Vital Statistics Mortality Data, Cause-of-Death Summary, 1985. Public Use Data Tape Documentation

摘要

Vital statistics data relating to mortality provide demographic and cause-of-death data for deaths occurring during the calendar year. The data are based on information abstracted from all death certificates filed in vital statistics offices of each State and the District of Columbia. Death is defined as the permanent disappearance of any evidence of life at any time after live birth, therefore, data relating to fetal deaths are not included in the data. Demographic data include variables such as date of death, age, race, sex, and geographic area. Cause-of-death data have been coded to the underlying causes of death shown in the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases. Death and infant mortality rates and/or denominators required to derive such rates are not on the tapes. The number of deaths and the death and infant mortality rates for selected demographic and cause variables are published annually in Vital Statistics of the United States, Volume II, Parts A and B. A technical appendix giving information regarding the historical aspect and limitations of the data is included in the published volumes and the documentation for the data tapes. Specialized reports are published periodically in Vital and Health Statistics.