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Death Statistical File Data Dictionary, 1980-2015Washington State Department of HealthCenter for Health Statistics, July, 2016

The following are NEW beginning with the 2012 death data: Files and code tables are being distributed in .csv format: In the .csv

flies all dates are in format DD-MMM-YY and include separate month, day, and year fields. Other differences are noted in the field description section (page 10).

Place External Injury Occurred: The National Safety Council Place Code for place an external injury occurred (injplace)is no longer available. The National Center for Health Statistics code for place an external injury occurred (injpnchs) is still available.

NCHS Bridged Race: The variable sum_race, available since 2004, is based on all races reported (with editing to remove duplicate race groups) and allows for multiple-race reporting. It is based on 1997 OMB standards. The NCHS bridged race (brg_race) variable bridges multiple-race reporting back to one of four race categories (White, Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander) and includes single race reporting. This variable allows estimation of race-specific statistics based on the four race categories used in the 1977 OMB standards of four race categories. Many national health statistics, including birth and death, continue to be reported using the 1977 OMB standards.

The following items are NEW beginning with the 2011 death data: Disposition Facility Code: It is a four digit code representing the

place of disposition.

The following items are NEW beginning with the 2010 death data: New City Codes: The following cities now have populations large enough

to have city codes: Kalama (Cowlitz county, code 0805), Okanogan (Okanogan county, code 2404), Moxee (Yakima county, code 3911)

Federal Occupation Codes: The federal occupation(occ_fed)and industry (ind_fed)codes are no longer available.

The following items are NEW beginning with the 2007 death data: Marital Status: A new code was added beginning July 2007 to include an

option for domestic partner.

The following items were new beginning with the 2006 death data: Reported Manner of Death: Beginning with the 2006 death file we have

added the reported manner of death (rinj_caus) to the end of the file.

The following sections were changed beginning with the 2004 data dictionary: Milham occupation codes: The file to define codes has been updated New State of Birth Codes: There are two new NCHS state of birth codes. New ICD-10 codes: New ICD-10 code I27.2: “Other secondary pulmonary

hypertension” New Variables: 32 new variables have been added to the end of the

layout reflecting the changes in the revised 2004 death certificate. Changes to Variables: There have also been changes to the following

variables: Education, Marital Status, Hispanic Origin, Race, Length of time at Residence, Place of death, Manner of Death, and Tobacco Use.

All data files are .csv format. The record length for the 1980-1987 files is 212, for the 1988-2003 files is 328, for the 2004-2005 files is 423, for the

2006-2010 files is 425, for the 2011 files is 429, and for the 2012 files is 431.

INDEXES - To help you find the variable you need, four separate indexes are listed at the beginning of this data dictionary. The four indexes are:

INDEX BY FIELD NUMBER - numeric 3-digit field numberINDEX BY DESCRIPTION - alphabetical by descriptive titleINDEX BY FIELD NAME - alphabetical by 8-digit field nameINDEX BY CATEGORY - alphabetical by groups of related fields

INDEX FIELD BY NUMBER Field FieldDescription Number Name Columns

Certificate Number 1 certno 1-10Sex 2 sex 11-11Date of Death 3 dth_date 12-19Race 4 race 20-20Type of Age Unit 5 ageunit 21-21Number of Age Units 6 ageunum 22-23Hispanic Origin 7 hisp 24-24Date of Birth 8 dob 25-32County and City of Occurrence 9 city_occ 33-36County of Occurrence 10 cnty_occ 33-34Facility or Institution of Death 11 facility 37-39State of Birth 12 statebir 40-41High School Graduate 13 hs_grad 42-42Marital Status (new code added 2007) 14 married 43-43County and City of Residence 15 city_res 44-47County of Residence 16 cnty_res 44-45Contributory Cause of Death 17 contrib 50-50Underlying Cause of Death 18 underly 51-54Autopsy 19 autopsy 55-55External Cause 20 inj_caus 56-56Injury Date 21 inj_date 57-64Injury Hour 22 inj_hour 65-66Injury Minute 23 inj_min 67-68Injury at Work 24 injatwrk 69-69Place External Injury Occurred 25 injplace 70-70County/City External Injury Occurred 26 city_inj 71-74County External Injury Occurred 27 cnty_inj 71-72Smoking Status 28 smoking 75-75Death Hour 29 dth_hour 76-77Death Minute 30 dth_min 78-79Classification of Attendant at Death 31 attclass 80-81Usual Occupation - Milham's Code 32 occ_sam 82-84Facility Type for Place of Death 33 fac_type 91-91ZIP Code of Residence 34 zipcode 92-96Occupation - Federal Code 35 occ_fed 97-99Industry - Federal Code 36 ind_fed 100-102Education Level 37 educ 103-105Length of Residence, Unit Type 38 resunit 106-106Length of Residence, Number of Units 39 resunum 107-108State of Residence 40 st_res 109-110State of Occurrence 41 st_occ 111-112

Death AM or PM 42 dth_ampm 114-114Citizenship status 43 citizen 115-115Age in Years 44 age 116-118Occupation - Literal 45 occ_lit 119-148Industry - Literal 46 ind_lit 149-178Emergency Care Code 47 emergent 179-179Injury Time, AM or PM 48 inj_ampm 180-180State of External Injury Occurrence 49 st_inj 181-182Armed Forces Code 50 armforce 187-187Inside City Limits Flag 51 incity 188-188Disposition Type (new codes for 2004) 52 disptype 189-189Disposition Date 53 dispdate 190-197Funeral Home Code 54 funeralc 198-201Coroner Referred 55 referred 202-202County Receive Date 56 rcvdt 203-210NCHS New Record Flag 57 nchsnew 211-211External Event Code 58 ecode 212-212TRANSAX Conversion Flag 59 transax 213-213Injury Flag for up to 20 conditions starts 60 injflg1-20 214+ICD Cause of Death Code starts 61 mltcse1-20 215+NCHS Place of Injury Code 100 injpnchs 314-314Birth Country Code 101 bcountry 315-317County File Number (blank as of 2004, see field 138)

102 cntyfile 318-323Zip code assigned by GIS software 103 geozip 324-328**** New Variables Beginning in 2004***********Zip Code of Death Occurrence 104 zip_occ 329-333Education Years If LE 8th Grade 105 edu_le8 334Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic 106 hisp_no 335Hispanic Origin, Mexican 107 hisp_mex 336Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican 108 hisp_pr 337Hispanic Origin, Cuban 109 hisp_cub 338Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic 110 hisp_oth 339Race, White 111 race_wht 340Race, Black 112 race_blk 341Race, American Indian/Alaska Native 113 race_ami 342Race, Asian Indian 114 race_asi 343Race, Chinese 115 race_chi 344Race, Filipino 116 race_fil 345Race, Japanese 117 race_jap 346Race, Korean 118 race_kor 347Race, Vietnamese 119 race_vie 348Race, Other Asian 120 race_oas 349Race, Native Hawaiian 121 race_haw 350Race, Guamanian or Chamorro 122 race_gua 351Race, Samoan 123 race_sam 352Race, Other Pacific Islander 124 race_opi 353Race, Other 125 race_oth 354Residence Tribal Reservation Code 126 res_trbc 355-357Length of Residence at Address, Unit type 127 res_lena 358Length of Residence at Address, # units 128 res_auni 359-360Informant Relationship 129 informrl 361-390Autopsy Available 130 autopava 391Zip Code Where Injury Occurred 131 zipinjoc 392-396Pregnancy Status 132 pregstat 397Tobacco Use Contributed to Death 133 tbcontri 398Transport Injury Role 134 transinj 399

Date of Death Modifier 135 dod_modi 400Occupation - Federal Code 2004 Revision 136 occfed04 401-403Industry – Federal Code 2004 Revision 137 indfed04 404-406County File Number(new 2004-longer length)138 cntyfile 407-421Decedent’s Summary Race 139 sum_race 422-423*** New Variable Beginning in 2006***Reported Manner of Death 140 rinj_caus 424**** New Variable Beginning in 2011****Disposition Facility Code 141 disp_fac 426-429**** New Variable Beginning in 2012****NCHS Bridged Race 142 brg_race 430-431________________________________________________________________________ INDEX BY DESCRIPTION Field FieldDescription Number Name Columns

