File Layout and Data Dictionary for Deaths Public Use Data Files.

Write will generate the following

Variable          Rec   Start     End  Format

yrdeath             1       1       4  F4.0
stater              1       5       6  F2.0
countyr             1       7       9  F3.0
gender              1      10      10  F1.0
race                1      11      11  F1.0
agegrp              1      12      13  F2.0
educ                1      14      14  F1.0
LCOD                1      15      16  F2.0
dplace              1      17      17  F1.0

	Variable Values

 
Value	Label	   
stater	1	ALABAMA	   
 	2	ALASKA	   
 	4	ARIZONA	   
 	5	ARKANSAS	   
 	6	CALIFORNIA	   
 	8	COLORADO	   
 	9	CONNECTICUT	   
 	10	DELAWARE	   
 	11	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	   
 	12	FLORIDA	   
 	13	GEORGIA	   
 	15	HAWAII	   
 	16	IDAHO	   
 	17	ILLINOIS	   
 	18	INDIANA	   
 	19	IOWA	   
 	20	KANSAS	   
 	21	KENTUCKY	   
 	22	LOUISANA	   
 	23	MAINE	   
 	24	MARYLAND	   
 	25	MASSACHUSETTS	   
 	26	MICHIGAN	   
 	27	MINNESOTA	   
 	28	MISSISSIPPI	   
 	29	MISSOURI	   
 	30	MONTANA	   
 	31	NEBRASKA	   
 	32	NEVADA	   
 	33	NEW HAMPSHIRE	   
 	34	NEW JERSEY	   
 	35	NEW MEXICO	   
 	36	NEW YORK	   
 	37	NORTH CAROLINA	   
 	38	NORTH DAKOTA	   
 	39	OHIO	   
 	40	OKLAHOMA	   
 	41	OREGON	   
 	42	PENNSYLVANIA	   
 	44	RHODE ISLAND	   
 	45	SOUTH CAROLINA	   
 	46	SOUTH DAKOTA	   
 	47	TENNESSEE	   
 	48	TEXAS	   
 	49	UTAH	   
 	50	VERMONT	   
 	51	VIRGINIA	   
 	53	WASHINGTON	   
 	54	WEST VIRGINIA	   
 	55	WISCONSIN	   
 	56	WYOMING	   
 	60	AMERICA SAMOA	   
 	66	GUAM	   
 	69	N MARIANA ISL	   
 	72	PUERTO RICO	   
 	75	PACIFIC ISLANDS	   
 	78	VIRGIN ISLANDS	   
 	79	CANADA	   
 	80	CUBA	   
 	81	MEXICO	   
 	82	REST OF WORLD	   
 	98	N.A.	   
 	99	UNKNOWN	   
countyr	1	Kent	   
 	3	New Castle	   
 	5	Sussex	   
 	777	Out of State	   
 	999	Unkown	   
gender	1	Male	   
 	2	Female	   
 	9	Unknown	   
race	0	OTHER NON-WHITE	   
 	1	WHITE	   
 	2	BLACK	   
 	3	AMER IND	   
 	4	CHINESE	   
 	5	JAPANESE	   
 	6	HAWAIIAN	   
 	7	FILIPINO	   
 	8	OTHER ASIAN/PI	   
 	9	UNKNOWN	   
agegrp	0	<1	   
 	1	1-4	   
 	2	5-9	   
 	3	10-14	   
 	4	15-19	   
 	5	20-24	   
 	6	25-34	   
 	7	35-44	   
 	8	45-54	   
 	9	55-64	   
 	10	65-74	   
 	11	75+	   
 	99	Unknown	   
educ	1	<12 YR	   
 	2	12 YR	   
 	3	13+ YR	   
 	9	Unknown	   
LCOD	2	Acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart disease	   
 	3	Hypertensive heart disease	   
 	4	Hypertensive heart and renal disease	   
 	5	Ischemic heart disease	   
 	6	All other forms of heart disease	   
 	7	Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx	   
 	8	Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs	   
 	9	Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs	   
 	10	Malignant neoplasms of breast	   
 	11	Malignant neoplasms of female genital organs	   
 	12	Malignant neoplasms of male genital organs	   
 	13	Malignant neoplasms of urinary tract	   
 	14	Malignant neoplasms of meninges, brain, and other parts of cns	   
 	15	Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic, and related tissue	   
 	20	All other and unspecified malignant neoplasms	   
 	21	Cerebrovascular diseases	   
 	22	Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases	   
 	23	Motor vehicle accidents	   
 	24	Nontransport accidents	   
 	25	Diabetes mellitus	   
 	26	Influenza and pneumonia	   
 	27	Alzheimers Disease	   
 	28	Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis	   
 	29	Septicemia	   
 	30	Intentional self-harm (suicide)	   
 	31	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	   
 	32	Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease	   
 	33	Aortic aneurysm and dissection	   
 	35	Assault (homicide)	   
 	36	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	   
 	37	Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities	   
 	38	Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)	   
 	99	All other causes	   
dplace	1	Inpatient	   
 	2	Emergency Room-Outpatient	   
 	3	Dead On Arrival	   
 	4	Status Unknown	   
 	5	Nursing Home	   
 	6	Residence	   
 	7	Other	   
 	9	Not Classifiable