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Illinois Department of Public Health EMS Reporting System - Death Certificate Data Dictionary

(Calendar Years 1994 - 1998)

Data Element Categories Description Comments
Age 0
1 - 4
5 - 9
10 - 14
15 - 19
20 - 24
25 - 34
35 - 44
45 - 54
55 - 64
65 - 74
75 +
Age in years, based on the date the death occurred Age values are for the most part provided in five or 10-year intervals.
Gender Female
Male
   
Race/ Ethnicity Asian/Pacific Islander



Black  non-Hispanic
Hispanic


Native American
White  non-Hispanic
Other
(Asian Indian, Guamanian, Korean, Samoan, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Other Asian, Filipino, Hawaiian)
(Black, not of Hispanic Origin)
(Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban,
Central/South American, Other/
Unknown Spanish)
(American Indian)
(White not of Hispanic origin)
(Other non-White)




Cause of Death Atherosclerosis
Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms)
Cerebrovascular Disease
Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis
Congenital Anomalies
Diabetes
Heart Disease
Infection - Septicemia
Infection - All Other Infectious and
    Parasitic Diseases
Injury (Intentional) - Homicide and Legal
     Intervention
Injury (Intentional) - Suicide
Injury (Unintentional) - Drownings
Injury (Unintentional) - Falls
Injury (Unintentional) - Exposure to smoke, fire
     and flames
Injury (Unintentional) - Motor Vehicle
Injury - All others

Nephritis/Nephrotic Syndrome/
   Nephrosis
Perinatal Conditions
Respiratory - Acute Upper Respiratory
     Infections/Bronchitis/Bronchiolitis
Respiratory - Asthma
Respiratory - COPD and Allied Conditions
    (excludes Asthma)
Respiratory - Pneumonia/Influenza
All Other Causes
Unknown1

440
140-208
430-438
571
740-759
250
393-398;402;404-429
038

001-139(excluding 038)

E960-E978
E950-E959
E910
E880-E888

E890-E899
E810-E825
E800-E999 (excluding all other
   E-codes listed above)

580-589
760-779

460-466
493
490-492;494-496
  (excludes asthma)
480-487

Grouping is based on ICD-9 coding for underlying cause of death.




HIV/AIDS deaths are included with the category "Infection - All Other Infectious and Parasitic Diseases".



The "Injury - All Others" category includes all other injuries classified as unintentional, all injuries of undetermined intent and injuries classified as operations of war.
County All 102 Illinois counties from ADAMS to … WOODFORD
Unknown Place in Illinois
County of residence of the deceased  
Time Period 1994-Q1
1994-Q2
1994-Q3
1994-Q4
… through
1998-Q4
Quarterly time frames based on the date of death  
Notes: 1 The category of "Unknown" represents all values that were invalid entries, values recorded as "unknown,"
or when no values were entered for the field.



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