Age in Years 44 age 116-118Armed Forces Code 55 armforce 187-187Autopsy 19 autopsy 55-55Autopsy Available 130 autopava 391Birth Country Code 101 bcountry 315-317Certificate Number 1 certno 1-10Citizenship status 43 citizen 115-115Classification of Attendant at Death 31 attclass 80-81Contributory Cause of Death 17 contrib 50-50Coroner Referred 55 referred 202-202County and City of Occurrence 9 city_occ 33-36County and City of Residence 15 city_res 44-47County External Injury Occurred 27 cnty_inj 71-72County File Number(blank as of 2004) 102 cntyfile 318-323County File Number(new 2004-longer length)138 cntyfile 407-421County of Occurrence 10 cnty_occ 33-34County of Residence 16 cnty_res 44-45County Receive Date 56 rcvdt 203-210County and City External Injury Occurred 26 city_inj 71-74Date of Birth 8 dob 25-32Date of Death 3 dth_date 12-19Date of Death Modifier 135 dod_modi 400Death AM or PM 42 dth_ampm 114-114Death Hour 29 dth_hour 76-77Death Minute 30 dth_min 78-79Decedent’s Summary Race 139 sum_race 422-423Disposition Date 53 dispdate 190-197Disposition Facility Code 141 disp_fac 426-429Disposition Type 52 disptype 189-189Education Level 37 educ 103-105Education Years If LE 8th Grade 105 edu_le8 334Emergency Care Code 47 emergent 179-179External Cause 20 inj_caus 56-56External Event Code 58 ecode 212-212Facility or Institution of Death 11 facility 37-39Facility Type for Place of Death 33 fac_type 91-91Funeral Home Code 54 funeralc 198-201High School Graduate 13 hs_grad 42-42Hispanic Origin 7 hisp 24-24Hispanic Origin, Cuban 109 hisp_cub 338Hispanic Origin, Mexican 107 hisp_mex 336

Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic 106 hisp_no 335Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic 110 hisp_oth 339Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican 108 hisp_pr 337ICD Cause of Death Code starts 61 mltcse1-20 215+Inside City Limits Flag 51 incity 188-188Industry - Federal Code 36 ind_fed 100-102Industry – Federal Code 2004 Revision 137 indfed04 404-406Industry - Literal 46 ind_lit 149-178Informant Relationship 129 informrl 361-390Injury at Work 24 injatwrk 69-69Injury Date 21 inj_date 57-64Injury Flag for up to 20 conditions starts 60 injflg1-20 214+Injury Hour 22 inj_hour 65-66Injury Minute 23 inj_min 67-68Injury Time, AM or PM 48 inj_ampm 180-180Length of Residence, Unit Type 38 resunit 106-106Length of Residence, Number of Units 39 resunum 107-108Length of Residence at Address, Unit type 127 res_lena 358Length of Residence at Address, # units 128 res_auni 359-360Marital Status 14 married 43-43NCHS Bridged Race 142 brg_race 430-431NCHS New Record Flag 57 nchsnew 211-211NCHS Place of Injury Code 100 injpnchs 314-314Number of Age Units 6 ageunum 22-23Occupation - Federal Code 35 occ_fed 97-99Occupation - Federal Code 2004 Revision 136 occfed04 401-403Occupation - Literal 45 occ_lit 119-148Place External Injury Occurred 25 injplace 70-70Pregnancy Status 132 pregstat 397Race 4 race 20-20Race, American Indian/Alaska Native 113 race_ami 342Race, Asian Indian 114 race_asi 343Race, Black 112 race_blk 341Race, Chinese 115 race_chi 344Race, Filipino 116 race_fil 345Race, Guamanian or Chamorro 122 race_gua 351Race, Japanese 117 race_jap 346Race, Korean 118 race_kor 347Race, Native Hawaiian 121 race_haw 350Race, Other 125 race_oth 354Race, Other Asian 120 race_oas 349Race, Other Pacific Islander 124 race_opi 353Race, Samoan 123 race_sam 352Race, Vietnamese 119 race_vie 348Race, White 111 race_wht 340Reported Manner of death 140 rinj_caus 424Residence Tribal Reservation Code 126 res_trbc 355-357Sex 2 sex 11-11Smoking Status 28 smoking 75-75State of Birth 12 statebir 40-41State of External Injury Occurrence 49 st_inj 181-182State of Occurrence 41 st_occ 111-112State of Residence 40 st_res 109-110Tobacco Use Contributed to Death 133 tbcontri 398TRANSAX Conversion Flag 59 transax 213-213Transport Injury Role 134 transinj 399Type of Age Unit 5 ageunit 21-21

Underlying Cause of Death 18 underly 51-54Usual Occupation - Milham's Code 32 occ_sam 82-84ZIP Code of Residence 34 zipcode 92-96Zip code assigned by GIS software 103 geozip 324-328Zip Code of Death Occurrence 104 zip_occ 329-333Zip Code Where Injury Occurred 131 zipinjoc 392-396______________________________________________________________________INDEX BY FIELD NAME

Field FieldName Description Number Columns

age Age in Years 44 116-118ageunit Type of Age Unit 5 21-21ageunum Number of Age Units 6 22-23armforce Armed Forces Code 50 187-187attclass Classification of Attendant at Death 31 80-81autopava Autopsy Available 130 391autopsy Autopsy 19 55-55bcountry Birth Country Code 101 315-317brg_race NCHS Bridged Race 142 430-431certno Certificate Number 1 1-10citizen Citizenship Status 43 115-115city_inj County and City External Injury Occurred 26 71-74city_occ County and City of Occurrence 9 33-36city_res County and City of Residence 15 44-47cntyfile County File Number(blank as of 2004) 102 318-323cntyfile County File Number(new 2004-longer length)138 407-421cnty_inj County External Injury Occurred 26 71-72cnty_occ County of Occurrence 10 33-34cnty_res County of Residence 16 44-45contrib Contributory Cause of Death 17 50-50disp_fac Disposition Facility Code 141 426-429dispdate Disposition Date 53 190-197disptype Disposition Type 52 189-189dob Date of Birth 8 25-32dod_modi Date of Death Modifier 135 400dth_ampm Death AM or PM 42 114-114dth_date Date of Death 3 12-19dth_hour Death Hour 29 76-77dth_min Death Minute 30 78-79ecode External Event Code 58 212-212educ Education Level 37 103-105edu_le8 Education Years If LE 8th Grade 105 334emergent Emergency Care Code 47 179-179fac_type Facility Type for Place of Death 33 91-91facility Facility or Institution of Death 11 37-39funeralc Funeral Home Code 54 198-201geozip Zip code assigned by GIS software 103 324-328hisp Hispanic Origin 7 24-24hisp_cub Hispanic Origin, Cuban 109 338hisp_mex Hispanic Origin, Mexican 107 336hisp_no Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic 106 335hisp_oth Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic 110 339hisp_pr Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican 108 337hs_grad High School Graduate 13 42-42incity Inside City Limits Flag 51 188-188

informrl Informant Relationship 129 361-390ind_fed Industry - Federal Code 36 100-102indfed04 Industry – Federal Code 2004 Revision 137 404-406ind_lit Industry - Literal 46 149-178inj_ampm Injury Time, AM or PM 48 180-180inj_caus External Cause 20 56-56inj_date Injury Date 21 57-64inj_hour Injury Hour 22 65-66inj_min Injury Minute 23 67-68injatwrk Injury at Work 24 69-69injflg1-20 Injury Flag for up to 20 Conditions starts 60 214+injplace Place External Injury Occurred 25 70-70injpnchs NCHS Place of Injury 100 314-314married Marital Status 14 43-43mltcse1-20 ICD Cause of Death Code starts 61 215+nchsnew NCHS New Record Flag 57 211-211occ_fed Occupation - Federal Code 35 97-99occfed04 Occupation - Federal Code 2004 Revision 136 401-403occ_lit Occupation - Literal 45 119-148occ_sam Usual Occupation - Milham's Code 32 82-84pregstat Pregnancy Status 132 397race Race 4 20-20race_ami Race, American Indian/Alaska Native 113 342race_asi Race, Asian Indian 114 343race_blk Race, Black 112 341race_chi Race, Chinese 115 344race_fil Race, Filipino 116 345race_gua Race, Guamanian or Chamorro 122 351race_jap Race, Japanese 117 346race_kor Race, Korean 118 347race_haw Race, Native Hawaiian 121 350race_oth Race, Other 125 354race_oas Race, Other Asian 120 349race_opi Race, Other Pacific Islander 124 353race_sam Race, Samoan 123 352race_vie Race, Vietnamese 119 348race_wht Race, White 111 340rcvdt County Receive Date 56 203-210referred Coroner Referred 55 202-202res_auni Length of Residence at Address, # units 128 359-360res_lena Length of Residence at Address, Unit type 127 358res_trbc Residence Tribal Reservation Code 126 355-357resunit Length of Residence, Unit Type 38 106-106resunum Length of Residence, Number of Units 39 107-108rinj_caus Reported Manner of Death 140 424sex Sex 2 11-11smoking Smoking Status 28 75-75st_inj State of External Injury Occurrence 49 181-182st_occ State of Occurrence 41 111-112st_res State of Residence 40 109-110statebir State of Birth 12 40-41sum_race Decedent’s Summary Race 139 422-423tbcontri Tobacco Use Contributed to Death 133 398transax TRANSAX Conversion Flag 59 213-213transinj Transport Injury Role 134 399underly Underlying Cause of Death 18 51-54zipcode ZIP Code of Residence 34 92-96

zip_occ Zip Code of Death Occurrence 104 329-333zipinjoc Zip Code Where Injury Occurred 131 392-396________________________________________________________________________INDEX BY CATEGORY

