Vital Statistics Mortality Multiple Cause Data, Detail, 1971. Tape Contents and Documentation Package

摘要

Vital Statistics data relating to mortality provide demographic, underlying and multiple 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. Underlying and multiple cause-of-death data have been coded to the causes shown in the Eighth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases, Adapted for Use in the United States. 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. Multiple cause-of-death data and the 'each cause' level of detail is included as Appendix I of the multiple cause-of-death documentation.