
0606 – Ridgefield (2006-Present)
0607 – La Center (2009-Present)
0700 - Columbia County rural
0703 - Dayton(1980-1989, 1992- Present)
0800 - Cowlitz County rural
0802 - Longview
0803 - Kelso
0804 - Woodland(1984-Present)
0805 – Kalama(2010-Present)
0900 - Douglas County rural
0901 - East Wenatchee(1992-Present)
1000 - Ferry County rural
1100 - Franklin County rural
1102 - Pasco
1103 - Connell (1994-Present)
1200 - Garfield County rural
1300 - Grant County rural
1304 - Ephrata
1305 - Moses Lake
1306 - Quincy
1307 – Mattawa (2001-Present)
1308 – Warden (2001-Present)
1400 - Grays Harbor County rural
1401 - Aberdeen
1402 - Hoquiam
1403 - Montesano
1404 - Elma(1980-1984,1992-Present)
1405 - Ocean Shores(1993-Present)
1500 - Island County rural
1503 - Oak Harbor
1600 - Jefferson County rural
1603 - Port Townsend
1700 - King County rural
1701 - Seattle
1702 - Renton
1703 - Auburn
1704 - Enumclaw
1705 - Kent
1706 - Kirkland
1707 - Bellevue
1708 - Normandy Park
1709 - Mercer Island
1710 - Redmond
1711 - Bothell
1712 - Clyde Hill(1981,1987, 1992 Present)
1713 - Des Moines
1714 - Issaquah
1715 - Lake Forest Park(1987- Present)
1716 - Medina
1717 - Tukwila
1718 - Pacific(1986-Present)
1719 - Federal Way(1990-Present)
1720 - SeaTac(1990-Present)
1721 - Duvall(1992-Present)
1722 - North Bend(1992-Present)
1723 - Burien(1993-Present)
1724 - Woodinville(1993-Present)
1725 - Newcastle (1995-Present)
1726 – Shoreline (1997-Present)
1727 – Black Diamond (1998-Present)
1728 – Covington (1998-Present)
1729 – Maple Valley (1998-Present)
1730 – Kenmore (2000-Present)
1731 – Sammamish (2000-Present)
1732 – Algona (2001-Present)
1733 – Snoqualmie (2001-Present)
1800 - Kitsap County rural
1802 - Bremerton
1803 - Port Orchard
1804 - Poulsbo
1805 - Bainbridge Island(formerly Winslow)(1985-Present)
1900 - Kittitas County rural
1903 - Ellensburg
2000 - Klickitat County rural
2003 - Goldendale
2100 - Lewis County rural
2103 - Centralia
2104 - Chehalis
2200 - Lincoln County rural
2300 - Mason County rural
2303 - Shelton
2400 - Okanogan County rural
2403 - Omak
2410 – Okanogan(2010-Present)
2500 - Pacific County rural
2503 - Raymond
2600 - Pend Oreille County rural
2700 - Pierce County rural
2701 - Tacoma
2702 - Puyallup
2703 - Sumner
2704 - Buckley
2705 - Fircrest
2706 - Bonney Lake
2707 - Milton
2708 - Steilacoom
2709 - Gig Harbor(1984-Present)
2710 - Fife(1987-Present)
2711 - Edgewood (1996-Present)
2712 - Lakewood (1996-Present)
2713 - University Place (1996- Present)
2714 – Orting (1997-Present)
2715 – Du Pont (2001-Present)
2716 – Auburn (2006-Present)
2800 - San Juan County rural
2900 - Skagit County rural
2903 - Anacortes
2904 - Mount Vernon
2905 - Sedro Woolley
2906 - Burlington
3000 - Skamania County rural
3100 - Snohomish County rural
3101 - Arlington
3102 - Everett
3103 - Snohomish
3104 - Edmonds
3105 - Lynnwood
3106 - Marysville
3107 - Mountlake Terrace
3108 - Brier
3109 - Monroe
3110 - Mukilteo(1982-Present)
3111 - Mill Creek(1985-Present)
3112 - Lake Stevens(1988-Present)
3113 - Bothell(1993-Present)
3114 - Sultan (1994-Present)
3115 - Stanwood (1995-Present)
3116 – Granite Falls (2001-Present)
3200 - Spokane County rural
3201 - Spokane (City)
3203 - Medical Lake
3204 - Cheney
3205 - Airway Heights (1994-Present)
3206 - Deer Park (1994-Present)
3207 – Liberty Lake (2003-present)
3208 – Spokane Valley(2004-present)
3300 - Stevens County rural
3303 - Colville
3400 - Thurston County rural
3402 - Olympia
3403 - Tumwater
3404 – Lacey
3405 – Yelm (1998-Present)
3500 - Wahkiakum County rural
3600 - Walla Walla County rural
3602 - Walla Walla (City)
3603 - College Place
3700 - Whatcom County rural
3702 - Bellingham
3703 - Lynden
3704 - Ferndale
3705 - Blaine(1980,1990-Present)
3706 – Everson (2015-Present)
3800 - Whitman County rural
3802 - Pullman
3803 - Colfax
3900 - Yakima County rural
3902 - Yakima (City)
3903 - Sunnyside
3904 - Toppenish
3905 - Grandview
3906 - Wapato
3907 - Selah
3908 - Union Gap
3909 – Granger (2001-Present)
3910 – Zillah (2006-Present)
3911 – Moxee (2010-Present)
10 cnty_occ 33-34 2 C County of Occurrence
County in which the death occurred. If the death occurred in Washington State, this field will be greater than “00.”
Note: Use this field to select deaths occurring in a specific county. See the County of Residence(cnty_res) to select by county of residence. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-City/County/State of Residence and Occurrence.”