Category/Description Field Field Number Name ColumnsGeneralCertificate Number 1 certno 1-10Citizenship Status 43 citizen 115-115County File Number(blank as of 2004) 102 cntyfile 318-323County File Number(new 2004-longer length) 138 cntyfile 407-421Date of Death 3 dth_date 12-19Date of Death Modifier (new in 2004) 135 dod_modi 400Death AM or PM 42 dth_ampm 114-114Death Hour 29 dth_hour 76-77Death Minute 30 dth_min 78-79NCHS New Record Flag 57 nchsnew 211-211

DecedentAge in Years 44 age 116-118Armed Forces Code 55 armforce 187-187Birth Country Code 101 bcountry 315-317Date of Birth 8 dob 25-32Education Level 37 educ 103-105Education Years If LE 8th Grade 105 edu_le8 334High School Graduate 13 hs_grad 42-42Hispanic Origin 7 hisp 24-24Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic 106 hisp_no 335Hispanic Origin, Mexican 107 hisp_mex 336Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican 108 hisp_pr 337Hispanic Origin, Cuban 109 hisp_cub 338Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic 110 hisp_oth 339Industry - Federal Code 36 ind_fed 100-102Industry – Federal Code 2004 Revision 137 indfed04 404-406Industry - Literal 46 ind_lit 149-178Informant Relationship 129 informrl 361-390Marital Status 14 married 43-43NCHS Bridged Race 142 brg_race 430-431Number of Age Units 6 ageunum 22-23Occupation - Federal Code 35 occ_fed 97-99Occupation - Federal Code 2004 Revision 136 occfed04 401-403Occupation - Literal 45 occ_lit 119-148Pregnancy Status 132 pregstat 397Race 4 race 20-20Race, White 111 race_wht 340Race, Black 112 race_blk 341Race, American Indian/Alaska Native 113 race_ami 342Race, Asian Indian 114 race_asi 343Race, Chinese 115 race_chi 344Race, Filipino 116 race_fil 345Race, Japanese 117 race_jap 346Race, Korean 118 race_kor 347Race, Vietnamese 119 race_vie 348Race, Other Asian 120 race_oas 349Race, Native Hawaiian 121 race_haw 350Race, Guamanian or Chamorro 122 race_gua 351

Race, Samoan 123 race_sam 352Race, Other Pacific Islander 124 race_opi 353Race, Other 125 race_oth 354Sex 2 sex 11-11Smoking Status 28 smoking 75-75State of Birth 12 statebir 40-41Decedent’s Summary Race 139 sum_race 422-423Type of Age Unit 5 ageunit 21-21Usual Occupation - Milham's Code 32 occ_sam 82-84

ResidenceCounty and City of Residence 15 city_res 44-47County of Residence 16 cnty_res 44-45Inside City Limits Flag 51 incity 188-188Length of Residence, Unit Type 38 resunit 106-106Length of Residence, Number of Units 39 resunum 107-108Residence Tribal Reservation Code 126 res_trbc 355-357Length of Residence at Address, Unit type 127 res_lena 358Length of Residence at Address, # units 128 res_auni 359-360State of Residence 40 st_res 109-110ZIP Code of Residence 34 zipcode 92-96Zip code assigned by GIS software 103 geozip 324-328

OccurrenceClassification of Attendant at Death 31 attclass 80-81County and City of Occurrence 9 city_occ 33-36County of Occurrence 10 cnty_occ 33-34County Receive Date 56 rcvdt 203-210Disposition Date 53 dispdate 190-197Disposition Facility Code 141 disp_fac 426-429Disposition Type 52 disptype 189-189Emergency Care Code 47 emergent 179-179Facility or Institution of Death 11 facility 37-39Facility Type for Place of Death 33 fac_type 91-91Funeral Home Code 54 funeralc 198-201State of External Injury Occurrence 49 st_inj 181-182State of Occurrence 41 st_occ 111-112Zip Code of Death Occurrence 104 zip_occ 329-333Zip Code Where Injury Occurred 131 zipinjoc 392-396

Underlying CauseAutopsy 19 autopsy 55-55Autopsy Available 130 autopava 391Coroner Referred 55 referred 202-202County and City External Injury Occurred 26 city_inj 71-74County External Injury Occurred 27 cnty_inj 71-72External Cause 20 inj_caus 56-56External Event Code 58 ecode 212-212Injury at Work 24 injatwrk 69-69Injury Date 21 inj_date 57-64Injury Hour 22 inj_hour 65-66Injury Minute 23 inj_min 67-68Injury Time, AM or PM 48 inj_ampm 180-180NCHS Place of Injury Code 100 injpnchs 314-314Place External Injury Occurred 25 injplace 70-70Reported Manner of Death 140 rinj_caus 424

Tobacco Use Contributed to Death 133 tbcontri 398Transport Injury Role 134 transinj 399Underlying Cause of Death 18 underly 51-54

Multiple CauseContributory Cause of Death 17 contrib 50-50ICD Cause of Death Code and starts 61 mltcse1-20 215+Injury Flag for up to 20 Conditions starts 60 injflg1-20 214+TRANSAX Conversion Flag 59 transax 213-213

Field Field Column Field DataNo. Name Loc. Len. Type Description____________________________________________________________________________

1 certno 1-10 10 C Certificate NumberThe first four digits indicate the

year of death..csv file also has cernum field with year and lead zeros dropped.

2 sex 11-11 1 C Sex

***1980-Present***F - FemaleM - MaleU - Unknown

3 dth_date 12-19 8 N Date of Death

***1980-Present***YYYYMMDD 99999999 - Unknown/Not Stated

4 race 20-20 1 C Race Coding of race follows the National Center for Health Statistics(NCHS)guidelines. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Race/Hispanic Ethnicity”.

***2004-Present***Uses race assigned by NCHS bridging methods (see Death Statistical File Data Notes for description). Coding same as in previous years, plus:Blank – Not processed by NCHS

***1992-2003***1 – White 2 - Black3 - Native American4 - Chinese5 - Japanese6 - Other Non-White7 - Filipino

8 - Refused to State9 - Unknown/Not StatedA - HawaiianB - Other Asian/Pacific IslanderC - Mexican/Chicano/HispanicD - Asian IndianE - KoreanF - SamoanG - VietnameseH – Guamanian/Chamorro

***1988-1991***1 - White2 - Black3 - Native American/Alaska Native4 - Chinese5 - Japanese6 - Other Non-White7 - Filipino8 - Refused to State9 - Unknown/Not StatedA - HawaiianB - Other Asian/Pacific IslanderC - Mexican/Chicano/HispanicNote: Code ‘C’ has different meaning in 1980-1987.

***1980-1987***1 - White2 - Black3 - Native American4 - Chinese5 - Japanese6 - Other Non-White7 - Filipino8 - Refused to State9 - Unknown/Not StatedA - HawaiianB - Other Asian/Pacific IslanderC - Mexican/ChicanoNote: Code ‘C’ has different

meaning in 1988-1991.

5 ageunit 21-21 1 C Age Unit Type Indicates the unit in which age was reported (e.g., years,months,etc.). To determine age of decedent at time of death use this field with the number of age unit (ageunum). Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Age at Death.”

***1980-Present***0 - Years 1 to 991 - Years 100 or more2 - Months

4 - Days5 - Hours6 - Minutes9 - Unknown/Not Stated

6 ageunum 22-23 2 N Age, Number of UnitsUse number of age units (ageunum)

with the age unit (ageunit) field to determine age of decedent at time of death. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Age at Death.”

Range of correct values are:

***1980-Present***01-99 - Years 1 to 9900-99 - Years 100 or more01-11 - Months01-03 - Weeks01-31 - Days01-23 - Hours01-59 - Minutes99 - Unknown/Not Stated**Note: Age is unknown if ageunit=9 and ageunum=99.

7 hisp 24-24 1 C Hispanic OriginCoding follows NCHS guidelines.

