- Data Years: 1989-1995
- Number of records: 1,545,636
- Record length: 101 (100 data characters + 1 newline character)
- Format: Rectangular ASCII
RECORD LAYOUT:
Cols. Record Data Variables:
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1-2 Year of Death: (YY)
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3-8 State File Number: 6 digit numeric
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Cols. Decedents Data variables:
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9-20 First Name: "Blank"=Unknown or Unstated
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21 Middle Initial: "Blank"=Unknown or Unstated
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22-41 Last Name: "ZZ"=Unknown or Unstated
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42-50 Social Security Number: 9 digit numeric ("999999999"=unknown)
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51 Age Group:
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0=100+years
1=Years
2=Months
3=Days
4=Hours
5=Minutes or Unknown (< 1 year)
9=Unknown (>= 1 year)
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52-53 Age Units (Units within Age Group):
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Age Group: Age Units:
0 = 100+ years 00-99
1 = Years 01-99
2 = Months 01-11
3 = Days 01-27
4 = Hours 01-23
5 = Minutes 01-59
5 = Unknown (< 1 year) 99
9 = Unknown (>= 1 year) 99
Note: Code 599 (unknown < 1 year) was not used prior to 1994.
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54 Century of Birth: (CC)
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55-60 Date of Birth: (YYMMDD) "999999"=Unknown
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61-62 Place of Birth:
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AK=Alaska ME=Maine TN=Tennessee
AL=Alabama MI=Michigan TX=Texas
AR=Arkansas MN=Minnesota UT=Utah
AZ=Arizona MO=Missouri VA=Virginia
CA=California MS=Mississippi VT=Vermont
CO=Colorado MT=Montana WA=Washington
CT=Connecticut NB=Nebraska WI=Wisconsin
DC=Washington,DC NC=North Carolina WV=West Virginia
DE=Delaware ND=North Dakota WY=Wyoming
FL=Florida NH=New Hampshire CH=China
GA=Georgia NJ=New Jersey CN=Canada
HI=Hawaii NM=New Mexico CU=Cuba
IA=Iowa NV=Nevada GU=Guam
ID=Idaho NY=New York JA=Japan
IL=Illinois OH=Ohio MX=Mexico
IN=Indiana OK=Oklahoma NA=Unknown
KS=Kansas OR=Oregon PI=Phillipines
KY=Kentucky PA=Pennsylvania PR=Puerto Rico
LA=Louisiana RI=Rhode Island RE=Rest of World
MA=Massachusetts SC=South Carolina VI=Virgin Islands
MD=Maryland SD=South Dakota VN=Vietnam
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63 Gender:
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1=Male
2=Female
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64-65 Race/Ethnicity:
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10=White 51=Other-Specified
20=Black 52=Asian-Indian
30=American Indian 53=Filipino
40=Asian-Unspecified 54=Hawaiian
41=Asian-Specified 55=Guamanian
42=Asian-Chinese 56=Samoan
43=Asian-Japanese 57=Eskimo
44=Asian-Korean 58=Aleut
45=Asian-Vietnamese 59=Pacific Islander
(excludes Hawaiian, Guamanian, Samoan)
46=Asian-Cambodian 98=Refused to State
47=Asian-Thai 99=Unknown
48=Asian-Laotian
Note: Code 48 was not used in 1989.
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66 Hispanic Origin:
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1=Not Spanish/Hispanic
2=Mexican/Mexican-American/Chicano
3=Puerto Rican
4=Cuban
5=Central or South American
6=Other Spanish/Hispanic (Born Outside U.S.)
7=Code Not Used
8=Other Spanish/Hispanic (Born in the U.S.)
