Death Data Dictionary

Death Statistical File Data Dictionary, 1980-2015 Washington State Department of Health Center 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 number INDEX BY DESCRIPTION - alphabetical by descriptive title INDEX BY FIELD NAME - alphabetical by 8-digit field name INDEX BY CATEGORY - alphabetical by groups of related fields

INDEX FIELD BY NUMBER Field Field Description Number Name Columns

Certificate Number 1 certno 1-10 Sex 2 sex 11-11 Date of Death 3 dth_date 12-19 Race 4 race 20-20 Type of Age Unit 5 ageunit 21-21 Number of Age Units 6 ageunum 22-23 Hispanic Origin 7 hisp 24-24 Date of Birth 8 dob 25-32 County and City of Occurrence 9 city_occ 33-36 County of Occurrence 10 cnty_occ 33-34 Facility or Institution of Death 11 facility 37-39 State of Birth 12 statebir 40-41 High School Graduate 13 hs_grad 42-42 Marital Status (new code added 2007) 14 married 43-43 County and City of Residence 15 city_res 44-47 County of Residence 16 cnty_res 44-45 Contributory Cause of Death 17 contrib 50-50 Underlying Cause of Death 18 underly 51-54 Autopsy 19 autopsy 55-55 External Cause 20 inj_caus 56-56 Injury Date 21 inj_date 57-64 Injury Hour 22 inj_hour 65-66 Injury Minute 23 inj_min 67-68 Injury at Work 24 injatwrk 69-69 Place External Injury Occurred 25 injplace 70-70 County/City External Injury Occurred 26 city_inj 71-74 County External Injury Occurred 27 cnty_inj 71-72 Smoking Status 28 smoking 75-75 Death Hour 29 dth_hour 76-77 Death Minute 30 dth_min 78-79 Classification of Attendant at Death 31 attclass 80-81 Usual Occupation - Milham's Code 32 occ_sam 82-84 Facility Type for Place of Death 33 fac_type 91-91 ZIP Code of Residence 34 zipcode 92-96 Occupation - Federal Code 35 occ_fed 97-99 Industry - Federal Code 36 ind_fed 100-102 Education Level 37 educ 103-105 Length of Residence, Unit Type 38 resunit 106-106 Length of Residence, Number of Units 39 resunum 107-108 State of Residence 40 st_res 109-110 State of Occurrence 41 st_occ 111-112 Death AM or PM 42 dth_ampm 114-114 Citizenship status 43 citizen 115-115 Age in Years 44 age 116-118 Occupation - Literal 45 occ_lit 119-148 Industry - Literal 46 ind_lit 149-178 Emergency Care Code 47 emergent 179-179 Injury Time, AM or PM 48 inj_ampm 180-180 State of External Injury Occurrence 49 st_inj 181-182 Armed Forces Code 50 armforce 187-187 Inside City Limits Flag 51 incity 188-188 Disposition Type (new codes for 2004) 52 disptype 189-189 Disposition Date 53 dispdate 190-197 Funeral Home Code 54 funeralc 198-201 Coroner Referred 55 referred 202-202 County Receive Date 56 rcvdt 203-210 NCHS New Record Flag 57 nchsnew 211-211 External Event Code 58 ecode 212-212 TRANSAX Conversion Flag 59 transax 213-213 Injury 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 314-314 Birth Country Code 101 bcountry 315-317 County File Number (blank as of 2004, see field 138) 102 cntyfile 318-323 Zip code assigned by GIS software 103 geozip 324-328 **** New Variables Beginning in 2004*********** Zip Code of Death Occurrence 104 zip_occ 329-333 Education Years If LE 8th Grade 105 edu_le8 334 Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic 106 hisp_no 335 Hispanic Origin, Mexican 107 hisp_mex 336 Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican 108 hisp_pr 337 Hispanic Origin, Cuban 109 hisp_cub 338 Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic 110 hisp_oth 339 Race, White 111 race_wht 340 Race, Black 112 race_blk 341 Race, American Indian/Alaska Native 113 race_ami 342 Race, Asian Indian 114 race_asi 343 Race, Chinese 115 race_chi 344 Race, Filipino 116 race_fil 345 Race, Japanese 117 race_jap 346 Race, Korean 118 race_kor 347 Race, Vietnamese 119 race_vie 348 Race, Other Asian 120 race_oas 349 Race, Native Hawaiian 121 race_haw 350 Race, Guamanian or Chamorro 122 race_gua 351 Race, Samoan 123 race_sam 352 Race, Other Pacific Islander 124 race_opi 353 Race, Other 125 race_oth 354 Residence Tribal Reservation Code 126 res_trbc 355-357 Length of Residence at Address, Unit type 127 res_lena 358 Length of Residence at Address, # units 128 res_auni 359-360 Informant Relationship 129 informrl 361-390 Autopsy Available 130 autopava 391 Zip Code Where Injury Occurred 131 zipinjoc 392-396 Pregnancy Status 132 pregstat 397 Tobacco Use Contributed to Death 133 tbcontri 398 Transport Injury Role 134 transinj 399 Date of Death Modifier 135 dod_modi 400 Occupation - Federal Code 2004 Revision 136 occfed04 401-403 Industry – Federal Code 2004 Revision 137 indfed04 404-406 County File Number(new 2004-longer length)138 cntyfile 407-421 Decedent’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 Field Description Number Name Columns

