Multiple Cause of Death, 1980

This data collection presents information about the causes
of deaths occurring during 1980. Included is information about the
causes of all recorded deaths occurring in the United States, Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa during 1981. 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 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.