recode39: 39 Selected Causes of Death

Description Usage Format Source Examples

Description

In order to provide a consistent ranking standard the NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics) prepared a list of 39 selected causes of death.It was created by combining titles in the List of 113 Selected Causes of Death

Usage

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data("recode39")

Format

A data frame with 42 observations on the following 6 variables.

recode

a numeric vector (1-42) indicating the recode

t

a numeric vector (1) indicating a 'super-category' .. this code has child codes

parent

a numeric vector indicating the parent of this recode (equals itself if no parent)

sex

a numeric vector indicating if this recode is sex-limited ...

1=Male 2=Female (ex. prostate cancer is male only)

age

a numeric vector indicating iof this recode is age-limited ...

1 = 5 and over; 2 = 10-54; 3 = 28 days and over; 4 = Under 1 year;

5 = 1-4 years; 6 = 1 year and over; 7 = 10 years and over

cause

a character vector describing the cause of death

Source

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/datalinkage/Public-use_Data_Dictionary.pdf (Appendices 3 and 4)

Examples

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JahNorr/mortRecode documentation built on May 7, 2019, 10:18 a.m.