Age in Years 44 age 116-118 Armed Forces Code 55 armforce 187-187 Autopsy 19 autopsy 55-55 Autopsy Available 130 autopava 391 Birth Country Code 101 bcountry 315-317 Certificate Number 1 certno 1-10 Citizenship status 43 citizen 115-115 Classification of Attendant at Death 31 attclass 80-81 Contributory Cause of Death 17 contrib 50-50 Coroner Referred 55 referred 202-202 County and City of Occurrence 9 city_occ 33-36 County and City of Residence 15 city_res 44-47 County External Injury Occurred 27 cnty_inj 71-72 County File Number(blank as of 2004) 102 cntyfile 318-323 County File Number(new 2004-longer length)138 cntyfile 407-421 County of Occurrence 10 cnty_occ 33-34 County of Residence 16 cnty_res 44-45 County Receive Date 56 rcvdt 203-210 County and City External Injury Occurred 26 city_inj 71-74 Date of Birth 8 dob 25-32 Date of Death 3 dth_date 12-19 Date of Death Modifier 135 dod_modi 400 Death AM or PM 42 dth_ampm 114-114 Death Hour 29 dth_hour 76-77 Death Minute 30 dth_min 78-79 Decedent’s Summary Race 139 sum_race 422-423 Disposition Date 53 dispdate 190-197 Disposition Facility Code 141 disp_fac 426-429 Disposition Type 52 disptype 189-189 Education Level 37 educ 103-105 Education Years If LE 8th Grade 105 edu_le8 334 Emergency Care Code 47 emergent 179-179 External Cause 20 inj_caus 56-56 External Event Code 58 ecode 212-212 Facility or Institution of Death 11 facility 37-39 Facility Type for Place of Death 33 fac_type 91-91 Funeral Home Code 54 funeralc 198-201 High School Graduate 13 hs_grad 42-42 Hispanic Origin 7 hisp 24-24 Hispanic Origin, Cuban 109 hisp_cub 338 Hispanic Origin, Mexican 107 hisp_mex 336 Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic 106 hisp_no 335 Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic 110 hisp_oth 339 Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican 108 hisp_pr 337 ICD Cause of Death Code starts 61 mltcse1-20 215+ Inside City Limits Flag 51 incity 188-188 Industry - Federal Code 36 ind_fed 100-102 Industry – Federal Code 2004 Revision 137 indfed04 404-406 Industry - Literal 46 ind_lit 149-178 Informant Relationship 129 informrl 361-390 Injury at Work 24 injatwrk 69-69 Injury Date 21 inj_date 57-64 Injury Flag for up to 20 conditions starts 60 injflg1-20 214+ Injury Hour 22 inj_hour 65-66 Injury Minute 23 inj_min 67-68 Injury Time, AM or PM 48 inj_ampm 180-180 Length of Residence, Unit Type 38 resunit 106-106 Length of Residence, Number of Units 39 resunum 107-108 Length of Residence at Address, Unit type 127 res_lena 358 Length of Residence at Address, # units 128 res_auni 359-360 Marital Status 14 married 43-43 NCHS Bridged Race 142 brg_race 430-431 NCHS New Record Flag 57 nchsnew 211-211 NCHS Place of Injury Code 100 injpnchs 314-314 Number of Age Units 6 ageunum 22-23 Occupation - Federal Code 35 occ_fed 97-99 Occupation - Federal Code 2004 Revision 136 occfed04 401-403 Occupation - Literal 45 occ_lit 119-148 Place External Injury Occurred 25 injplace 70-70 Pregnancy Status 132 pregstat 397 Race 4 race 20-20 Race, American Indian/Alaska Native 113 race_ami 342 Race, Asian Indian 114 race_asi 343 Race, Black 112 race_blk 341 Race, Chinese 115 race_chi 344 Race, Filipino 116 race_fil 345 Race, Guamanian or Chamorro 122 race_gua 351 Race, Japanese 117 race_jap 346 Race, Korean 118 race_kor 347 Race, Native Hawaiian 121 race_haw 350 Race, Other 125 race_oth 354 Race, Other Asian 120 race_oas 349 Race, Other Pacific Islander 124 race_opi 353 Race, Samoan 123 race_sam 352 Race, Vietnamese 119 race_vie 348 Race, White 111 race_wht 340 Reported Manner of death 140 rinj_caus 424 Residence Tribal Reservation Code 126 res_trbc 355-357 Sex 2 sex 11-11 Smoking Status 28 smoking 75-75 State of Birth 12 statebir 40-41 State of External Injury Occurrence 49 st_inj 181-182 State of Occurrence 41 st_occ 111-112 State of Residence 40 st_res 109-110 Tobacco Use Contributed to Death 133 tbcontri 398 TRANSAX Conversion Flag 59 transax 213-213 Transport Injury Role 134 transinj 399 Type of Age Unit 5 ageunit 21-21 Underlying Cause of Death 18 underly 51-54 Usual Occupation - Milham's Code 32 occ_sam 82-84 ZIP Code of Residence 34 zipcode 92-96 Zip code assigned by GIS software 103 geozip 324-328 Zip Code of Death Occurrence 104 zip_occ 329-333 Zip Code Where Injury Occurred 131 zipinjoc 392-396 ______INDEX BY FIELD NAME

