LAYOUT FOR AVSS DEATH RECORD FILE

#	LEN	COLUMNS	FIELD	DESCRIPTION
1	1	1-1		TRANSACTION CODE (1=ORIG CERTIFICATE)
2	6	2-7	SFN	STATE FILE NUMBER (BLANK)
3	1	8-8	FORM	EVENT TYPE (3=DEATH CERTIFICATE)
4	2	9-10	7	EVENT YEAR
5	2	11-12	XIND	LOCAL REGISTRATION DISTRICT
6	6	13-18	LFN	LOCAL FILE NUMBER/CERTIFICATE NUMBER
7	13	19-31	1	DECEDENT'S FIRST NAME
8	13	32-44	2	DECEDENT'S MIDDLE NAME
9	30	45-74	3	DECEDENT'S LAST NAME
10	8	75-82	7	DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH (MMDDYYYY)
11	4	83-86	8	HOUR OF DEATH
12	1	87-87	6	DECEDENT'S SEX
13	2	88-89	I16	DECEDENT'S RACE CODE
14	1	90-90	15	DECEDENT'S SPANISH/HISPANIC CODE
15	8	91-98	4	DECEDENT'S DATE OF BIRTH (MMDDYYYY)
16	1	99-99	7	DECEDENT'S AGE AT DEATH (TYPE)
17	2	100-101	5	DECEDENT'S AGE AT DEATH (UNITS)
18	3	102-104	9	DECEDENT'S STATE OF BIRTH
19	3	105-107		CITIZEN OF WHAT COUNTRY (BLANK)
20	13	108-120	31	FATHER'S FIRST NAME
21	13	121-133	32	FATHER'S MIDDLE NAME
22	30	134-163	33	FATHER'S LAST NAME
23	3	164-166	34	FATHER'S STATE OF BIRTH
24	13	167-179	35	MOTHER'S FIRST NAME
25	13	180-192	36	MOTHER'S MIDDLE NAME
26	30	193-222	37	MOTHER'S LAST NAME (MAIDEN)
27	3	223-225	38	MOTHER'S STATE OF BIRTH
28	4	226-229	11A	BLANK: WAS MILITARY SERVICE (BEGINNING YEAR)
29	4	230-233	11B	BLANK: WAS MILITARY SERVICE (ENDING YEAR)
30	9	234-242	10	DECEDENT'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
31	1	243-243	12	DECEDENT'S MARITAL STATUS
32	13	244-256	28	SPOUSE'S FIRST NAME
33	13	257-269	29	SPOUSE'S MIDDLE NAME
34	30	270-299	30	SPOUSE'S LAST NAME
35	25	300-324	17	DECEDENT'S USUAL OCCUPATION
36	25	325-349	18	DECEDENT'S USUAL BUSINESS/INDUSTRY
37	25	350-374	16	DECEDENT'S RACE (TEXT)
38	2	375-376	19	YEARS IN USUAL OCCUPATION
39	2	377-378	13	HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED
40	30	379-408	20	RESIDENCE STREET ADDRESS
41	30	409-438	21	CITY OF RESIDENCE
42	9	439-447	23	ZIP CODE
43	2	448-449	24	NUMBER OF YEARS IN COUNTY
44	4	450-453	101	PLACE OF DEATH
45	1	454-454	102	HOSPITAL STATUS
46	3	455-457	104	COUNTY OF DEATH
47	1	458-458	108	DEATH REPORTED TO CORONER
48	1	459-459	109	BIOPSY PERFORMED
49	1	460-460	110	AUTOPSY PERFORMED
50	1	461-461	111	AUTOPSY USED FOR CAUSE OF DEATH
51	1	462-462	113	OPERATION PERFORMED
52	7	463-469	116	PHYSICIAN/CERTIFIER LICENSE NUMBER
53	8	470-477	117	DATE CERTIFIER SIGNED
54	8	478-485	127	DATE CORONER SIGNED
55	1	486-486	119	MANNER OF DEATH
56	2	487-488	123	PLACE OF INJURY
57	1	489-489	120	INJURY AT WORK
58	8	490-497	121	DATE OF INJURY
59	4	498-501	122	HOUR OF INJURY
60	1	502-502	41	DISPOSITION
61	8	503-510	39	DATE OF DISPOSITION
62	7	511-517	45	FUNERAL DIRECTOR LICENSE NUMBER
63	8	518-525	47	DATE ACCEPTED FOR REGISTRATION
64	1	526-526	C	TYPE OF CERTIFIER
65	6	527-532	CT	CENSUS TRACT
66	2	533-534		YEARS IN STATE (BLANK)
67	4	535-538	UCOD	UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH
68	20	539-558	107	5 CAUSES OF DEATH
69	2	559-560	UCOD	GROUP CAUSE OF DEATH
70	3	561-563		DISEASE INDICATOR (BLANK)
71	1	564-564		TYPE OF FACILITY (BLANK)
72	3	565-567	I22	COUNTY OF RESIDENCE
73	8	568-575	AMND	BLANK: RESERVED FOR DATE OF LAST AMENDMENT

Updated February 11, 2004 by RL Williams

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