***1980-Present***
00 - Non-Washington State or Unknown
01 - Adams County
02 - Asotin County
03 - Benton County
04 - Chelan County
05 - Clallam County
06 - Clark County
07 - Columbia County
08 - Cowlitz County
09 - Douglas County
10 - Ferry County
11 - Franklin County
12 - Garfield County
13 - Grant County
14 - Grays Harbor County
15 - Island County
16 - Jefferson County
17 - King County
18 - Kitsap County
19 - Kittitas County
20 - Klickitat County
21 - Lewis County
22 - Lincoln County
23 - Mason County
24 - Okanogan County
25 - Pacific County
26 - Pend Oreille County
27 - Pierce County
28 - San Juan County
29 - Skagit County
30 - Skamania County
31 - Snohomish County
32 - Spokane County
33 - Stevens County
34 - Thurston County
35 - Wahkiakum County
36 - Walla Walla County
37 - Whatcom County
38 - Whitman County
39 - Yakima County
11 facility 37-39 3 C Facility or Institution of Death
Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Facility of Death”. For code table see “facility.csv” in documentation.
12 statebir 40-41 2 C State of Birth
NCHS state code. In addition to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico receive unique codes in this field.
***1980-Present***
01 - Alabama
02 - Alaska
03 - Arizona
04 - Arkansas
05 - California
06 - Colorado
07 - Connecticut
08 - Delaware
09 - District of Columbia
10 - Florida
11 - Georgia
12 - Hawaii
13 - Idaho
14 - Illinois
15 - Indiana
16 - Iowa
17 - Kansas
18 - Kentucky
19 - Louisiana
20 - Maine
21 - Maryland
22 - Massachusetts
23 - Michigan
24 - Minnesota
25 - Mississippi
26 - Missouri
27 - Montana
28 - Nebraska
29 - Nevada
30 - New Hampshire
31 - New Jersey
32 - New Mexico
33 - New York
34 - North Carolina
35 - North Dakota
36 - Ohio
37 - Oklahoma
38 - Oregon
39 - Pennsylvania
40 - Rhode Island
41 - South Carolina
42 - South Dakota
43 - Tennessee
44 - Texas
45 - Utah
46 - Vermont
47 - Virginia
48 - Washington
49 - West Virginia
50 - Wisconsin
51 - Wyoming
52 - Puerto Rico
53 - Virgin Islands
54 - Guam
55 - Canada
56 - Cuba
57 - Mexico
59 - Other Foreign
60 - American Samoa
69 - Marianas
90 - United States (Unspecified)
91 - Refused to State
99 - Not Classifiable
13 hs_grad 42-42 1 C High School Graduate
Indicates whether the decedent was a high school graduate. In 1992 the question was changed to highest grade completed, see education level (educ).
***1992-Present***
Blank Field
***1988-1991***
1 - Yes
2 - No
9 - Not reported
***1980-1987***
Blank Field
14 married 43-43 1 C Marital Status
***July 2007-present***
1 – Never married
2 – Married
3 – Divorced
4 – Widowed
5 – Separated
6 – Domestic Partner
9 - Unknown
***2004-June 2007***
1 – Never married
2 – Married
3 – Divorced
4 – Widowed
5 – Separated
9 - Unknown
***1980-2003***
1 - Single
2 - Married
3 - Divorced
4 - Widowed
9 - Unknown/Not Stated
15 city_res 44-47 4 C County and City of Residence
If the residence is in Washington State, this field will be greater than “0000.”
If the place of residence has a population less than 2,500, it is assigned to the rural portion of the county.
Note: Use this field to select deaths for residents in a specific county or city. See the County and City of Occurrence (city_occ) to select by place of occurrence. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-City/ County/State of Residence and Occurrence.”
For a list of the codes, see the county and city of occurrence (city_occ) field.
16 cnty_res 44-45 2 C County of Residence
If the death occurred in Washington State, this field will be greater than “00.”
Note: Use this field to select deaths for residents in a specific county. See the County of Occurrence (cnty_occ) to select by county of occurrence. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-City/County/State of Residence and Occurrence.”
For a list of the codes, see the county of occurrence (cnty_occ) field.
17 contrib 50-50 1 C Contributory Cause of Death
This field was collected until 1988. It was dropped due to
implementation of an automated coding system for contributory causes known as Mortality Medical Indexing, Classification, and Retrieval (MICAR). See TRANSAX multiple cause of death fields (injflg1-injflg20, mltcse1- mltcse20).
***1988-Present***
Blank Field
***1984-1987***
0 - None
1 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
2 - Tuberculosis
3 - Cancer
4 - Diabetes Mellitus
5 - Motor Vehicle Accident
6 - Other Accident
7 - Fall
8 - Operations
9 - Heart Conditions
A - Hypertension
B - Malformation
Blank - Not Coded
***1980-1983***
0 - None
1 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
2 - Tuberculosis
3 - Cancer
4 - Diabetes Mellitus
5 - Motor Vehicle Accident
6 - Other Accident
7 - Fall
8 - Operations
9 - Heart Conditions
A - Hypertension
Blank - Not Coded
18 underly 51-54 4 C Underlying Cause of Death
Note: .csv files also includes a field named underly3 with the first 3 digits of the code.
***1999-Present***
For ICD-10 Codes see .
For those causes that do not have a fourth digit, the last digit in this field will be blank. The decimal point for the ICD-10 code is not included, but is implied between the 3rd and 4th digit of the value in this field. Before using this field, see documents in and see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Underlying Cause of Death.” A list of ICD-10 codes can be found in“icd10.docx” in documentation. New ICD-10 codes for terrorism (U01-U03) were added in 2001.
***1980-1998***
For ICD-9 Codes see For those causes that do not have a fourth digit, the last digit in this field will be blank. The decimal point for the ICD-9 code is not included, but is implied between the 3rd and 4th digit of the value in this field. For example, a value of 052 translates into an ICD-9 code of 052 (chicken pox) while a code of 0410 translates into 041.0 (Strep infection). Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Underlying Cause of Death” and the external event code (ecode)field for external event coding. Codes in the range of 00.0-999.9 in this field will always have an associated E code. A list of ICD-9 codes can be found in “icd9.docx” in documentation.
19 autopsy 55-55 1 C Autopsy
Indicates whether an autopsy was performed.