Field Field Name Description Number Columns age Age in Years 44 116-118 ageunit Type of Age Unit 5 21-21 ageunum Number of Age Units 6 22-23 armforce Armed Forces Code 50 187-187 attclass Classification of Attendant at Death 31 80-81 autopava Autopsy Available 130 391 autopsy Autopsy 19 55-55 bcountry Birth Country Code 101 315-317 brg_race NCHS Bridged Race 142 430-431 certno Certificate Number 1 1-10 citizen Citizenship Status 43 115-115 city_inj County and City External Injury Occurred 26 71-74 city_occ County and City of Occurrence 9 33-36 city_res County and City of Residence 15 44-47 cntyfile County File Number(blank as of 2004) 102 318-323 cntyfile County File Number(new 2004-longer length)138 407-421 cnty_inj County External Injury Occurred 26 71-72 cnty_occ County of Occurrence 10 33-34 cnty_res County of Residence 16 44-45 contrib Contributory Cause of Death 17 50-50 disp_fac Disposition Facility Code 141 426-429 dispdate Disposition Date 53 190-197 disptype Disposition Type 52 189-189 dob Date of Birth 8 25-32 dod_modi Date of Death Modifier 135 400 dth_ampm Death AM or PM 42 114-114 dth_date Date of Death 3 12-19 dth_hour Death Hour 29 76-77 dth_min Death Minute 30 78-79 ecode External Event Code 58 212-212 educ Education Level 37 103-105 edu_le8 Education Years If LE 8th Grade 105 334 emergent Emergency Care Code 47 179-179 fac_type Facility Type for Place of Death 33 91-91 facility Facility or Institution of Death 11 37-39 funeralc Funeral Home Code 54 198-201 geozip Zip code assigned by GIS software 103 324-328 hisp Hispanic Origin 7 24-24 hisp_cub Hispanic Origin, Cuban 109 338 hisp_mex Hispanic Origin, Mexican 107 336 hisp_no Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic 106 335 hisp_oth Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic 110 339 hisp_pr Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican 108 337 hs_grad High School Graduate 13 42-42 incity Inside City Limits Flag 51 188-188 informrl Informant Relationship 129 361-390 ind_fed Industry - Federal Code 36 100-102 indfed04 Industry – Federal Code 2004 Revision 137 404-406 ind_lit Industry - Literal 46 149-178 inj_ampm Injury Time, AM or PM 48 180-180 inj_caus External Cause 20 56-56 inj_date Injury Date 21 57-64 inj_hour Injury Hour 22 65-66 inj_min Injury Minute 23 67-68 injatwrk Injury at Work 24 69-69 injflg1-20 Injury Flag for up to 20 Conditions starts 60 214+ injplace Place External Injury Occurred 25 70-70 injpnchs NCHS Place of Injury 100 314-314 married Marital Status 14 43-43 mltcse1-20 ICD Cause of Death Code starts 61 215+ nchsnew NCHS New Record Flag 57 211-211 occ_fed Occupation - Federal Code 35 97-99 occfed04 Occupation - Federal Code 2004 Revision 136 401-403 occ_lit Occupation - Literal 45 119-148 occ_sam Usual Occupation - Milham's Code 32 82-84 pregstat Pregnancy Status 132 397 race Race 4 20-20 race_ami Race, American Indian/Alaska Native 113 342 race_asi Race, Asian Indian 114 343 race_blk Race, Black 112 341 race_chi Race, Chinese 115 344 race_fil Race, Filipino 116 345 race_gua Race, Guamanian or Chamorro 122 351 race_jap Race, Japanese 117 346 race_kor Race, Korean 118 347 race_haw Race, Native Hawaiian 121 350 race_oth Race, Other 125 354 race_oas Race, Other Asian 120 349 race_opi Race, Other Pacific Islander 124 353 race_sam Race, Samoan 123 352 race_vie Race, Vietnamese 119 348 race_wht Race, White 111 340 rcvdt County Receive Date 56 203-210 referred Coroner Referred 55 202-202 res_auni Length of Residence at Address, # units 128 359-360 res_lena Length of Residence at Address, Unit type 127 358 res_trbc Residence Tribal Reservation Code 126 355-357 resunit Length of Residence, Unit Type 38 106-106 resunum Length of Residence, Number of Units 39 107-108 rinj_caus Reported Manner of Death 140 424 sex Sex 2 11-11 smoking Smoking Status 28 75-75 st_inj State of External Injury Occurrence 49 181-182 st_occ State of Occurrence 41 111-112 st_res State of Residence 40 109-110 statebir State of Birth 12 40-41 sum_race Decedent’s Summary Race 139 422-423 tbcontri Tobacco Use Contributed to Death 133 398 transax TRANSAX Conversion Flag 59 213-213 transinj Transport Injury Role 134 399 underly Underlying Cause of Death 18 51-54 zipcode ZIP Code of Residence 34 92-96 zip_occ Zip Code of Death Occurrence 104 329-333 zipinjoc Zip Code Where Injury Occurred 131 392-396 ______INDEX BY CATEGORY