Note: Hispanic ethnicity data are not complete for 1988. Before using this field, see “Death

Statistical File Data Notes - Race/Hispanic Ethnicity.”

***2004-Present***Uses Hispanic ethnicity assigned by NCHS bridging methods (see Death

Statistical File Data Notes for description). Coding same as in previous years, plus:

Blank – Not processed by NCHS

***1996-2003***0 - Non-Hispanic1 - Mexican2 - Puerto Rican3 - Cuban4 - Central or South American5 - Other and Unknown Hispanic9 - Unknown/Not Stated

***1988-1995***0 - Non-Hispanic

1 - Mexican2 - Puerto Rican3 - Cuban4 - Central or South American5 - Other Hispanic6 - Unknown Hispanic9 - Unknown/Not Stated

***1980-1987***Blank Field

8 dob 25-32 8 N Date of Birth

***1980-Present***YYYYMMDD 99999999 - Unknown/Not Stated

9 city_occ 33-36 4 C County and City of OccurrenceCity in which the death occurred.

If the death occurred in Washington State, this field will be greater than “0000.”

If a death occurs in a place with a population less than 2,500, it is assigned to the rural portion of the county.

Note: Use this field to select deaths occurring in a specific county or city. See the

County and City of Residence (city_res) to select by place of residence.

Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-

City/County/State of Residence and Occurrence.”

***1980-Present***0000 - Non-Washington State or

Unknown

0100 - Adams County rural 0103 - Othello

0200 - Asotin County rural 0203 - Clarkston

0300 - Benton County rural 0301 - Kennewick 0302 - Richland 0303 - Prosser 0304 - West Richland(1981-Present)0305 – Benton City (2001-Present)

0400 - Chelan County rural 0402 - Wenatchee

0403 - Chelan0404 - Cashmere (1992-Present)

0500 - Clallam County rural 0501 - Forks(1981-Present)0502 - Port Angeles 0503 - Sequim

0600 - Clark County rural 0602 - Vancouver 0603 - Camas 0604 - Washougal 0605 - Battle Ground0606 – Ridgefield (2006-Present)0607 – La Center (2009-Present)

0700 - Columbia County rural

0703 - Dayton(1980-1989, 1992- Present)

0800 - Cowlitz County rural 0802 - Longview 0803 - Kelso 0804 - Woodland(1984-Present)0805 – Kalama(2010-Present)

0900 - Douglas County rural 0901 - East Wenatchee(1992-Present)

1000 - Ferry County rural

1100 - Franklin County rural 1102 - Pasco1103 - Connell (1994-Present)

1200 - Garfield County rural

1300 - Grant County rural 1304 - Ephrata 1305 - Moses Lake 1306 - Quincy 1307 – Mattawa (2001-Present)1308 – Warden (2001-Present)

1400 - Grays Harbor County rural 1401 - Aberdeen 1402 - Hoquiam 1403 - Montesano1404 - Elma(1980-1984,1992-Present)1405 - Ocean Shores(1993-Present)

1500 - Island County rural 1503 - Oak Harbor

1600 - Jefferson County rural 1603 - Port Townsend

1700 - King County rural 1701 - Seattle 1702 - Renton 1703 - Auburn 1704 - Enumclaw 1705 - Kent 1706 - Kirkland 1707 - Bellevue 1708 - Normandy Park1709 - Mercer Island 1710 - Redmond1711 - Bothell1712 - Clyde Hill(1981,1987, 1992

Present)1713 - Des Moines1714 - Issaquah1715 - Lake Forest Park(1987-

Present)1716 - Medina1717 - Tukwila1718 - Pacific(1986-Present)1719 - Federal Way(1990-Present)1720 - SeaTac(1990-Present)1721 - Duvall(1992-Present)1722 - North Bend(1992-Present)1723 - Burien(1993-Present)1724 - Woodinville(1993-Present)1725 - Newcastle (1995-Present)1726 – Shoreline (1997-Present)1727 – Black Diamond (1998-Present)1728 – Covington (1998-Present)1729 – Maple Valley (1998-Present)

1730 – Kenmore (2000-Present)1731 – Sammamish (2000-Present)1732 – Algona (2001-Present)1733 – Snoqualmie (2001-Present)

1800 - Kitsap County rural 1802 - Bremerton 1803 - Port Orchard 1804 - Poulsbo1805 - Bainbridge Island(formerly

Winslow)(1985-Present)

1900 - Kittitas County rural 1903 - Ellensburg

2000 - Klickitat County rural 2003 - Goldendale

2100 - Lewis County rural 2103 - Centralia 2104 - Chehalis

2200 - Lincoln County rural

2300 - Mason County rural

2303 - Shelton

2400 - Okanogan County rural 2403 - Omak 2410 – Okanogan(2010-Present)

2500 - Pacific County rural 2503 - Raymond

2600 - Pend Oreille County rural

2700 - Pierce County rural 2701 - Tacoma 2702 - Puyallup 2703 - Sumner 2704 - Buckley 2705 - Fircrest2706 - Bonney Lake2707 - Milton2708 - Steilacoom2709 - Gig Harbor(1984-Present)2710 - Fife(1987-Present)2711 - Edgewood (1996-Present)2712 - Lakewood (1996-Present)2713 - University Place (1996-

Present)2714 – Orting (1997-Present)2715 – Du Pont (2001-Present)2716 – Auburn (2006-Present)

2800 - San Juan County rural

2900 - Skagit County rural 2903 - Anacortes 2904 - Mount Vernon 2905 - Sedro Woolley 2906 - Burlington

3000 - Skamania County rural

3100 - Snohomish County rural 3101 - Arlington3102 - Everett 3103 - Snohomish 3104 - Edmonds 3105 - Lynnwood 3106 - Marysville 3107 - Mountlake Terrace 3108 - Brier3109 - Monroe3110 - Mukilteo(1982-Present)3111 - Mill Creek(1985-Present)3112 - Lake Stevens(1988-Present)3113 - Bothell(1993-Present)3114 - Sultan (1994-Present)3115 - Stanwood (1995-Present)3116 – Granite Falls (2001-Present)

3200 - Spokane County rural 3201 - Spokane (City)3203 - Medical Lake 3204 - Cheney 3205 - Airway Heights (1994-Present)3206 - Deer Park (1994-Present)

3207 – Liberty Lake (2003-present)3208 – Spokane Valley(2004-present)

3300 - Stevens County rural 3303 - Colville

3400 - Thurston County rural 3402 - Olympia 3403 - Tumwater 3404 – Lacey3405 – Yelm (1998-Present)

3500 - Wahkiakum County rural

3600 - Walla Walla County rural 3602 - Walla Walla (City)3603 - College Place

3700 - Whatcom County rural 3702 - Bellingham 3703 - Lynden 3704 - Ferndale3705 - Blaine(1980,1990-Present)3706 – Everson (2015-Present)

3800 - Whitman County rural 3802 - Pullman 3803 - Colfax

3900 - Yakima County rural 3902 - Yakima (City)3903 - Sunnyside 3904 - Toppenish 3905 - Grandview 3906 - Wapato 3907 - Selah 3908 - Union Gap3909 – Granger (2001-Present)3910 – Zillah (2006-Present)3911 – Moxee (2010-Present)

10 cnty_occ 33-34 2 C County of OccurrenceCounty in which the death occurred. If the death occurred in Washington State, this field will be greater

than “00.”

Note: Use this field to select deaths occurring in a specific county. See the County of

Residence(cnty_res) to select by county of residence. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-City/County/State of Residence and Occurrence.”

***1980-Present***00 - Non-Washington State or Unknown01 - Adams County 02 - Asotin County 03 - Benton County 04 - Chelan County 05 - Clallam County 06 - Clark County 07 - Columbia County 08 - Cowlitz County 09 - Douglas County 10 - Ferry County 11 - Franklin County 12 - Garfield County 13 - Grant County 14 - Grays Harbor County 15 - Island County 16 - Jefferson County 17 - King County 18 - Kitsap County 19 - Kittitas County 20 - Klickitat County 21 - Lewis County 22 - Lincoln County 23 - Mason County 24 - Okanogan County 25 - Pacific County 26 - Pend Oreille County 27 - Pierce County 28 - San Juan County 29 - Skagit County 30 - Skamania County 31 - Snohomish County 32 - Spokane County 33 - Stevens County 34 - Thurston County 35 - Wahkiakum County 36 - Walla Walla County 37 - Whatcom County 38 - Whitman County 39 - Yakima County

11 facility 37-39 3 C Facility or Institution of DeathBefore using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Facility of Death”. For code table see “facility.csv” in documentation.

