Multiple Cause of Death, 1959-1967 (ICPSR 20680)

Version Date: Mar 24, 2009

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Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20680.v1

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Summary

This data collection presents information about the causes of deaths occurring in the United States during 1959 to 1967. Data are provided concerning underlying causes of death, place of death, whether there were multiple conditions that caused the death, and what those conditions were. In addition, data are provided on date of death, and on sex, race, age, marital status, and origin or descent of the deceased. Also included is information on residence of the deceased (state, county, city, region, and whether the county was a metropolitan or nonmetropolitan area). The 1967 data file does not match the PDF documentation. This file was created by comparing means and frequencies to 1967 VSUS tables and/or the 1966 file.

Citation

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death, 1959-1967. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-03-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20680.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

county

Restrictions

In preparing the data tape(s) for this collection, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has removed direct identifiers and characteristics that might lead to identification of data subjects. As an additional precaution, NCHS requires, under section 308(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m), that data collected by NCHS not be used for any purpose other than statistical analysis and reporting. NCHS further requires that analysts not use the data to learn the identity of any persons or establishments and that the director of NCHS be notified if any identities are inadvertently discovered. ICPSR member institutions and other users ordering data from ICPSR are expected to adhere to these restrictions.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1959 -- 1967

Date of Collection

1959 -- 1967

Data Collection Notes

  1. Per agreement with the National Center for health Statistics (NCHS), ICPSR distributes the data file(s) and technical documentation in this collection in their original form as prepared by NCHS.

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Universe

All deaths occurring in the United States in 1959-1967.

Data Source

death certificates

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

2009-03-24

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death, 1959-1967. ICPSR20680-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-03-24. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20680.v1

2009-03-24 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
  • Created online analysis version with question text.
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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.