Multiple Cause of Death, 1979

This data collection presents information about the causes
of all recorded deaths occurring in the United States, Puerto Rico,
the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa during 1979. 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 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.