12 statebir 40-41 2 C State of Birth NCHS state code. In addition to the 50 states, the District of Columbia,

the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico receive unique codes in this field.

***1980-Present***01 - Alabama02 - Alaska03 - Arizona04 - Arkansas05 - California06 - Colorado07 - Connecticut08 - Delaware09 - District of Columbia10 - Florida11 - Georgia12 - Hawaii13 - Idaho14 - Illinois15 - Indiana16 - Iowa17 - Kansas18 - Kentucky19 - Louisiana20 - Maine21 - Maryland22 - Massachusetts23 - Michigan24 - Minnesota25 - Mississippi26 - Missouri27 - Montana28 - Nebraska29 - Nevada30 - New Hampshire31 - New Jersey32 - New Mexico33 - New York34 - North Carolina35 - North Dakota36 - Ohio37 - Oklahoma38 - Oregon39 - Pennsylvania40 - Rhode Island41 - South Carolina42 - South Dakota43 - Tennessee44 - Texas45 - Utah46 - Vermont47 - Virginia48 - Washington49 - West Virginia50 - Wisconsin51 - Wyoming52 - Puerto Rico

53 - Virgin Islands54 - Guam55 - Canada56 - Cuba57 - Mexico59 - Other Foreign60 - American Samoa69 - Marianas90 - United States (Unspecified)91 - Refused to State99 - Not Classifiable

13 hs_grad 42-42 1 C High School GraduateIndicates whether the decedent was a high school graduate. In 1992 the question was changed to highest grade completed, see education level (educ).

***1992-Present***Blank Field

***1988-1991***1 - Yes2 - No9 - Not reported

***1980-1987***Blank Field

14 married 43-43 1 C Marital Status

***July 2007-present***1 – Never married2 – Married3 – Divorced4 – Widowed5 – Separated6 – Domestic Partner9 - Unknown

***2004-June 2007***1 – Never married2 – Married3 – Divorced4 – Widowed5 – Separated9 - Unknown

***1980-2003***1 - Single2 - Married3 - Divorced4 - Widowed9 - Unknown/Not Stated

15 city_res 44-47 4 C County and City of Residence

If the residence is in Washington State, this field will be

greater than “0000.”

If the place of residence has a population less than 2,500, it is assigned to the rural portion of the county.

Note: Use this field to select deaths for residents in a

specific county or city. See the County and City of Occurrence (city_occ) to select by place of occurrence.

Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-City/ County/State of Residence and Occurrence.”

For a list of the codes, see the county and city of occurrence (city_occ) field.

16 cnty_res 44-45 2 C County of Residence If the death occurred in Washington State, this field will be greater

than “00.”

Note: Use this field to select deaths for residents in a

specific county. See the County of Occurrence (cnty_occ) to select by county of occurrence. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-City/County/State of Residence and Occurrence.”

For a list of the codes, see the county of occurrence

(cnty_occ) field.

17 contrib 50-50 1 C Contributory Cause of DeathThis field was collected until

1988. It was dropped due toimplementation of an automated

coding system for contributory causes known as Mortality

Medical Indexing, Classification, and Retrieval (MICAR). See TRANSAX multiple cause of death fields (injflg1-injflg20, mltcse1-

mltcse20).


***1984-1987***0 - None1 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

(SIDS)2 - Tuberculosis3 - Cancer4 - Diabetes Mellitus5 - Motor Vehicle Accident6 - Other Accident7 - Fall8 - Operations9 - Heart ConditionsA - HypertensionB - MalformationBlank - Not Coded

***1980-1983***0 - None1 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

(SIDS)2 - Tuberculosis3 - Cancer4 - Diabetes Mellitus5 - Motor Vehicle Accident6 - Other Accident7 - Fall8 - Operations9 - Heart ConditionsA - HypertensionBlank - Not Coded

18 underly 51-54 4 C Underlying Cause of DeathNote: .csv files also includes a field named underly3 with the first 3 digits of the code.

***1999-Present***For ICD-10 Codes see http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en. For those causes that do not have a fourth digit, the last digit in this field will be blank. The decimal point for the ICD-10 code is not included, but is implied between the 3rd and 4th digit of the value in this field. Before using this field, see documents in http://www.doh.wa.gov/DataandStatisticalReports/VitalStatisticsData/DeathData/ICD10ICD9CodingCauseofDeath.aspx and see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Underlying Cause of Death.” A list of ICD-10 codes can be found in“icd10.docx” in documentation.

http://www.doh.wa.gov/DataandStatisticalReports/VitalStatisticsData/DeathData/ICD10ICD9CodingCauseofDeath.aspx



http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en


New ICD-10 codes for terrorism (U01-U03) were added in 2001. ***1980-1998***For ICD-9 Codes see http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd9.htm For those causes that do not have a fourth digit, the last digit in this field will be blank. The decimal point for the ICD-9 code is not included, but is implied between the 3rd and 4th digit of the value in this field. For example, a value of 052 translates into an ICD-9 code of 052 (chicken pox) while a code of 0410 translates into 041.0 (Strep infection). Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Underlying Cause of Death” and the external event code (ecode)field for external event coding. Codes in the range of 00.0-999.9 in this field will always have an associated E code. A list of ICD-9 codes can be found in “icd9.docx” in documentation.

19 autopsy 55-55 1 C AutopsyIndicates whether an autopsy was

performed.

***1980-Present***1 - Yes2 - No9 - Unknown/Not Reported

20 inj_caus 56-56 1 C External CauseIndicates type of injury, when an

external injury occurred. Reported when such injury was either the underlying cause of death or a

contributing cause.

***2004-Present0 – Not Reported1 – Natural2 – Accident3 – Suicide4 – Homicide5 – Undetermined6 – Pending

***1980-2003***1 - Not Applicable2 - Accident

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd9.htm

3 - Suicide4 - Homicide5 - Undetermined

21 inj_date 57-64 8 N Injury DateDate external injury occurred.

***1980-Present***YYYYMMDD 99999999 - Unknown/Not StatedBlank - Not Applicable

22 inj_hour 65-66 2 C Injury HourThe time in which the external

injury occurred in 24-hour format.

Midnight has a value of ‘24’, any time after midnight but before

1 am has a value of ‘00’. For related information, see the injury

time, AM or PM (inj_ampm) field. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Time of Death/Injury (Hours, Minutes AM/PM).”

***1980-Present***00-2499 - Unknown/Not StatedBlank - Not Applicable

23 inj_min 67-68 2 C Injury MinuteThe time in which the external

injury occurred specified to the minute. This field was first

collected in 1992. Records prior to 1992 will have a value of ‘30’ unless the record has recently been updated in which case an actual value will be found. Before using

this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Time of

Death/Injury Hours, Minutes, AM/PM).”

***1992-Present***00-5999 - Unknown/Not StatedBlank - Not Applicable

***1980-1991***30 - Default Value

24 injatwrk 69-69 1 C Injury at WorkIndicates whether external injury

occurred at work.

***1980-Present***0 - Not Applicable1 – Yes2 – No9 - Unknown

25 injplace 70-70 1 C Place External Injury Occurred Before using this field, see

“Death Statistical File Data Notes–Place External Injury Occurred.” In 2012, the place of injury is no longer coded using the National Safety Council Place Codes and the field NCHS Place of Injury (injpnchs) should be used alone.


***1995-2011***A - AgricultureB - Mining, Quarrying, Oil and Gas

WellsC - ConstructionD - ManufacturingE - Transportation and Public

UtilityF - TradeG - ServiceH - GovernmentI - Other and Unspecified IndustryJ - HomeK - PublicL - Unknown/Not StatedM - Nursing HomeN - PrisonP - HospitalBlank - Not Applicable



UtilityF - TradeG - ServiceH - GovernmentI - Other and Unspecified IndustryJ - HomeK - PublicL - Unknown/Not StatedM - Nursing Home

N - PrisonBlank - Not Applicable



UtilityF - TradeG - ServiceH - GovernmentI - Other and Unspecified IndustryJ - HomeK - PublicL - Unknown/Not StatedBlank - Not Applicable

***1980-1982***0 - Home1 - Farm2 - Mine & Quarry3 - Industrial Place, Premise4 - Place for Recreation & Sport5 - Street & Highway6 - Public Building7 - Resident Institution8 - Other Specified Place9 - UnknownBlank - Not Applicable

26 city_inj 71-74 4 C County and City of External Injury If an external injury occurred in Washington State, this field will be greater than ‘0000.’

If the injury occurs in a place with a population less than 2,500, it is assigned to the rural portion of the county.


City/County/State of Residence and Occurrence.”