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

Decedent Age in Years 44 age 116-118 Armed Forces Code 55 armforce 187-187 Birth Country Code 101 bcountry 315-317 Date of Birth 8 dob 25-32 Education Level 37 educ 103-105 Education Years If LE 8th Grade 105 edu_le8 334 High School Graduate 13 hs_grad 42-42 Hispanic Origin 7 hisp 24-24 Hispanic Origin, Not Hispanic 106 hisp_no 335 Hispanic Origin, Mexican 107 hisp_mex 336 Hispanic Origin, Puerto Rican 108 hisp_pr 337 Hispanic Origin, Cuban 109 hisp_cub 338 Hispanic Origin, Other Hispanic 110 hisp_oth 339 Industry - Federal Code 36 ind_fed 100-102 Industry – Federal Code 2004 Revision 137 indfed04 404-406 Industry - Literal 46 ind_lit 149-178 Informant Relationship 129 informrl 361-390 Marital Status 14 married 43-43 NCHS Bridged Race 142 brg_race 430-431 Number of Age Units 6 ageunum 22-23 Occupation - Federal Code 35 occ_fed 97-99 Occupation - Federal Code 2004 Revision 136 occfed04 401-403 Occupation - Literal 45 occ_lit 119-148 Pregnancy Status 132 pregstat 397 Race 4 race 20-20 Race, White 111 race_wht 340 Race, Black 112 race_blk 341 Race, American Indian/Alaska Native 113 race_ami 342 Race, Asian Indian 114 race_asi 343 Race, Chinese 115 race_chi 344 Race, Filipino 116 race_fil 345 Race, Japanese 117 race_jap 346 Race, Korean 118 race_kor 347 Race, Vietnamese 119 race_vie 348 Race, Other Asian 120 race_oas 349 Race, Native Hawaiian 121 race_haw 350 Race, Guamanian or Chamorro 122 race_gua 351 Race, Samoan 123 race_sam 352 Race, Other Pacific Islander 124 race_opi 353 Race, Other 125 race_oth 354 Sex 2 sex 11-11 Smoking Status 28 smoking 75-75 State of Birth 12 statebir 40-41 Decedent’s Summary Race 139 sum_race 422-423 Type of Age Unit 5 ageunit 21-21 Usual Occupation - Milham's Code 32 occ_sam 82-84