***1980-Present***
1 - Yes
2 - No
9 - Unknown/Not Reported
20 inj_caus 56-56 1 C External Cause
Indicates type of injury, when an external injury occurred. Reported when such injury was either the underlying cause of death or a contributing cause.
***2004-Present
0 – Not Reported
1 – Natural
2 – Accident
3 – Suicide
4 – Homicide
5 – Undetermined
6 – Pending
***1980-2003***
1 - Not Applicable
2 - Accident
3 - Suicide
4 - Homicide
5 - Undetermined
21 inj_date 57-64 8 N Injury Date
Date external injury occurred.
***1980-Present***
YYYYMMDD
99999999 - Unknown/Not Stated
Blank - Not Applicable
22 inj_hour 65-66 2 C Injury Hour
The time in which the external injury occurred in 24-hour format.
Midnight has a value of ‘24’, any time after midnight but before 1 am has a value of ‘00’. For related information, see the injury time, AM or PM (inj_ampm) field. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Time of Death/Injury (Hours, Minutes AM/PM).”
***1980-Present***
00-24
99 - Unknown/Not Stated
Blank - Not Applicable
23 inj_min 67-68 2 C Injury Minute
The time in which the external injury occurred specified to the minute. This field was first collected in 1992. Records prior to 1992 will have a value of ‘30’ unless the record has recently been updated in which case an actual value will be found. Before using
this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Time of Death/Injury Hours, Minutes, AM/PM).”
***1992-Present***
00-59
99 - Unknown/Not Stated
Blank - Not Applicable
***1980-1991***
30 - Default Value
24 injatwrk 69-69 1 C Injury at Work
Indicates whether external injury occurred at work.
***1980-Present***
0 - Not Applicable
1 – Yes
2 – No
9 - Unknown
25 injplace 70-70 1 C Place External Injury Occurred Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes–Place External Injury Occurred.” In 2012, the place of injury is no longer coded using the National Safety Council Place Codes and the field NCHS Place of Injury (injpnchs) should be used alone.
***2012-Present***
Blank Field
***1995-2011***
A - Agriculture
B - Mining, Quarrying, Oil and Gas Wells
C - Construction
D - Manufacturing
E - Transportation and Public Utility
F - Trade
G - Service
H - Government
I - Other and Unspecified Industry
J - Home
K - Public
L - Unknown/Not Stated
M - Nursing Home
N - Prison
P - Hospital
Blank - Not Applicable
***1986-1994***
A - Agriculture
B - Mining, Quarrying, Oil and Gas Wells
C - Construction
D - Manufacturing
E - Transportation and Public Utility
F - Trade
G - Service
H - Government
I - Other and Unspecified Industry
J - Home
K - Public
L - Unknown/Not Stated
M - Nursing Home
N - Prison
Blank - Not Applicable
***1983-1985***
A - Agriculture
B - Mining, Quarrying, Oil and Gas Wells
C - Construction
D - Manufacturing
E - Transportation and Public Utility
F - Trade
G - Service
H - Government
I - Other and Unspecified Industry
J - Home
K - Public
L - Unknown/Not Stated
Blank - Not Applicable
***1980-1982***
0 - Home
1 - Farm
2 - Mine & Quarry
3 - Industrial Place, Premise
4 - Place for Recreation & Sport
5 - Street & Highway
6 - Public Building
7 - Resident Institution
8 - Other Specified Place
9 - Unknown
Blank - Not Applicable
26 city_inj 71-74 4 C County and City of External Injury
If an external injury occurred in Washington State, this field will be greater than ‘0000.’
If the injury occurs in a place with a population less than 2,500, it is assigned to the rural portion of the county.
Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes- City/County/State of Residence and Occurrence.”
For a list of the codes, see the county and city of occurrence (city_occ) field.
27 cnty_inj 71-72 2 C County of External Injury
If an external injury occurred in Washington State, this field will be greater than ‘00.’
For a list of the codes, see the county of occurrence (cnty_occ) field.
28 smoking 75-75 1 C Smoking Status
Indicates whether decedent smoked in last 15 years.
***Blank beginning in 2004*** Replaced by new field at end of file: tbcontri
***1988-2004***
1 - Yes
2 - No
9 - Unknown/Not stated
***1980-1987***
0 - Not Collected
29 dth_hour 76-77 2 C Death Hour
The time at which the decedent died in 24-hour format. Midnight has a value of ‘24’, any time after midnight but before 1 am has a value of ‘00’. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Time of Death/Injury (Hours, Minutes, AM/PM).” For related information, see the death AM or PM (dth_ampm) field.
**1980-Present***
00-24
99 - Unknown/Not Stated
30 dth_min 78-79 2 C Death Minute
The time at which the decedent died specified to the minute. This field was first collected in 1992. Records prior to 1992 will have a value of ‘30’ unless the record has recently been updated in which case an actual value will be found. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Time of Death/Injury (Hours, Minutes, AM/PM).”
***1992-Present***
00-59
99 - Unknown/Not Stated
***1980-1991***
30 - Default Value
31 attclass 80-81 2 C Classification of Certifier at Death
Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes- Classification of Attendant at Death.”
***1998-Present***
01 - Physician, MD
02 - Coroner/Pathologist
03 - Osteopath, DO
04 - Chiropractor
05 – Sanipractor
06 – Physician’s Assistant
07 – Nurse Practitioner
09 - Other
***1980-1997***
01 - Physician, MD
02 - Coroner/Pathologist
03 - Osteopath, DO
04 - Chiropractor
05 – Sanipractor
09 - Other
32 occ_sam 82-84 3 C Usual Occupation - Sam Milham’s code.
Sam Milham occupation codes are obtained from a computer program which uses the occupation and industrial literal fields. This program coded about 95% of the records; the remaining 5% need to be hand-coded. The hand coding has not been done for 1993-1996 and for a portion of the 1992 records. For further information please see the “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Occupation (Milham and Federal Codes) and Industry (Federal Codes).” For code table see “occmil.csv” in documentation.
