Mortality Data -- Vital Statistics NCHS' Multiple Cause of Death Data, 1959-2017
Multiple Cause-of-Death Mortality Data from the National Vital Statistics System of the National Center for Health Statistics provide mortality data by multiple cause of death for all deaths occuring within the United States. Each record in the microdata is based on information abstracted from death certificates filed in vital statistics offices of each State and District of Columbia. Causes of death were coded according to the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision 1991-1998 and the Tenth Revision 1999 on. Variables describing infant cause of death and infant age are included.
The ".zip" files can be uncompressed with uncompression software. The compressed death files are 80-85 Mb, and the compression ratio is over 90%. To check ability to uncompress these files, download the small files compress.zip. These files give an example of how to read in .zip ASCII files into SAS for UNIX without decompressing the files. To download files in Internet Explorer, right click on them and select "Save Target As...". If the pdf documents appear to be all blank pages, get the latest Acrobat Reader at www.abobe.com.
SEER provides helpful U.S. Population data for 1969 on.
1982 is the first file with both FIPS and NCHS county codes. An NCHS to FIPS state, county, and MSA crosswalk is available.
Use of this data signifies agreement with NCHS' data use rules. Works referring to the datasets or codebooks should contain a citation to NCHS. Published material derived from this data should include a citation such as this at the bottom of the table: "Source: National Center for Health Statistics (span of years used)" |
NBER internal users can obtain the data from a UNIX shell at /homes/data/mortality or on an NBER PC via Network Neighborhood --> NBER --> home --> data --> mortality
Note regarding the 1959-1967 data: The chief of the NCHS mortality branch has said that while the 1959-1967 files are generally ok, they have not been rigorously verified. "Counts by selected causes and demographic groups seem to match up with VSUS, but because in some cases these files had to be reconstructed and pieced together from different sources-some were damaged or lost-we cannot at this time be certain as to their accuracy." |
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All Documenation Files Below, Pkzipped | 91.zip | 92.zip | 93.zip | 94.zip | 95.zip | 96.zip | 97.zip | 98.zip | 99.zip | 00.zip | 01.zip | 02.zip | 03.zip | 04.zip | 05.zip | |
Introduction | 96.pdf | Intro | Intro | Intro | Intro | Intro | Intro | Intro | Intro | |||||||
Data File Characteristics | dfc91 | dfc92 | dfc93 | dfc94 | dfc95 | dfc97 | dfc98 | |||||||||
Data Format and Variable Definition | DFVD | DFVD | ||||||||||||||
Multiple Cause Data Introduction | ||||||||||||||||
Multiple Cause Data Entity Axis Codes | ||||||||||||||||
Multiple Cause Data Record Axis Codes | ||||||||||||||||
Additional Information | ||||||||||||||||
List of Data Elements and Locations | del91 | del92 | del93 | del94 | del95 | del99 | del00 | del01 | del02 | del03 | del04 | |||||
Multiple Cause-of-Death Record Layout | mort91 | mort92 | mort93 | mort94 | mort95 | |||||||||||
Geographic Code -- Notes on Outline | ||||||||||||||||
Geographic Code -- Description | GDUS97 GDP97 |
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Geographic Code -- Outline for United States | ||||||||||||||||
Geographic Code -- Outline for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam | GOP97 | GOP98 | ||||||||||||||
PMSAs and MSAs as Adapted for Use by NCHS/DVS | ||||||||||||||||
MCOD Control Total Documentation Table 1 | put1 | put1 | put1 | put1 | put1 | put1 | put1 | put1 | put1 | put1 | put1 | put1 | put1 | |||
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MCOD Control Total Documentation Table 9 | put9 | put9 | put9 | put9 | put9 | put9 | put9 | |||||||||
MCOD Control Total Documentation Table 10 | put10 | put10 | put10 | put10 | put10 | put10 | put10 | |||||||||
MCOD Documentation Table 1 | tab1 | tab1 | ||||||||||||||
9th Revision 282 Causes-of-Death Recode Lists | 282 | 282 | ||||||||||||||
9th Revision 72 Cause-of-Death Recode Lists | 72 | 72 | ||||||||||||||
9th Revision 61 Cause-of-Death Recode Lists | 61 | 61 | ||||||||||||||
9th Revision 52 Cause-of-Death Recode Lists | 52 | 52 | ||||||||||||||
9th Revision 34 Cause-of-Death Recode Lists | 34 | 34 | ||||||||||||||
10th Revision 358 Causes-of-Death Recode Lists | 358 | 358 | 358 | |||||||||||||
10th Revision 113 Cause-of-Death Recode Lists | 113 | 113 | 113 | |||||||||||||
10th Revision 130 Cause-of-Death Recode Lists | 130 | 130 | 130 | |||||||||||||
10th Revision 39 Cause-of-Death Recode Lists | 39 | 39 | 39 | |||||||||||||
Titles for Business or Industry Recodes 51 | ||||||||||||||||
Titles for Business or Industry Recodes 15 | ||||||||||||||||
Titles for Occupation Recodes 59 | ||||||||||||||||
Titles for Occupation Recodes 9 | ||||||||||||||||
1990 Business and Industry Classifications | ||||||||||||||||
1990 Occupation Classifications | ||||||||||||||||
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Instructions for Classifying Multiple Causes of Death | IC | |||||||||||||||
Content Report | CR91 | CR92 | CR93 | CR94 | CR95 | |||||||||||
Report of Final Mortality Statistics | R94 | R95 | R96 | R97 | R98 | R99 | R00 | R01 | R02 | R03 | R04 | |||||
Standard Death Certificate |
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Last Update: February 5, 2018 | Created by Jean Roth December 1, 2000 |