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

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

Underlying Cause Autopsy 19 autopsy 55-55 Autopsy Available 130 autopava 391 Coroner Referred 55 referred 202-202 County and City External Injury Occurred 26 city_inj 71-74 County External Injury Occurred 27 cnty_inj 71-72 External Cause 20 inj_caus 56-56 External Event Code 58 ecode 212-212 Injury at Work 24 injatwrk 69-69 Injury Date 21 inj_date 57-64 Injury Hour 22 inj_hour 65-66 Injury Minute 23 inj_min 67-68 Injury Time, AM or PM 48 inj_ampm 180-180 NCHS Place of Injury Code 100 injpnchs 314-314 Place External Injury Occurred 25 injplace 70-70 Reported Manner of Death 140 rinj_caus 424 Tobacco Use Contributed to Death 133 tbcontri 398 Transport Injury Role 134 transinj 399 Underlying Cause of Death 18 underly 51-54

Multiple Cause Contributory Cause of Death 17 contrib 50-50 ICD 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 Data No. Name Loc. Len. Type Description ______

1 certno 1-10 10 C Certificate Number The 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 - Female M - Male U - 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 - Black 3 - Native American 4 - Chinese 5 - Japanese 6 - Other Non-White 7 - Filipino 8 - Refused to State 9 - Unknown/Not Stated A - Hawaiian B - Other Asian/Pacific Islander C - Mexican/Chicano/Hispanic D - Asian Indian E - Korean F - Samoan G - Vietnamese H – Guamanian/Chamorro

***1988-1991*** 1 - White 2 - Black 3 - Native American/Alaska Native 4 - Chinese 5 - Japanese 6 - Other Non-White 7 - Filipino 8 - Refused to State 9 - Unknown/Not Stated A - Hawaiian B - Other Asian/Pacific Islander C - Mexican/Chicano/Hispanic Note: Code ‘C’ has different meaning in 1980-1987.

***1980-1987*** 1 - White 2 - Black 3 - Native American 4 - Chinese 5 - Japanese 6 - Other Non-White 7 - Filipino 8 - Refused to State 9 - Unknown/Not Stated A - Hawaiian B - Other Asian/Pacific Islander C - Mexican/Chicano Note: 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 99 1 - Years 100 or more 2 - Months 4 - Days 5 - Hours 6 - Minutes 9 - Unknown/Not Stated

6 ageunum 22-23 2 N Age, Number of Units Use 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 99 00-99 - Years 100 or more 01-11 - Months 01-03 - Weeks 01-31 - Days 01-23 - Hours 01-59 - Minutes 99 - Unknown/Not Stated* *Note: Age is unknown if ageunit=9 and ageunum=99.

7 hisp 24-24 1 C Hispanic Origin Coding 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-Hispanic 1 - Mexican 2 - Puerto Rican 3 - Cuban 4 - Central or South American 5 - Other and Unknown Hispanic 9 - Unknown/Not Stated ***1988-1995*** 0 - Non-Hispanic 1 - Mexican 2 - Puerto Rican 3 - Cuban 4 - Central or South American 5 - Other Hispanic 6 - Unknown Hispanic 9 - Unknown/Not Stated

***1980-1987*** Blank Field

8 dob 25-32 8 N Date of Birth

9 city_occ 33-36 4 C County and City of Occurrence City 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 - Chelan 0404 - 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 Ground 0606 – 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 - Pasco 1103 - 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 - Montesano 1404 - 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 Park 1709 - Mercer Island 1710 - Redmond 1711 - Bothell 1712 - Clyde Hill(1981,1987, 1992 Present) 1713 - Des Moines 1714 - Issaquah 1715 - Lake Forest Park(1987- Present) 1716 - Medina 1717 - Tukwila 1718 - 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 - Poulsbo 1805 - 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 - Fircrest 2706 - Bonney Lake 2707 - Milton 2708 - Steilacoom 2709 - 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 - Arlington 3102 - Everett 3103 - Snohomish 3104 - Edmonds 3105 - Lynnwood 3106 - Marysville 3107 - Mountlake Terrace 3108 - Brier 3109 - Monroe 3110 - 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 – Lacey 3405 – 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 - Ferndale 3705 - 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 Gap 3909 – Granger (2001-Present) 3910 – Zillah (2006-Present) 3911 – Moxee (2010-Present)