For a list of the codes, see the county and city of

occurrence (city_occ) field.

27 cnty_inj 71-72 2 C County of External Injury If an external injury occurred in Washington State, this field will be greater than ‘00.’

For a list of the codes, see the county of occurrence

(cnty_occ) field.

28 smoking 75-75 1 C Smoking StatusIndicates whether decedent smoked in last 15 years.

***Blank beginning in 2004*** Replaced by new field at end

of file: tbcontri

***1988-2004***1 - Yes2 - No9 - Unknown/Not stated

***1980-1987***0 - Not Collected

29 dth_hour 76-77 2 C Death HourThe time at which the decedent died in 24-hour format. Midnight has a value of ‘24’, any time after midnight but before 1 am has a value of ‘00’. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Time of Death/Injury (Hours, Minutes, AM/PM).” For related information, see the death AM or PM (dth_ampm) field.

**1980-Present***00-2499 - Unknown/Not Stated

30 dth_min 78-79 2 C Death MinuteThe time at which the decedent died specified to the minute. This field was first collected in 1992. Records prior to 1992 will have a value of ‘30’ unless the record has recently been updated in which case an actual value will be found. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Time of Death/Injury (Hours, Minutes, AM/PM).”

***1992-Present***00-5999 - Unknown/Not Stated

***1980-1991***30 - Default Value

31 attclass 80-81 2 C Classification of Certifier at Death


Classification of Attendant at Death.”

***1998-Present***01 - Physician, MD02 - Coroner/Pathologist03 - Osteopath, DO04 - Chiropractor05 – Sanipractor06 – Physician’s Assistant07 – Nurse Practitioner09 - Other

***1980-1997***01 - Physician, MD02 - Coroner/Pathologist03 - Osteopath, DO04 - Chiropractor05 – Sanipractor09 - Other

32 occ_sam 82-84 3 C Usual Occupation - Sam Milham’s code.

Sam Milham occupation codes are obtained from a computer program which uses the occupation and industrial literal fields. This program coded about 95% of the records; the remaining 5% need to be hand-coded. The hand coding has not been done for 1993-1996 and for a portion of the 1992 records. For further information please see the “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Occupation (Milham and Federal Codes) and Industry (Federal Codes).” For code table see “occmil.csv” in documentation.

Note: There are codes on the file which are invalid.

***1993-Present***Note: About 5% not coded.

***1992*** Note: Coding complete up to

certificate number 14501. For remaining records about 5% not coded.

***1980-1991***

For code table see “occmil.csv” in documentation.

33 fac_type 91-91 1 C Facility Type for Place of DeathBefore using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Facility of Death”.

***2004-Present***0 – Home1 – Other2 – Dead on Arrival3 – Emergency Room4 – Hospital Inpatient5 – Nursing Home6 – Hospital7 – Hospice9 - Unknown

***1980-2003***0 - Home1 - Other Place2 - In Transport3 - Emergency Room4 - Hospital5 - Nursing Home (includes hospice)9 - Unknown

34 zipcode 92-96 5 C ZIP Code of ResidenceFive digit zip code.

***1989-Present***99999 - Unknown/Not Stated

***1980-1988**Blank Field

35 occ_fed 97-99 3 C Usual Occupation - Federal CodeCoded by the Census Bureau coding

system. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes–Occupation (Milham and Federal Codes) and Industry(Federal Codes).”

***2010-present***999 – Not Collected

***1993-2009***The 1990 census codes are used.For code table see “occfed93.csv” in documentation.

***1988-1992***The 1980 census codes are used. For code table see “occfed88.csv” in

documentation. Note: Large number of ‘999’(Not Reported) values in 1988.

***1980-1987***Blank Field

36 ind_fed 100-102 3 C Industry - Federal CodeCoded by the Census Bureau coding system. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes–Occupation (Milham and Federal Codes) and Industry (Federal Codes).”

***2010-present***990 – Not Collected

***1993-2009***For code table see “indfed93.csv” in documentation.

***1988-1992***For code table see “indfed88.csv” in documentation. Note: Large number of ‘990’(Not Reported) values in 1988.

***1980-1987***Blank Field

37 educ 103-105 3 N Education LevelHighest grade completed by the

decedent. For related educational information see the high school graduate (hs_grad) field. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes- Education.”

***2004-Present***01 – 8th grade or less02 – 9th-12th grade, no diploma03 – High school graduate or GED04 – Some college, no degree05 – Associate degree 06 – Bachelor’s degree07 – Master’s degree08 – Doctorate or Professional

degree09 – Unknown (09 or 99)

***1992-2003***000 - No Education001 - Completed first grade002 - Completed second grade

003 - Completed third grade004 - Completed fourth grade005 - Completed fifth grade006 - Completed sixth grade007 - Completed seventh grade008 - Completed eighth grade009 - Completed ninth grade010 - Completed tenth grade011 - Completed eleventh grade012 - High school graduate013 - Completed 1 year of college014 - Completed 2 years of college015 - Completed 3 years of college016 - College graduate017 - Post graduate work099 - Unknown/Not stated (note that

SAS program changes these codes to missing values)

***1980-1991***099 - Not Collected

38 resunit 106-106 1 C Length of Residence, Unit TypeIndicates the unit in which length

of residence was reported (e.g., years, months, weeks, etc.). To determine length of residence use unit type (resunit) with the number of units (resunum).

***Blank beginning in 2004*** Replaced by new field at end of file: res_lena

***1992-2003***0 - Years 1 to 991 - Years 100 or more2 - Months3 - Weeks4 - Days5 - Hours6 - Minutes9 - Unknown/Not Stated

***1980-1991***9 - Not Collected

39 resunum 107-108 2 N Length of Residence, Number of Units

Use number of units (resunum) with the unit type (resunit) field

to determine length of residence.

***Blank beginning in 2004*** Replaced by new field at end of file: res_auni

***1992-2003***Range of correct values are: 01-99 - Years 1 to 9900-99 - Years 100 or more01-11 - Months01-03 - Weeks01-31 - Days01-23 - Hours01-59 - Minutes99 - Unknown/Not Stated**Note: Length of residence is unknown if resunit=9 and resunum=99.

***1980-1991***99 - Not Collected

40 st_res 109-110 2 C State of ResidenceNCHS state code. In addition to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico receive unique codes in this field. For a list of the codes, see the birth state of decedent (statebir)field.

41 st_occ 111-112 2 C State of OccurrenceNCHS state code. In addition to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico receive unique codes in this field. For a list of codes, see the birth state of decedent (statebir) field.

42 dth_ampm 114-114 1 C Death AM or PMThe time at which the decedent died. This field will have a value only if AM or PM was written on the death certificate but the hour of death was not given. If the hour of death was given, then the hour was entered in the death hour (dth_hour) field. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Time of Death/Injury (Hours, Minutes, AM/PM).”

***1980-Present***A - AMP - PMBlank - Not Applicable

43 citizen 115-115 1 C Citizenship StatusIndicates decedent’s citizenship.


***1989-1991***1 - US citizen2 - Not US citizen9 - Unknown

***1988***Blank Field

***1980-1987***1 - US citizen2 - Not US citizen9 - Unknown

44 age 116-118 3 N Age in YearsCalculated from the age unit

(ageunit) and the number of age units (ageunum) fields. This is based on the age given by the

informant on the death certificate. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-Age at Death.”

***1980-Present***0 - Less than 1 year999 – Unknown

45 occ_lit 119-148 30 C Occupation LiteralThe usual occupation of the decedent as reported by the informant on the death certificate.

***1992-Present***Literal Field


***1989-1990***Literal Field

***1980-1988***Blank Field

46 ind_lit 149-178 30 C Industry LiteralThe type of industry in which the

decedent was employed most of his/her life as reported by

the informant on the death certificate.

***1992-Present***Literal Field


***1989-1990***Literal Field

***1980-1988***Blank Field

47 emergent 179-179 1 C Emergency Care CodeIndicates whether emergency care was given to the decedent.


***1980-1987***1 - Yes2 - No9 - Unknown/Not Stated

48 inj_ampm 180-180 1 C Injury Time, AM or PMThe time at which the external injury occurred. This field will only contain an entry if AM or PM was written on the death certificate but the specific hour of injury was not given. If the hour of injury was given, then the hour was entered in the injury hour (inj_hour) field. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes - Time of Death/Injury (Hours, Minutes, AM/PM).”

***1980-Present***A - AMP - PMBlank - Not Applicable

49 st_inj 181-182 2 C State of External Injury Occurrence NCHS state code. In addition to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico receive unique codes in this field. For a list of the codes, see the birth state of decedent (statebir) field. Note: ‘00’ code indicates no external injury.