Note: There are codes on the file which are invalid.
***1993-Present***
Note: About 5% not coded.
***1992***
Note: Coding complete up to certificate number 14501. For remaining records about 5% not coded.
***1980-1991***
For code table see “occmil.csv” in documentation.
33 fac_type 91-91 1 C Facility Type for Place of Death
Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Facility of Death”.
***2004-Present***
0 – Home
1 – Other
2 – Dead on Arrival
3 – Emergency Room
4 – Hospital Inpatient
5 – Nursing Home
6 – Hospital
7 – Hospice
9 - Unknown
***1980-2003***
0 - Home
1 - Other Place
2 - In Transport
3 - Emergency Room
4 - Hospital
5 - Nursing Home (includes hospice)
9 - Unknown
34 zipcode 92-96 5 C ZIP Code of Residence
Five digit zip code.
***1989-Present***
99999 - Unknown/Not Stated
***1980-1988**
Blank Field
35 occ_fed 97-99 3 C Usual Occupation - Federal Code
Coded by the Census Bureau coding system. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes–Occupation (Milham and Federal Codes) and Industry(Federal Codes).”
***2010-present***
999 – Not Collected
***1993-2009***
The 1990 census codes are used.
For code table see “occfed93.csv” in documentation.
***1988-1992***
The 1980 census codes are used. For code table see “occfed88.csv” in documentation. Note: Large number of ‘999’(Not Reported) values in 1988.
***1980-1987***
Blank Field
36 ind_fed 100-102 3 C Industry - Federal Code
Coded by the Census Bureau coding system. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes–Occupation (Milham and Federal Codes) and Industry (Federal Codes).”
***2010-present***
990 – Not Collected
***1993-2009***
For code table see “indfed93.csv” in documentation.
***1988-1992***
For code table see “indfed88.csv” in documentation. Note: Large number of ‘990’(Not Reported) values in 1988.
***1980-1987***
Blank Field
37 educ 103-105 3 N Education Level
Highest grade completed by the decedent. For related educational information see the high school graduate (hs_grad) field. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes- Education.”
***2004-Present***
01 – 8th grade or less
02 – 9th-12th grade, no diploma
03 – High school graduate or GED
04 – Some college, no degree
05 – Associate degree
06 – Bachelor’s degree
07 – Master’s degree
08 – Doctorate or Professional degree
09 – Unknown (09 or 99)
***1992-2003***
000 - No Education
001 - Completed first grade
002 - Completed second grade
003 - Completed third grade
004 - Completed fourth grade
005 - Completed fifth grade
006 - Completed sixth grade
007 - Completed seventh grade
008 - Completed eighth grade
009 - Completed ninth grade
010 - Completed tenth grade
011 - Completed eleventh grade
012 - High school graduate
013 - Completed 1 year of college
014 - Completed 2 years of college
015 - Completed 3 years of college
016 - College graduate
017 - Post graduate work
099 - Unknown/Not stated (note that
SAS program changes these codes to missing values)
***1980-1991***
099 - Not Collected
38 resunit 106-106 1 C Length of Residence, Unit Type
Indicates the unit in which length of residence was reported (e.g., years, months, weeks, etc.). To determine length of residence use unit type (resunit) with the number of units (resunum).
***Blank beginning in 2004***
Replaced by new field at end of
file: res_lena
***1992-2003***
0 - Years 1 to 99
1 - Years 100 or more
2 - Months
3 - Weeks
4 - Days
5 - Hours
6 - Minutes
9 - Unknown/Not Stated
***1980-1991***
9 - Not Collected
39 resunum 107-108 2 N Length of Residence, Number of Units
Use number of units (resunum) with the unit type (resunit) field to determine length of residence.
***Blank beginning in 2004***
Replaced by new field at end of
file: res_auni
***1992-2003***
Range of correct values are:
01-99 - Years 1 to 99
00-99 - Years 100 or more
01-11 - Months
01-03 - Weeks
01-31 - Days
01-23 - Hours
01-59 - Minutes
99 - Unknown/Not Stated*
*Note: Length of residence is unknown if resunit=9 and resunum=99.
***1980-1991***
99 - Not Collected
40 st_res 109-110 2 C State of Residence
NCHS state code. In addition to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico receive unique codes in this field. For a list of the codes, see the birth state of decedent (statebir)field.
41 st_occ 111-112 2 C State of Occurrence
NCHS state code. In addition to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico receive unique codes in this field. For a list of codes, see the birth state of decedent (statebir) field.
42 dth_ampm 114-114 1 C Death AM or PM
The time at which the decedent died. This field will have a value only if AM or PM was written on the death certificate but the hour of death was not given. If the hour of death was given, then the hour was entered in the death hour (dth_hour) field. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Time of Death/Injury (Hours, Minutes, AM/PM).”
***1980-Present***
A - AM
P - PM
Blank - Not Applicable
43 citizen 115-115 1 C Citizenship Status
Indicates decedent’s citizenship.
***1992-Present***
Blank Field
***1989-1991***
1 - US citizen
2 - Not US citizen
9 - Unknown
***1988***
Blank Field
***1980-1987***
1 - US citizen
2 - Not US citizen
9 - Unknown
44 age 116-118 3 N Age in Years
Calculated from the age unit (ageunit) and the number of age units (ageunum) fields. This is based on the age given by the informant on the death certificate. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Age at Death.”
***1980-Present***
0 - Less than 1 year
999 – Unknown
45 occ_lit 119-148 30 C Occupation Literal
The usual occupation of the decedent as reported by the informant on the death certificate.
***1992-Present***
Literal Field
***1991***
Blank Field
***1989-1990***
Literal Field
***1980-1988***
Blank Field
46 ind_lit 149-178 30 C Industry Literal
The type of industry in which the decedent was employed most of his/her life as reported by the informant on the death certificate.
***1992-Present***
Literal Field
***1991***
Blank Field
***1989-1990***
Literal Field
***1980-1988***
Blank Field
47 emergent 179-179 1 C Emergency Care Code
Indicates whether emergency care was given to the decedent.
