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.

本数据集收录了美国国家卫生统计中心（National Center for Health Statistics）针对1987日历年度处理的全部死亡案例相关信息。文件内每条记录均包含死亡根本原因与多重死亡原因两类数据。数据集涵盖死亡日期、死亡发生地（地区、州、县、分区）、死者居住地（地区、州、县、城市、人口规模），以及死者的性别、种族、年龄、婚姻状况、出生州、血统或族裔、行业类别与职业信息。死亡根本死因的编码依据《国际疾病、损伤及死亡原因统计分类手册（第9版，ICD-9）》第1、2卷执行。