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Description & Citation--Study No. 9811

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

9811

Title:

Multiple Cause of Death, 1984

Principal Investigator(s):

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics

Bibliographic Citation:

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death, 1984. ICPSR09811-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-10-10. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09811.v1

Series:

Multiple Cause of Death Series

Scope of Study

Summary:

This data collection presents information about the causes of deaths occurring in the United States during 1984. Information is provided concerning original and underlying causes of death, nature of injury, type of illness, place of death, and whether there were multiple conditions that caused the death. 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 a nonmetropolitan area). Data on whether an autopsy was performed and the site of accidents are also provided.

Subject Terms:

age, causes of death, death, death records, ethnicity, fatalities, gender, marital status, mortality rates, race

Geographic Coverage:

United States

Time Period:
  • 1984

Date of Collection:
  • 1984

Universe:

All deaths occurring in the United States during 1984.

Data Types:

administrative records data

Data Collection Notes:

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

Methodology

Data Source:

death certificates

Extent of Processing:

All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. The archive 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, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

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

Access and Availability

Note:

Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

Original ICPSR Release:

1993-04-09

Restrictions:

In preparing the data 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.

Version History:

  • 2008-10-10 New files were added. These files included one or more of the following: Stata setup, SPSS setup, SAS transport (CPORT), SPSS system, Stata system, SAS supplemental syntax, and Stata supplemental syntax files, and a tab-delimited ASCII data file.