***1988-Present***
Blank Field
***1980-1987***
1 - Yes
2 - No
9 - Unknown/Not Stated
48 inj_ampm 180-180 1 C Injury Time, AM or PM
The time at which the external injury occurred. This field will only contain an entry if AM or PM was written on the death certificate but the specific hour of injury was not given. If the hour of injury was given, then the hour was entered in the injury hour (inj_hour) field. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes - Time of Death/Injury (Hours, Minutes, AM/PM).”
***1980-Present***
A - AM
P - PM
Blank - Not Applicable
49 st_inj 181-182 2 C State of External Injury Occurrence
NCHS state code. In addition to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico receive unique codes in this field. For a list of the codes, see the birth state of decedent (statebir) field. Note: ‘00’ code indicates no external injury.
50 armforce 187-187 1 C Armed Forces Code
Indicates whether the decedent ever served in the United States Armed Forces.
***1980-Present***
1 - Yes
2 - No
9 - Unknown/Not Stated
51 incity 188-188 1 C Inside City Limits Flag
Indicates whether the decedent’s place of residence was reported as being inside city limits.
***1992-Present***
N - No
Y - Yes
U - Unknown/Not Stated
***1980-1991***
Blank Field
52 disptype 189-189 1 C Disposition Type
Indicates the manner of disposition used for the remains of the decedent.
***2004-Present***
1 – Burial
2 – Cremation
3 – Removal from State
4 – Donation (medical research)
5 – Body Not Recovered
6 – Entombment
7 – Other
9 - Unknown
***1980-2003***
1 - Burial
2 - Cremation
3 - Removal
4 - Medical Research
5 - Body Not Recovered
9 - Unknown
53 dispdate 190-197 8 N Disposition Date
Indicates the date on which the remains of the decedent were disposed of through burial, cremation, or some other method.
***1985-Present***
YYYYMMDD
99999999 - Unknown/Not Stated
***1980-1984***
99999999 - Not Collected
54 funeralc 198-201 4 C Funeral Home Code
Code for facility that handled the disposition of the remains of the decedent. (NOTE: This is an unedited field which may contain errors due to data entry.)
***1991-Present***
For code table see “funeral.csv” in documentation.
***1980-1990***
Blank Field
55 referred 202-202 1 C Coroner Referred
Indicates whether the death was
referred to a medical examiner or coroner. The coroner or medical examiner may decide not to take jurisdiction and may allow a physician to certify the cause-of- death.
***1980-Present***
1 - Yes
2 - Not
9 - Unknown/Not Stated
56 rcvdt 203-210 8 N County Receive Date
The date the death certificate was received at the county registrar’s office.
***1980-Present***
YYYYMMDD
99999999 - Unknown/Not Stated
57 nchsnew 211-211 1 C NCHS New Record Flag
This field pertains to deaths that occurred in Washington State. It indicates records added since the cutoff date (approximately May 31) of certificates to be used by the National Center for Health Statistics in compiling national statistics for the previous year. Data contained in this file may not match national statistics precisely due to the addition of these records received after the NCHS cutoff date and corrections to the file.
***2000-Present***
Blank Field
***1994-1999***
X - New Record
***1980-1993***
Blank Field
58 ecode 212-212 1 C External Event Code
For years prior to 1999, See
determine the underlying cause of death for injury and poisoning, the external event is coded rather than the injury from the external event. Note that the underlying cause of death cannot be an injury (ICD-9 800-999). In these deaths the underlying cause of death is the external event (ICD-9 E800-E999) that resulted in the injury. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-External Cause of Death”.
***1980-Present***
E - External Event
Blank - No External Event
59 transax 213-213 1 C TRANSAX Conversion Flag
Generated by Translation of Axis (TRANSAX), indicates that an alteration of the literal codes has occurred.
***1999-Present***
Blank Field
***1988-1998***
3 - Conversion using non-ambivalent table entries
4 - Conversion using ambivalent table entries
5 - Duplicate entity-axis codes deleted; no other action involved
6 - Artificial code conversion, no other action
Blank - No Action
***1980-1987***
Blank Field
TRANSAX Multiple Cause Coding Record Axis Conditions (TRANSAX)
Space has been provided for a maximum of 20 conditions. Each condition takes 5 positions in the record. Records that do not have 20 conditions are blank in the unused area. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Multiple Cause of Death.”
***1999-Present***
Position 1: Blank space.
Position 2-5: ICD-10 Cause Code, see for ICD-10 codes.