10 cnty_occ 33-34 2 C County of Occurrence County 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 Unknown 01 - 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 Death Before 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 - Alabama 02 - Alaska 03 - Arizona 04 - Arkansas 05 - California 06 - Colorado 07 - Connecticut 08 - Delaware 09 - District of Columbia 10 - Florida 11 - Georgia 12 - Hawaii 13 - Idaho 14 - Illinois 15 - Indiana 16 - Iowa 17 - Kansas 18 - Kentucky 19 - Louisiana 20 - Maine 21 - Maryland 22 - Massachusetts 23 - Michigan 24 - Minnesota 25 - Mississippi 26 - Missouri 27 - Montana 28 - Nebraska 29 - Nevada 30 - New Hampshire 31 - New Jersey 32 - New Mexico 33 - New York 34 - North Carolina 35 - North Dakota 36 - Ohio 37 - Oklahoma 38 - Oregon 39 - Pennsylvania 40 - Rhode Island 41 - South Carolina 42 - South Dakota 43 - Tennessee 44 - Texas 45 - Utah 46 - Vermont 47 - Virginia 48 - Washington 49 - West Virginia 50 - Wisconsin 51 - Wyoming 52 - Puerto Rico 53 - Virgin Islands 54 - Guam 55 - Canada 56 - Cuba 57 - Mexico 59 - Other Foreign 60 - American Samoa 69 - Marianas 90 - United States (Unspecified) 91 - Refused to State 99 - Not Classifiable

13 hs_grad 42-42 1 C High School Graduate Indicates 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 - Yes 2 - No 9 - Not reported

***1980-1987*** Blank Field

14 married 43-43 1 C Marital Status

***July 2007-present*** 1 – Never married 2 – Married 3 – Divorced 4 – Widowed 5 – Separated 6 – Domestic Partner 9 - Unknown

***2004-June 2007*** 1 – Never married 2 – Married 3 – Divorced 4 – Widowed 5 – Separated 9 - Unknown

***1980-2003*** 1 - Single 2 - Married 3 - Divorced 4 - Widowed 9 - 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 Death This field was collected until 1988. It was dropped due to implementation 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 - None 1 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) 2 - Tuberculosis 3 - Cancer 4 - Diabetes Mellitus 5 - Motor Vehicle Accident 6 - Other Accident 7 - Fall 8 - Operations 9 - Heart Conditions A - Hypertension B - Malformation Blank - Not Coded

***1980-1983*** 0 - None 1 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) 2 - Tuberculosis 3 - Cancer 4 - Diabetes Mellitus 5 - Motor Vehicle Accident 6 - Other Accident 7 - Fall 8 - Operations 9 - Heart Conditions A - Hypertension Blank - Not Coded

18 underly 51-54 4 C Underlying Cause of Death Note: .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/DataandStatis ticalReports/VitalStatisticsData/De athData/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. 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 Autopsy Indicates whether an autopsy was performed.

***1980-Present*** 1 - Yes 2 - No 9 - Unknown/Not Reported

20 inj_caus 56-56 1 C External Cause Indicates type of injury, when an external injury occurred. Reported when such injury was either the underlying cause of death or a contributing cause.

***2004-Present 0 – Not Reported 1 – Natural 2 – Accident 3 – Suicide 4 – Homicide 5 – Undetermined 6 – Pending

***1980-2003*** 1 - Not Applicable 2 - Accident 3 - Suicide 4 - Homicide 5 - Undetermined

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

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

22 inj_hour 65-66 2 C Injury Hour The 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*** 00-24 99 - Unknown/Not Stated Blank - Not Applicable

23 inj_min 67-68 2 C Injury Minute The 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*** 00-59 99 - Unknown/Not Stated Blank - Not Applicable ***1980-1991*** 30 - Default Value

24 injatwrk 69-69 1 C Injury at Work Indicates whether external injury occurred at work.

