Multiple Cause of Death, 1993

<p>This data collection presents information about the causes of all deaths occurring in the United States during 1993. Data are provided concerning underlying causes of death, multiple conditions that caused the death, place of death, 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. Mortality Detail data for 1993 also can be extracted from this file. The Mortality Detail record is in the first 159 positions of the Multiple Cause record. 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. (Source: downloaded from ICPSR 7/13/10)</p>
<p><strong>Please Note:</strong> This dataset is part of the historical CISER Data Archive Collection and is also available at ICPSR -- <a href="https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06799.v1">https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06799.v1</a>. We highly recommend using the ICPSR version as they made this dataset available in multiple data formats.</p>