60 injflg1 214-214 1 C Condition 1 – Blank
61 mltcse1 215-218 4 C Condition 1 - ICD-10 Cause Code
62 injflg2 219-219 1 C Condition 2 - Blank
63 mltcse2 220-223 4 C Condition 2 - ICD-10 Cause Code
64 injflg3 224-224 1 C Condition 3 - Blank
65 mltcse3 225-228 4 C Condition 3 - ICD-10 Cause Code
66 injflg4 229-229 1 C Condition 4 - Blank
67 mltcse4 230-233 4 C Condition 4 - ICD-10 Cause Code
68 injflg5 234-234 1 C Condition 5 - Blank
69 mltcse5 235-238 4 C Condition 5 - ICD-10 Cause Code
70 injflg6 239-239 1 C Condition 6 - Blank
71 mltcse6 240-243 4 C Condition 6 - ICD-10 Cause Code
72 injflg7 244-244 1 C Condition 7 - Blank
73 mltcse7 245-248 4 C Condition 7 - ICD-10 Cause Code
74 injflg8 249-249 1 C Condition 8 - Blank
75 mltcse8 250-253 4 C Condition 8 - ICD-10 Cause Code
76 injflg9 254-254 1 C Condition 9 - Blank
77 mltcse9 255-258 4 C Condition 9 - ICD-10 Cause Code
78 injflg10 259-259 1 C Condition 10 - Blank
79 mltcse10 260-263 4 C Condition 10 - ICD-10 Cause Code
80 injflg11 264-264 1 C Condition 11 - Blank
81 mltcse11 265-268 4 C Condition 11 - ICD-10 Cause Code
82 injflg12 269-269 1 C Condition 12 - Blank
83 mltcse12 270-273 4 C Condition 12 - ICD-10 Cause Code
84 injflg13 274-274 1 C Condition 13 - Blank
85 mltcse13 275-278 4 C Condition 13 - ICD-10 Cause Code
86 injflg14 279-279 1 C Condition 14 - Blank
87 mltcse14 280-283 4 C Condition 14 - ICD-10 Cause Code
88 injflg15 284-284 1 C Condition 15 – Blank
89 mltcse15 285-288 4 C Condition 15 - ICD-10 Cause Code
90 injflg16 289-289 1 C Condition 16 - Blank
91 mltcse16 290-293 4 C Condition 16 - ICD-10 Cause Code
92 injflg17 294-294 1 C Condition 17 – Blank
93 mltcse17 295-298 4 C Condition 17 - ICD-10 Cause Code
94 injflg18 299-299 1 C Condition 18 - Blank
95 mltcse18 300-303 4 C Condition 18 - ICD-10 Cause Code
96 injflg19 304-304 1 C Condition 19 – Blank
97 mltcse19 305-308 4 C Condition 19 - ICD-10 Cause Code
98 injflg20 309-309 1 C Condition 20 – Blank
99 mltcse20 310-313 4 C Condition 20 - ICD-10 Cause Code
***1988-1998***
Position 1: Injury FlagThere are two sets of codes in the range of 800.0-999.9: nature of injury codes (without an E) and codes for external events (E8000-E9999). This field identifies which type of code is used with the associated ICD-9 code in position 2-5.
1 - Indicates that the code is a nature of injury code if the ICD-9 code is in the range of 800.0-999.
0 – Indicates that the code is an external event code (preceded by an E) IF the ICD-9 code is in the range of 800.0-999.9
Position 2-5: ICD-9 Cause Code, see for ICD-9 codes.
60 injflg1 214-214 1 C Condition 1 - Injury Flag
61 mltcse1 215-218 4 C Condition 1 – ICD-9 Cause Code
62 injflg2 219-219 1 C Condition 2 - Injury Flag
63 mltcse2 220-223 4 C Condition 2 – ICD-9 Cause Code
64 injflg3 224-224 1 C Condition 3 - Injury Flag
65 mltcse3 225-228 4 C Condition 3 – ICD-9 Cause Code
66 injflg4 229-229 1 C Condition 4 - Injury Flag
67 mltcse4 230-233 4 C Condition 4 – ICD-9 Cause Code
68 injflg5 234-234 1 C Condition 5 - Injury Flag
69 mltcse5 235-238 4 C Condition 5 – ICD-9 Cause Code
70 injflg6 239-239 1 C Condition 6 - Injury Flag
71 mltcse6 240-243 4 C Condition 6 – ICD-9 Cause Code
72 injflg7 244-244 1 C Condition 7 - Injury Flag
73 mltcse7 245-248 4 C Condition 7 – ICD-9 Cause Code
74 injflg8 249-249 1 C Condition 8 - Injury Flag
75 mltcse8 250-253 4 C Condition 8 – ICD-9 Cause Code
76 injflg9 254-254 1 C Condition 9 - Injury Flag
77 mltcse9 255-258 4 C Condition 9 – ICD-9 Cause Code
78 injflg10 259-259 1 C Condition 10 - Injury Flag
79 mltcse10 260-263 4 C Condition 10 – ICD-9 Cause Code
80 injflg11 264-264 1 C Condition 11 - Injury Flag
81 mltcse11 265-268 4 C Condition 11 – ICD-9 Cause Code
82 injflg12 269-269 1 C Condition 12 - Injury Flag
83 mltcse12 270-273 4 C Condition 12 – ICD-9 Cause Code
84 injflg13 274-274 1 C Condition 13 - Injury Flag
85 mltcse13 275-278 4 C Condition 13 – ICD-9 Cause Code
86 injflg14 279-279 1 C Condition 14 - Injury Flag
87 mltcse14 280-283 4 C Condition 14 – ICD-9 Cause Code
88 injflg15 284-284 1 C Condition 15 - Injury Flag
89 mltcse15 285-288 4 C Condition 15 – ICD-9 Cause Code
90 injflg16 289-289 1 C Condition 16 - Injury Flag
91 mltcse16 290-293 4 C Condition 16 – ICD-9 Cause Code
92 injflg17 294-294 1 C Condition 17 - Injury Flag
93 mltcse17 295-298 4 C Condition 17 – ICD-9 Cause Code
94 injflg18 299-299 1 C Condition 18 - Injury Flag
95 mltcse18 300-303 4 C Condition 18 – ICD-9 Cause Code
96 injflg19 304-304 1 C Condition 19 - Injury Flag
97 mltcse19 305-308 4 C Condition 19 – ICD-9 Cause Code
98 injflg20 309-309 1 C Condition 20 - Injury Flag
99 mltcse20 310-313 4 C Condition 20 – ICD-9 Cause Code
***1980-1987***
Blank Field
100 injpnchs 314-314 1 C NCHS Place of Injury Code
***1999-Present***
0 – Home (Excludes: abandoned or derelict house (8), home under construction, but not yet occupied(6), institutional place of residence (1); Includes: about home, apartment, army camp, boarding house, cabin, caravan (trailer) park – residential, farm house, Hogan, home premises, home sidewalk, home swimming pool, house (residential), noninstitutional place of residence, penthouse, private driveway to home, private garage, private garden to home, private walk to home, private wall to home, residence, rooming house, swimming pool in private home or garden, trailer camp or court, yard (not otherwise specified), yard to home)
1 – Residential Institution (Includes: almshouse, army camp, children’s home, dormitory fraternity house, home for the sick, hospice, institution (any type), jail, military (camp)(reservation), nurse’s home, nursing home, old people’s home, orphanage, penitentiary, pensioner’s home, prison, prison camp, reform school, sorority house, state hospital)
2 – School, other institution and public administrative area(Excludes: building under construction (6), residential institution (1), sports and athletic areas (3); Includes: armory, assembly hall, campus, child center, church, cinema, clubhouse, college, country club, court house, dance hall, day care, day nursery, drive in theater, fire house, gallery, health club, health resort, health spa, hospital, institute of higher learning, kindergarten, library, mission, movie house, museum, music hall, night club, opera house, playground at school, police precinct, police station or cell, post office, private club, public hall, salvation army, school(grounds)(yard), school (private)(public) (state), theatre, Turkish bath, University, YMCA, youth center, YWCA
