Multiple Cause of Death, 1987

This data collection contains information on all deaths
processed by the National Center for Health Statistics for calendar
year 1987. Each record in the file includes data on underlying cause
and multiple cause of death. Data cover date of death, geographic
location (region, state, county, division) of death, residence of the
deceased (region, state, county, city, population size), and sex, race,
age, marital status, state of birth, origin or descent, kind of
business, and occupation of the deceased. The underlying causes of
death are coded from the MANUAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL
CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, INJURIES, AND CAUSE-OF-DEATH, NINTH
REVISION (ICD-9) VOLUMES 1 AND 2.