***1980-Present*** 0 - Not Applicable 1 – Yes 2 – No 9 - 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 - Agriculture B - Mining, Quarrying, Oil and Gas Wells C - Construction D - Manufacturing E - Transportation and Public Utility F - Trade G - Service H - Government I - Other and Unspecified Industry J - Home K - Public L - Unknown/Not Stated M - Nursing Home N - Prison P - Hospital Blank - Not Applicable

***1986-1994*** A - Agriculture B - Mining, Quarrying, Oil and Gas Wells C - Construction D - Manufacturing E - Transportation and Public Utility F - Trade G - Service H - Government I - Other and Unspecified Industry J - Home K - Public L - Unknown/Not Stated M - Nursing Home N - Prison Blank - Not Applicable

***1983-1985*** A - Agriculture B - Mining, Quarrying, Oil and Gas Wells C - Construction D - Manufacturing E - Transportation and Public Utility F - Trade G - Service H - Government I - Other and Unspecified Industry J - Home K - Public L - Unknown/Not Stated Blank - Not Applicable

***1980-1982*** 0 - Home 1 - Farm 2 - Mine & Quarry 3 - Industrial Place, Premise 4 - Place for Recreation & Sport 5 - Street & Highway 6 - Public Building 7 - Resident Institution 8 - Other Specified Place 9 - Unknown Blank - 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.

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.

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 Status Indicates whether decedent smoked in last 15 years.

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

***1988-2004*** 1 - Yes 2 - No 9 - Unknown/Not stated

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

29 dth_hour 76-77 2 C Death Hour The 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*** 00-24 99 - Unknown/Not Stated

30 dth_min 78-79 2 C Death Minute The 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*** 00-59 99 - Unknown/Not Stated

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

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

Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes- Classification of Attendant at Death.”

***1998-Present*** 01 - Physician, MD 02 - Coroner/Pathologist 03 - Osteopath, DO 04 - Chiropractor 05 – Sanipractor 06 – Physician’s Assistant 07 – Nurse Practitioner 09 - Other

***1980-1997*** 01 - Physician, MD 02 - Coroner/Pathologist 03 - Osteopath, DO 04 - Chiropractor 05 – Sanipractor 09 - 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 Death Before using this field, see “Death Statistical File Data Notes- Facility of Death”.

***2004-Present*** 0 – Home 1 – Other 2 – Dead on Arrival 3 – Emergency Room 4 – Hospital Inpatient 5 – Nursing Home 6 – Hospital 7 – Hospice 9 - Unknown

***1980-2003*** 0 - Home 1 - Other Place 2 - In Transport 3 - Emergency Room 4 - Hospital 5 - Nursing Home (includes hospice) 9 - Unknown

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

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

***1980-1988** Blank Field

35 occ_fed 97-99 3 C Usual Occupation - Federal Code Coded 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 Code Coded 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 Level Highest 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 less 02 – 9th-12th grade, no diploma 03 – High school graduate or GED 04 – Some college, no degree 05 – Associate degree 06 – Bachelor’s degree 07 – Master’s degree 08 – Doctorate or Professional degree 09 – Unknown (09 or 99)

***1992-2003*** 000 - No Education 001 - Completed first grade 002 - Completed second grade 003 - Completed third grade 004 - Completed fourth grade 005 - Completed fifth grade 006 - Completed sixth grade 007 - Completed seventh grade 008 - Completed eighth grade 009 - Completed ninth grade 010 - Completed tenth grade 011 - Completed eleventh grade 012 - High school graduate 013 - Completed 1 year of college 014 - Completed 2 years of college 015 - Completed 3 years of college 016 - College graduate 017 - Post graduate work 099 - 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 Type Indicates 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 99 1 - Years 100 or more 2 - Months 3 - Weeks 4 - Days 5 - Hours 6 - Minutes 9 - 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 99 00-99 - Years 100 or more 01-11 - Months 01-03 - Weeks 01-31 - Days 01-23 - Hours 01-59 - Minutes 99 - 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 Residence 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.

41 st_occ 111-112 2 C State of 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 codes, see the birth state of decedent (statebir) field.

42 dth_ampm 114-114 1 C Death AM or PM The 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 - AM P - PM Blank - Not Applicable

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

***1989-1991*** 1 - US citizen 2 - Not US citizen 9 - Unknown

***1988*** Blank Field

***1980-1987*** 1 - US citizen 2 - Not US citizen 9 - Unknown

44 age 116-118 3 N Age in Years Calculated 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 year 999 – Unknown

45 occ_lit 119-148 30 C Occupation Literal The 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 Literal The 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 Code Indicates whether emergency care was given to the decedent.

***1980-1987*** 1 - Yes 2 - No 9 - Unknown/Not Stated

48 inj_ampm 180-180 1 C Injury Time, AM or PM The 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 - AM P - PM Blank - 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 Code Indicates whether the decedent ever served in the United States Armed Forces.