50 armforce 187-187 1 C Armed Forces CodeIndicates whether the decedent ever served in the United States Armed

Forces.

***1980-Present***1 - Yes2 - No9 - Unknown/Not Stated

51 incity 188-188 1 C Inside City Limits FlagIndicates whether the decedent’s

place of residence was reported as being inside city limits.

***1992-Present***N - NoY - YesU - Unknown/Not Stated

***1980-1991***Blank Field

52 disptype 189-189 1 C Disposition TypeIndicates the manner of disposition used for the remains of the

decedent.

***2004-Present***1 – Burial2 – Cremation3 – Removal from State4 – Donation (medical research)5 – Body Not Recovered6 – Entombment7 – Other9 - Unknown

***1980-2003***1 - Burial2 - Cremation3 - Removal4 - Medical Research5 - Body Not Recovered9 - Unknown

53 dispdate 190-197 8 N Disposition DateIndicates the date on which the

remains of the decedent were disposed of through

burial, cremation, or some other method.

***1985-Present***YYYYMMDD99999999 - Unknown/Not Stated

***1980-1984***99999999 - Not Collected

54 funeralc 198-201 4 C Funeral Home Code

Code for facility that handled the disposition of the remains of

the decedent. (NOTE: This is an unedited field which may

contain errors due to data entry.)

***1991-Present***For code table see “funeral.csv” in documentation.

***1980-1990***Blank Field

55 referred 202-202 1 C Coroner ReferredIndicates whether the death was referred to a medical examiner or

coroner. The coroner or medical examiner may decide not to take jurisdiction and may allow a physician to certify the cause-of- death.

***1980-Present***1 - Yes2 - Not9 - Unknown/Not Stated

56 rcvdt 203-210 8 N County Receive DateThe date the death certificate was

received at the county registrar’s office.

***1980-Present***YYYYMMDD99999999 - Unknown/Not Stated

57 nchsnew 211-211 1 C NCHS New Record FlagThis field pertains to deaths that occurred in Washington State. It indicates records added since the cutoff date (approximately May 31) of certificates to be used by the National Center for Health Statistics in compiling national statistics for the previous year. Data contained in this file may not match national statistics precisely due to the addition of these records received after the NCHS cutoff date and corrections to the file.


***1994-1999***X - New Record

***1980-1993***Blank Field

58 ecode 212-212 1 C External Event CodeFor years prior to 1999, Seehttp://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd9.htm . To determine the underlying cause of death for injury and poisoning, the external event is coded rather than the injury from the external event. Note that the underlying cause of death cannot be an injury (ICD-9 800-999). In these deaths the underlying cause of death is the external event (ICD-9 E800-E999) that resulted in the injury. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes-External Cause of Death”.

***1980-Present***E - External EventBlank - No External Event

59 transax 213-213 1 C TRANSAX Conversion FlagGenerated by Translation of Axis

(TRANSAX), indicates that an alteration of the

literal codes has occurred.


***1988-1998***3 - Conversion using non-ambivalent

table entries4 - Conversion using ambivalent

table entries5 - Duplicate entity-axis codes

deleted; no other action involved

6 - Artificial code conversion, no other action

Blank - No Action

***1980-1987***Blank Field

TRANSAX Multiple Cause Coding Record Axis Conditions (TRANSAX)Space has been provided for a maximum of 20 conditions. Each condition takes 5 positions in the record. Records that do not have 20 conditions are blank in the unused area. Before using this field, see



“Death Statistical File Data Notes-Multiple Cause of Death.”

***1999-Present***Position 1: Blank space.

Position 2-5: ICD-10 Cause Code, see http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en for ICD-10 codes.

60 injflg1 214-214 1 C Condition 1 – Blank 61 mltcse1 215-218 4 C Condition 1 - ICD-10 Cause Code

62 injflg2 219-219 1 C Condition 2 - Blank63 mltcse2 220-223 4 C Condition 2 - ICD-10 Cause Code





















***1988-1998***Position 1: Injury FlagThere are two sets of codes in the range of 800.0-999.9: nature of injury codes (without an E) and codes for external events (E8000-E9999). This field identifies which type of code is used with the associated ICD-9 code in position 2-5.

1 - Indicates that the code is a nature of injury code if the

ICD-9 code is in the range of 800.0-999.

0 – Indicates that the code is an external event code (preceded by an E) IF the ICD-9 code is in the range of 800.0-999.9

Position 2-5: ICD-9 Cause Code, see http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd9.htm for ICD-9 codes.

60 injflg1 214-214 1 C Condition 1 - Injury Flag 61 mltcse1 215-218 4 C Condition 1 – ICD-9 Cause Code

62 injflg2 219-219 1 C Condition 2 - Injury Flag63 mltcse2 220-223 4 C Condition 2 – ICD-9 Cause Code





http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd9.htm%20















***1980-1987***Blank Field

100 injpnchs 314-314 1 C NCHS Place of Injury Code

***1999-Present***0 – Home (Excludes: abandoned or derelict house (8), home under construction, but not yet occupied(6), institutional place of residence (1); Includes: about home, apartment, army camp, boarding house, cabin, caravan (trailer) park – residential, farm house, Hogan,

home premises, home sidewalk, home swimming pool, house (residential), noninstitutional place of residence, penthouse, private driveway to home, private garage, private garden to home, private walk to home, private wall to home, residence, rooming house, swimming pool in private home or garden, trailer camp or court, yard (not otherwise specified), yard to home)

1 – Residential Institution (Includes: almshouse, army camp, children’s home, dormitory fraternity house, home for the sick, hospice, institution (any type), jail, military (camp)(reservation), nurse’s home, nursing home, old people’s home, orphanage, penitentiary, pensioner’s home, prison, prison camp, reform school, sorority house, state hospital)

2 – School, other institution and public administrative area(Excludes: building under construction (6), residential institution (1), sports and athletic areas (3); Includes: armory, assembly hall, campus, child center, church, cinema, clubhouse, college, country club, court house, dance hall, day care, day nursery, drive in theater, fire house, gallery, health club, health resort, health spa, hospital, institute of higher learning, kindergarten, library, mission, movie house, museum, music hall, night club, opera house, playground at school, police precinct, police station or cell, post office, private club, public hall, salvation army, school(grounds)(yard), school (private)(public) (state), theatre, Turkish bath, University, YMCA, youth center, YWCA

3 – Sports and Athletics Area (Excludes: swimming pool or tennis court in private home or garden (0); Includes: baseball field, basketball court, cricket ground, dude ranch, fives court, football field, golf course, gymnasium, hockey field, hunting cabin, ice palace, racecourse, riding school,

rifle range (not otherwise specified), skating rink, sports ground, sports palace, squash court, stadium, swimming pool(public)(private), tennis court

4 – Street and Highway (Includes: alley, bridge (not otherwise specified), freeway, interstate, motorway, named street/highway/interstate, pavement, road, roadside, sidewalk (not otherwise specified))

5 – Trade and service area (Excludes garage in private home (0); Includes: airport, bank, bar, body shop, café, casino, electric company, filling station, funeral home, garage – place of work, garage away from highway except home, garage building (for car storage), garage (not otherwise specified), gas station, hotel, loading platform – store, market (grocery or other commodity), motel, office, radio/television broadcasting station, restaurant, salvage lot, service station, shop - commercial, shopping center, shopping mall, station – bus or railway, store, subway, tourist court, tourist home, warehouse)

6 – Industrial and construction areas (Includes: building under construction, coal pit, coalyard, construction job, dairy processing plant, dockyard, dry dock, electric tower, factor, foundry, gas works, grain elevator, gravel pit, highway under construction, industrial yard, loading platform – factory, logging operation area, lumber yard, mill pond, oil field, oil rig and other offshore installations, oil well, plant – industrial, power-station, produce building, railroad track or trestle, railway yard, sand pit, sawmill, sewage disposal plant, shipyard, shop, substation, subway track, tannery, tunnel under construction, wharf, workshop

7 – Farm (Excludes: farm house and home premises of farm (0); Includes: barn, barnyard, corncrib, cornfield,

dairy, (not otherwise specified), farm buildings, farm pond or creek, farmland under cultivation, field (numbered or specialized), gravel pit on farm, orange grove, pasture, ranch (not otherwise specified), range (not otherwise specified), silo, state farm

8 – Other specified places (Includes: abandoned gravel pit, abandoned public building or home, air force firing range, bar pit or ditch, beach, beach resort, boy’s camp, building (not otherwise specified), camp, camping grounds, campsite, canal, caravan site, cemetery, city dump, dam site, derelict house, desert, ditch, dock(not otherwise specified), excavation site, fairgrounds, field (not otherwise specified), forest, fort, harbor, hill, holiday camp, irrigation canal or ditch, junkyard, lake (not otherwise specified), lake resort, manhole, marsh, military training ground, mountain, mountain cabin, mountain resort, named city, named lake, named town, nursery (not otherwise specified), open field, park, parking lot, parking place, pier, pipeline, place of business (not otherwise specified), playground (not otherwise specified), pond or pool (natural), power line pole, prairie, private property, public place (not otherwise specified), public property, railway line, reservoir (water), resort (not otherwise specified), river, sea, seashore (not otherwise specified), seashore resort, sewer, specified address, stream, swamp, vacation resort, woods, zoo)

9 – Unspecified Place (Includes: bed, commode, country, downstairs, fireplace, hot tub, jobsite, near any place, on job, parked car, sofa, table tree)

***1980-1998***Blank field

101 bcountry 315-317 3 C Decedent’s Birth Country Code

For code table see “country.csv” in documentation.