9=Unknown
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67-68 Highest Grade Completed:
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00=None
01-12=Elementary/High School
13=1 Year of College
14=2 Years of College
15=3 Years of College
16=4 Years of College
17=5+ Years of College
99=Unknown
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69 Marital Status:
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1=Married
2=Single, Never Married
3=Annulled (Included with Never Married)
4=Divorced
5=Widowed
9=Unknown
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70 Military Service:
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1=Yes
2=No
3=Unknown
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71-72 Place of Residence:
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01=Alameda 23=Mendocino 45=Shasta
02=Alpine 24=Merced 46=Sierra
03=Amador 25=Modoc 47=Siskiyou
04=Butte 26=Mono 48=Solano
05=Calaveras 27=Monterey 49=Sonoma
06=Colusa 28=Napa 50=Stanislaus
07=Contra Costa 29=Nevada 51=Sutter
08=Del Norte 30=Orange 52=Tehama
09=El Dorado 31=Placer 53=Trinity
10=Fresno 32=Plumas 54=Tulare
11=Glenn 33=Riverside 55=Toulumne
12=Humboldt 34=Sacramento 56=Ventura
13=Imperial 35=San Benito 57=Yolo
14=Inyo 36=San Bernardino 58=Yuba
15=Kern 37=San Diego 91=Canada
16=Kings 38=San Francisco 92=Mexico
17=Lake 39=San Joaquin 93=Other Countries
18=Lassen 40=San Luis Obispo 94=Guam
19=Los Angeles 41=San Mateo 95=Puerto Rico
20=Madera 42=Santa Barbara 96=Virgin Islands
21=Marin 43=Santa Clara 97=Cuba
22=Mariposa 44=Santa Cruz 98=Other U.S. States
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73-77 Zip Code of Residence: 5-Digit Codes "99999"=Unknown
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Cols. Death Data:
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78 Blank
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79-84 Date of Death: (YYMMDD)
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85-88 Underlying Cause of Death: (ICD 9th Revision)
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3-digit ICD's include a
zero (0) as the 4th digit
The following 4-digit ICD's
are not coded beyond three
digits. They will also include
a zero (0) as the 4th digit
640-641, 643-644, 651-656
658-669, 671, 673-676
See the "Cause of Death Codes" file for ICD number,
group and group number, cause of death.
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89-90 Underlying Group Cause: (ICD 9th Revision)
See the "Cause of Death Codes" file for ICD number,
group and group number, cause of death.
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91 Contributing Cause of Death:
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N=None 5=AIDS
0=Diabetes 6=Neoplasm
1=Lung Disease 7=Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
2=Lung Disease & Diabetes 8=AIDS & Cancer, AIDS & Diabetes
and/or AIDS & Lung Disease
3=Lung Disease & Cancer 9=Diabetes & Cancer
4=Lung Disease, Cancer & Diabetes
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92 Autopsy Performed:
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1=Yes
2=No
9=Unknown
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93 Autopsy Used:
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1=Yes
2=No
3=No Autopsy
9=Unknown
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94 Operation Performed:
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1=Yes
2=No
9=Unknown
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95-96 Place of Occurrence:
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01=Alameda 23=Mendocino 45=Shasta
02=Alpine 24=Merced 46=Sierra
03=Amador 25=Modoc 47=Siskiyou
04=Butte 26=Mono 48=Solano
05=Calaveras 27=Monterey 49=Sonoma
06=Colusa 28=Napa 50=Stanislaus
07=Contra Costa 29=Nevada 51=Sutter
08=Del Norte 30=Orange 52=Tehama
09=El Dorado 31=Placer 53=Trinity
10=Fresno 32=Plumas 54=Tulare
11=Glenn 33=Riverside 55=Toulumne
12=Humboldt 34=Sacramento 56=Ventura
13=Imperial 35=San Benito 57=Yolo
14=Inyo 36=San Bernardino 58=Yuba
15=Kern 37=San Diego 91=Canada
16=Kings 38=San Francisco 92=Mexico
17=Lake 39=San Joaquin 93=Other Countries
18=Lassen 40=San Luis Obispo 94=Guam
19=Los Angeles 41=San Mateo 95=Puerto Rico
20=Madera 42=Santa Barbara 96=Virgin Islands
21=Marin 43=Santa Clara 97=Cuba
22=Mariposa 44=Santa Cruz 98=Other U.S. States
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97 Type of Facility:
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1=State Licensed General, Except County
2=State Licensed General, County
3=State Mental
4=All Facilities Identified as Nursing Homes, Rest Homes,
Convalescent Homes, Sanitariums, Etc.
5=All Other Facilities
6=Dead on Arrival at any Facility
7=No Facility Identified, or Out of State
(Code 7 Only Used in 1989)
8=Home
9=Not a California Facility
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98 Death in Hospital:
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1=Inpatient
2=Emergency/Outpatient
3=Dead on Arrival
4=Inapplicable/Non-Hospital
9=Unknown
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99 Injured at Work:
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1=Yes
2=No
3=No Injury
9=Unknown
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100 Place of Injury:
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N=No Injury
0=Home
1=Farm
2=Mine/Quarry
3=Industrial Places
4=Recreation/Sport
5=Street and Highways
6=Public Building
7=Residential Institution
8=Other Specified Places
9=Not Specified
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101 newline record delimiter
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