***1980-Present*** 1 - Yes 2 - No 9 - Unknown/Not Stated

51 incity 188-188 1 C Inside City Limits Flag Indicates whether the decedent’s place of residence was reported as being inside city limits.

***1992-Present*** N - No Y - Yes U - Unknown/Not Stated

***1980-1991*** Blank Field

52 disptype 189-189 1 C Disposition Type Indicates the manner of disposition used for the remains of the decedent.

***2004-Present*** 1 – Burial 2 – Cremation 3 – Removal from State 4 – Donation (medical research) 5 – Body Not Recovered 6 – Entombment 7 – Other 9 - Unknown

***1980-2003*** 1 - Burial 2 - Cremation 3 - Removal 4 - Medical Research 5 - Body Not Recovered 9 - Unknown

53 dispdate 190-197 8 N Disposition Date Indicates the date on which the remains of the decedent were disposed of through burial, cremation, or some other method.

***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 Referred Indicates 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 - Yes 2 - Not 9 - Unknown/Not Stated

56 rcvdt 203-210 8 N County Receive Date The date the death certificate was received at the county registrar’s office.

57 nchsnew 211-211 1 C NCHS New Record Flag This 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 Code For years prior to 1999, See http://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 Event Blank - No External Event

59 transax 213-213 1 C TRANSAX Conversion Flag Generated by Translation of Axis (TRANSAX), indicates that an alteration of the literal codes has occurred.

***1988-1998*** 3 - Conversion using non-ambivalent table entries 4 - Conversion using ambivalent table entries 5 - 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 - Blank 63 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 Flag 63 mltcse2 220-223 4 C Condition 2 – ICD-9 Cause Code 64 injflg3 224-224 1 C Condition 3 - Injury Flag 65 mltcse3 225-228 4 C Condition 3 – ICD-9 Cause Code

***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 county Health department. The file number is 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 education 1-8 – 1st – 8th grades 9 – 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 - Yes 2 – No 8 – Not reported 9 – 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 missing 1 – Not pregnant within 1 year 2 – Pregnant at death 3 – Not pregnant, but w/in 42 days 4 – Not pregnant, but 43 days to 1yr 8 – Not applicable 9 – Unknown

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

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

***2004-Present*** 1 – Yes 2 – No 7 – Probably 8 – Not reported 9 – Unknown

134 transinj 399 1 C If transportation injury, specify:

***2004-Present*** 1 – Driver 2 – Passenger 3 – Pedestrian 4 – Other 8 – N/A 9 – Unknown

135 dod_modi 400 1 C Date of Death Modifier: ***2004-Present*** A - Actual P – Presumed C – Court determined F – 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 county Health department. The file number is 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 race 10 – White only 11 – Black only 12 – AIAN only 13 – Asian only 14 – NHOPI only Two races 20 – White, Black 21 – White, AIAN 22 – White, Asian 23 – White, NHOPI 24 – Black, AIAN 25 – Black, Asian 26 – Black, NHOPI 27 – AIAN, Asian 28 – AIAN, NHOPI 29 – Asian, NHOPI Three races 30 – White, Black, AIAN 31 – White, Black, Asian 32 – White, Black, NHOPI 33 – White, AIAN, Asian 34 – White, AIAN, NHOPI 35 – White, Asian, NHOPI 36 – Black, AIAN, Asian 37 – Black, AIAN, NHOPI 38 – Black, Asian, NHOPI 39 – AIAN, Asian, NHOPI Four races 40 – White, Black, AIAN, Asian 41 – White, Black, AIAN, NHOPI 42 – White, Black, Asian, NHOPI 43 – White, AIAN, Asian, NHOPI 44 – Black, AIAN, Asian, NHOPI Five races 50 – White, Black, AIAN, Asian, NHOPI Unknown 99 - 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-Present 1 – Natural 2 – Accident 3 – Suicide 4 – Homicide 5 – Undetermined 6 – 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 specified 01 – White 02 – Black 03 – AIAN 04 – Asian Indian 05 – Chinese 06 - Filipino 07 - Japanese 08 - Korean 09 - Vietnamese 10 – Other Asian 11 – Native Hawaiian 12 – Guamanian or Chamorro 13 - Samoan 14 – Other Pacific Islander 15 - Other

Bridged multiple specified race 21 – White 22 – Black 23 – AIAN 24 – Asian or Pacific Islander

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