***1999***Blank – Decedent is not foreign born

***1980-1998***Blank field

102 cntyfile 318-323 6 C County File Number

***Blank beginning in 2004***Replaced by longer field (field 138, same variable name)

***1999-2003***File number assigned by countyHealth department. The file numberis only unique within each county.

***1980-1998***Blank field

103 geozip 324-328 5 C Zip code assigned by GIS software

***1988–present***This is the zip code that was assigned by the GIS software. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes–Reported zip code and geocoded zip code.”

**** New Variables Beginning in 2004***********104 zip_occ 329-333 5 C Zip Code of Death Occurrence

105 edu_le8 334 1 C Decedent’s Years of Education if

highest education level (educ) is 8th grade or less.

***2004-Present***0 – No education1-8 – 1st – 8th grades9 – Unknown

***1980-2003***Not Collected

***NOTE: Fields 106-125 give data for each check box on the death certificate. Before using these fields, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes - Race/Hispanic Origin.” Bridged race data and Hispanic data are found in the old race/Hispanic fields and in the NCHS bridged race variable (race, hisp, and brg_race). Edited data for multiple race analysis (sum_race) are at the end of the file (field 139).***

106 hisp_no 335 1 C Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic Not Hispanic, as reported on

the death certificate.

***2004-Present***Y – Yes N – No U – Entire Hispanic item unknown

***1980-2003***Not Collected. See hisp.

107 hisp_mex 336 1 C Hispanic Origin, Mexican. See hisp_no for codes.

108 hisp_pr 337 1 C Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican. See hisp_no for codes.

109 hisp_cub 338 1 C Hispanic Origin, Cuban. See hisp_no for codes.

110 hisp_oth 339 1 C Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic. See hisp_no for codes.

111 race_wht 340 1 C Race, White, as reported on the death certificate.

***2004-Present***Y – Yes N – No U – Entire Race item unknown

***1980-2003***Not Collected. See race.

112 race_blk 341 1 C Race, Black or African American. See race_wht for codes.

113 race_ami 342 1 C Race, American Indian/Alaska Native See race_wht for codes.

114 race_asi 343 1 C Race, Asian Indian. See race_wht for codes.

115 race_chi 344 1 C Race, Chinese. See race_wht for codes.

116 race_fil 345 1 C Race, Filipino. See race_wht for codes.

117 race_jap 346 1 C Race, Japanese. See race_wht for codes.

118 race_kor 347 1 C Race, Korean. See race_wht for codes.

119 race_vie 348 1 C Race, Vietnamese. See race_wht for codes.

120 race_oas 349 1 C Race, Other Asian. See race_wht for codes.

121 race_haw 350 1 C Race, Native Hawaiian. See race_wht for codes.

122 race_gua 351 1 C Race, Guamanian or Chamorro. See race_wht for codes.

123 race_sam 352 1 C Race, Samoan. See race_wht for codes.

124 race_opi 353 1 C Race, Other Pacific Islander.

See race_wht for codes.

125 race_oth 354 1 C Race, Other. See race_wht for codes.

126 res_trbc 355 3 C Code for tribal reservation IF the

decedent lived on a reservation. For code table see

“triberes.csv” in documentation.

127 res_lena 358 1 C Length of residence at Address, Unit type.

128 res_auni 359 2 N Length of Residence at Address,# units

129 informrl 361 20 C Informant Relationship

130 autopava 391 1 C Autopsy Available to complete the Cause of Death?

***2004-Present***1 - Yes2 – No8 – Not reported9 – Unknown

***1980-2003***Not collected.

131 zipinjoc 392 5 C Zip code where injury occurred.

132 pregstat 397 1 C If female, was decedent:

***2004-Present***

0 – Pregnancy status missing1 – Not pregnant within 1 year2 – Pregnant at death3 – Not pregnant, but w/in 42 days4 – Not pregnant, but 43 days to 1yr8 – Not applicable9 – Unknown

***1980-2003***Not Collected.

133 tbcontri 398 1 C Tobacco use contribute to Death? (information provided by the

Medical Certifier)

***2004-Present***1 – Yes2 – No7 – Probably8 – Not reported9 – Unknown


134 transinj 399 1 C If transportation injury, specify:

***2004-Present***1 – Driver2 – Passenger3 – Pedestrian4 – Other8 – N/A9 – Unknown


135 dod_modi 400 1 C Date of Death Modifier:

***2004-Present***A - ActualP – PresumedC – Court determinedF – Found

***1980-2003***Not collected.

136 occfed04 401 3 C Occupation-Federal Code 2004 Revision

***Field currently Blank***

137 indfed04 404-406 3 C Industry–Federal Code 2004 Revision

***Field currently Blank***

138 cntyfile 407-421 15 C County File Number Replaced a shorter field (field

108), same variable name

***2004-Present***File number assigned by countyHealth department. The file numberis only unique within each county.Note: cntyfile is located after field bcountry in the .csv files.

139 sum_race 422-423 2 C Decedent’s Summary Race Decedent’s race based on all

check boxes reported, edited to remove duplicate race group. There is one code for each possible race combination. Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes–Race/Hispanic

Ethnicity.”

Note: for the race codes below, AIAN = American Indian/Alaska Native; NHOPI = Native

Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

***2004-Present***Single race10 – White only11 – Black only12 – AIAN only13 – Asian only14 – NHOPI onlyTwo races20 – White, Black21 – White, AIAN22 – White, Asian23 – White, NHOPI24 – Black, AIAN25 – Black, Asian26 – Black, NHOPI27 – AIAN, Asian28 – AIAN, NHOPI29 – Asian, NHOPIThree races30 – White, Black, AIAN31 – White, Black, Asian32 – White, Black, NHOPI33 – White, AIAN, Asian

34 – White, AIAN, NHOPI35 – White, Asian, NHOPI36 – Black, AIAN, Asian37 – Black, AIAN, NHOPI38 – Black, Asian, NHOPI39 – AIAN, Asian, NHOPIFour races40 – White, Black, AIAN, Asian41 – White, Black, AIAN, NHOPI42 – White, Black, Asian, NHOPI43 – White, AIAN, Asian, NHOPI44 – Black, AIAN, Asian, NHOPIFive races50 – White, Black, AIAN, Asian,

NHOPIUnknown99 - Unknown

***1980-2003***Not Collected

*** New Variable Beginning in 2006***140 rinj_caus 424 1 C Reported Manner of Death

Indicates type of injury when an external injury has occurred.

This variable is ‘as reported’ on the death certificate before any

corrections due to querying or coding inconsistencies. May differ from variable ‘inj_caus’.

***2006-Present1 – Natural2 – Accident3 – Suicide4 – Homicide5 – Undetermined6 – Pending

***New Variable Beginning in 2011***141 disp_fac 426-429 4 C Disposition Facility Code. For

code table see “cemelist.csv” and “cemelist file layout.pdf”in

documentation.

**** New Variable Beginning in 2012****142 brg_race 430-431 2 C NCHS Bridged Race

Bridges multiple-race reporting back to one of four race categories (White, Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander). It

includes single race reporting. For more information on race bridging see “Death Statistical File Date Notes-Race/Hispanic Ethnicity.”

Note: for the race codes below, AIAN = American Indian/Alaska Native

Single race specified01 – White02 – Black03 – AIAN04 – Asian Indian05 – Chinese06 - Filipino07 - Japanese08 - Korean09 - Vietnamese10 – Other Asian11 – Native Hawaiian12 – Guamanian or Chamorro13 - Samoan14 – Other Pacific Islander15 - Other

Bridged multiple specified race21 – White22 – Black23 – AIAN24 – Asian or Pacific Islander

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