3 – Sports and Athletics Area (Excludes: swimming pool or tennis court in private home or garden (0); Includes: baseball field, basketball court, cricket ground, dude ranch, fives court, football field, golf course, gymnasium, hockey field, hunting cabin, ice palace, racecourse, riding school, rifle range (not otherwise specified), skating rink, sports ground, sports palace, squash court, stadium, swimming pool(public)(private), tennis court
4 – Street and Highway (Includes: alley, bridge (not otherwise specified), freeway, interstate, motorway, named street/highway/interstate, pavement, road, roadside, sidewalk (not otherwise specified))
5 – Trade and service area (Excludes garage in private home (0); Includes: airport, bank, bar, body shop, café, casino, electric company, filling station, funeral home, garage – place of work, garage away from highway except home, garage building (for car storage), garage (not otherwise specified), gas station, hotel, loading platform – store, market (grocery or other commodity), motel, office, radio/television broadcasting station, restaurant, salvage lot, service station, shop - commercial, shopping center, shopping mall, station – bus or railway, store, subway, tourist court, tourist home, warehouse)
6 – Industrial and construction areas (Includes: building under construction, coal pit, coalyard, construction job, dairy processing plant, dockyard, dry dock, electric tower, factor, foundry, gas works, grain elevator, gravel pit, highway under construction, industrial yard, loading platform – factory, logging operation area, lumber yard, mill pond, oil field, oil rig and other offshore installations, oil well, plant – industrial, power-station, produce building, railroad track or trestle, railway yard, sand pit, sawmill, sewage disposal plant, shipyard, shop, substation, subway track, tannery, tunnel under construction, wharf, workshop
7 – Farm (Excludes: farm house and home premises of farm (0); Includes: barn, barnyard, corncrib, cornfield, dairy, (not otherwise specified), farm buildings, farm pond or creek, farmland under cultivation, field (numbered or specialized), gravel pit on farm, orange grove, pasture, ranch (not otherwise specified), range (not otherwise specified), silo, state farm
8 – Other specified places (Includes: abandoned gravel pit, abandoned public building or home, air force firing range, bar pit or ditch, beach, beach resort, boy’s camp, building (not otherwise specified), camp, camping grounds, campsite, canal, caravan site, cemetery, city dump, dam site, derelict house, desert, ditch, dock(not otherwise specified), excavation site, fairgrounds, field (not otherwise specified), forest, fort, harbor, hill, holiday camp, irrigation canal or ditch, junkyard, lake (not otherwise specified), lake resort, manhole, marsh, military training ground, mountain, mountain cabin, mountain resort, named city, named lake, named town, nursery (not otherwise specified), open field, park, parking lot, parking place, pier, pipeline, place of business (not otherwise specified), playground (not otherwise specified), pond or pool (natural), power line pole, prairie, private property, public place (not otherwise specified), public property, railway line, reservoir (water), resort (not otherwise specified), river, sea, seashore (not otherwise specified), seashore resort, sewer, specified address, stream, swamp, vacation resort, woods, zoo)
9 – Unspecified Place (Includes: bed, commode, country, downstairs, fireplace, hot tub, jobsite, near any place, on job, parked car, sofa, table tree)
***1980-1998***
Blank field
101 bcountry 315-317 3 C Decedent’s Birth Country Code
For code table see “country.csv” in documentation.
***1999***
Blank – Decedent is not foreign born
***1980-1998***
Blank field
102 cntyfile 318-323 6 C County File Number
***Blank beginning in 2004***
Replaced by longer field (field 138, same variable name)
***1999-2003***
File number assigned by county
Health department. The file number
is only unique within each county.
***1980-1998***
Blank field
103 geozip 324-328 5 C Zip code assigned by GIS software
***1988–present***
This is the zip code that was assigned by the GIS software. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes–Reported zip code and geocoded zip code.”
**** New Variables Beginning in 2004***********
104 zip_occ 329-333 5 C Zip Code of Death Occurrence
105 edu_le8 334 1 C Decedent’s Years of Education if highest education level (educ) is 8th grade or less.
***2004-Present***
0 – No education
1-8 – 1st – 8th grades
9 – Unknown
***1980-2003***
Not Collected
***NOTE: Fields 106-125 give data for each check box on the death certificate. Before using these fields, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes - Race/Hispanic Origin.” Bridged race data and Hispanic data are found in the old race/Hispanic fields and in the NCHS bridged race variable (race, hisp, and brg_race). Edited data for multiple race analysis (sum_race) are at the end of the file (field 139).***
106 hisp_no 335 1 C Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic Not Hispanic, as reported on the death certificate.
***2004-Present***
Y – Yes
N – No
U – Entire Hispanic item unknown
***1980-2003***
Not Collected. See hisp.
107 hisp_mex 336 1 C Hispanic Origin, Mexican.
See hisp_no for codes.
108 hisp_pr 337 1 C Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican.
See hisp_no for codes.
109 hisp_cub 338 1 C Hispanic Origin, Cuban.
See hisp_no for codes.
110 hisp_oth 339 1 C Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic.
See hisp_no for codes.
111 race_wht 340 1 C Race, White, as reported on the death certificate.
***2004-Present***
Y – Yes
N – No
U – Entire Race item unknown
***1980-2003***
Not Collected. See race.
112 race_blk 341 1 C Race, Black or African American. See race_wht for codes.
