Multiple Cause of Death, 1991

This data collection presents information about the causes
of all deaths occurring in the United States during 1991. Data are
provided concerning underlying causes of death, multiple conditions
that caused the death, place of death and residence of the deceased
(e.g., region, division, state, county), whether an autopsy was
performed, and the month and day of the week of the death. In addition,
data are supplied on the sex, race, age, marital status, education,
usual occupation, and origin or descent of the deceased. The multiple
cause of death fields were coded from the MANUAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL
STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND CAUSE-OF-DEATH,
NINTH REVISION (ICD-9), VOLUMES 1 AND 2.

本数据集收录了1991年美国境内全部死亡案例的相关信息。数据涵盖死亡根本原因、多重致死病因、死亡地点与死者的常住居住地（如地区、分区、州、县）、是否实施尸检，以及死亡发生的月份与星期几。此外，数据集还提供了死者的性别、种族、年龄、婚姻状况、受教育程度、惯常职业，以及血统或族裔信息。多死因字段依据《国际疾病、损伤及死亡原因统计分类手册（第九修订版，ICD-9）》第一、二卷完成编码。