113 race_ami 342 1 C Race, American Indian/Alaska Native
See race_wht for codes.
114 race_asi 343 1 C Race, Asian Indian.
See race_wht for codes.
115 race_chi 344 1 C Race, Chinese.
See race_wht for codes.
116 race_fil 345 1 C Race, Filipino.
See race_wht for codes.
117 race_jap 346 1 C Race, Japanese.
See race_wht for codes.
118 race_kor 347 1 C Race, Korean.
See race_wht for codes.
119 race_vie 348 1 C Race, Vietnamese.
See race_wht for codes.
120 race_oas 349 1 C Race, Other Asian.
See race_wht for codes.
121 race_haw 350 1 C Race, Native Hawaiian.
See race_wht for codes.
122 race_gua 351 1 C Race, Guamanian or Chamorro.
See race_wht for codes.
123 race_sam 352 1 C Race, Samoan.
See race_wht for codes.
124 race_opi 353 1 C Race, Other Pacific Islander.
See race_wht for codes.
125 race_oth 354 1 C Race, Other.
See race_wht for codes.
126 res_trbc 355 3 C Code for tribal reservation IF the decedent lived on a reservation. For code table see “triberes.csv” in documentation.
127 res_lena 358 1 C Length of residence at Address,
Unit type.
128 res_auni 359 2 N Length of Residence at Address,
# units
129 informrl 361 20 C Informant Relationship
130 autopava 391 1 C Autopsy Available to complete the
Cause of Death?
***2004-Present***
1 - Yes
2 – No
8 – Not reported
9 – Unknown
***1980-2003***
Not collected.
131 zipinjoc 392 5 C Zip code where injury occurred.
132 pregstat 397 1 C If female, was decedent:
***2004-Present***
0 – Pregnancy status missing
1 – Not pregnant within 1 year
2 – Pregnant at death
3 – Not pregnant, but w/in 42 days
4 – Not pregnant, but 43 days to 1yr
8 – Not applicable
9 – Unknown
***1980-2003***
Not Collected.
133 tbcontri 398 1 C Tobacco use contribute to Death? (information provided by the Medical Certifier)
***2004-Present***
1 – Yes
2 – No
7 – Probably
8 – Not reported
9 – Unknown
***1980-2003***
Not Collected.
134 transinj 399 1 C If transportation injury, specify:
***2004-Present***
1 – Driver
2 – Passenger
3 – Pedestrian
4 – Other
8 – N/A
9 – Unknown
***1980-2003***
Not Collected.
135 dod_modi 400 1 C Date of Death Modifier:
***2004-Present***
A - Actual
P – Presumed
C – Court determined
F – Found
***1980-2003***
Not collected.
136 occfed04 401 3 C Occupation-Federal Code 2004
Revision
***Field currently Blank***
137 indfed04 404-406 3 C Industry–Federal Code 2004 Revision
***Field currently Blank***
138 cntyfile 407-421 15 C County File Number
Replaced a shorter field (field 108), same variable name
***2004-Present***
File number assigned by county
Health department. The file number
is only unique within each county.
Note: cntyfile is located after field bcountry in the .csv files.
139 sum_race 422-423 2 C Decedent’s Summary Race Decedent’s race based on all check boxes reported, edited to remove duplicate race group. There is one code for each possible race combination. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes–Race/Hispanic Ethnicity.”
Note: for the race codes below, AIAN = American Indian/Alaska Native; NHOPI = Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
***2004-Present***
Single race
10 – White only
11 – Black only
12 – AIAN only
13 – Asian only
14 – NHOPI only
Two races
20 – White, Black
21 – White, AIAN
22 – White, Asian
23 – White, NHOPI
24 – Black, AIAN
25 – Black, Asian
26 – Black, NHOPI
27 – AIAN, Asian
28 – AIAN, NHOPI
29 – Asian, NHOPI
Three races
30 – White, Black, AIAN
31 – White, Black, Asian
32 – White, Black, NHOPI
33 – White, AIAN, Asian
34 – White, AIAN, NHOPI
35 – White, Asian, NHOPI
36 – Black, AIAN, Asian
37 – Black, AIAN, NHOPI
38 – Black, Asian, NHOPI
39 – AIAN, Asian, NHOPI
Four races
40 – White, Black, AIAN, Asian
41 – White, Black, AIAN, NHOPI
42 – White, Black, Asian, NHOPI
43 – White, AIAN, Asian, NHOPI
44 – Black, AIAN, Asian, NHOPI
Five races
50 – White, Black, AIAN, Asian, NHOPI
Unknown
99 - Unknown
***1980-2003***
Not Collected
*** New Variable Beginning in 2006***
140 rinj_caus 424 1 C Reported Manner of Death
Indicates type of injury when an external injury has occurred. This variable is ‘as reported’ on the death certificate before any corrections due to querying or coding inconsistencies. May differ from variable ‘inj_caus’.
***2006-Present
1 – Natural
2 – Accident
3 – Suicide
4 – Homicide
5 – Undetermined
6 – Pending
***New Variable Beginning in 2011***
141 disp_fac 426-429 4 C Disposition Facility Code. For code table see “cemelist.csv” and “cemelist file layout.pdf”in documentation.
**** New Variable Beginning in 2012****
142 brg_race 430-431 2 C NCHS Bridged Race
Bridges multiple-race reporting back to one of four race categories (White, Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander). It includes single race reporting. For more information on race bridging see “Death Statistical File Date Notes-Race/Hispanic Ethnicity.”
Note: for the race codes below, AIAN = American Indian/Alaska Native
Single race specified
01 – White
02 – Black
03 – AIAN
04 – Asian Indian
05 – Chinese
06 - Filipino
07 - Japanese
08 - Korean
09 - Vietnamese
10 – Other Asian
11 – Native Hawaiian
12 – Guamanian or Chamorro
13 - Samoan
14 – Other Pacific Islander
15 - Other
Bridged multiple specified race
21 – White
22 – Black
23 – AIAN
24 – Asian or Pacific Islander
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