Magnetic Tape or IBM-PC File
Tape format: EBCDIC Unlabelled, Blocksize: 6180, Logical Record Length: 618, Density: 1600 BPI
Disk Format: ASCII

#	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 (1=BIRTH CERTIFICATE)
4	2	9-10	4A	EVENT YEAR
5	2	11-12	XIND	LOCAL REGISTRATION DISTRICT
6	6	13-18	LFN	LOCAL FILE NUMBER/CERTIFICATE NUMBER
7	13	19-31	1A	CHILD'S FIRST NAME
8	13	32-44	1B	CHILD'S MIDDLE NAME
9	30	45-74	1C	CHILD'S LAST NAME
10	1	75-75		QUESTIONABLE NAME FLAG
11	1	76-76	2	CHILD'S SEX
12	1	77-77	3A	CHILD'S PLURALITY
13	1	78-78	3B	CHILD'S BIRTH ORDER
14	6	79-84	4A	CHILD'S BIRTHDATE (MMDDYY)
15	4	85-88	4B	HOUR OF BIRTH
16	8	89-96	6A	FATHER'S FIRST NAME
17	30	97-126	6C	FATHER'S LAST NAME
18	6	127-132	8	FATHER'S DATE OF BIRTH (MMDDYY)
19	8	133-140	9A	MOTHER'S FIRST NAME
20	30	141-170	9C	MOTHER'S LAST NAME
21	6	171-176	10	MOTHER'S STATE OF BIRTH (CBC CODES)
22	6	177-182	11	MOTHER'S DATE OF BIRTH (MMDDYY)
23	6	183-188	15A	CHILD'S DATE OF DEATH (MMDDYY)
24	4	189-192	17	DATE OF REGISTRATION (MMYY)
25	2	193-194	18	FATHER'S RACE (CBC CODES)
26	1	195-195	19	FATHER'S SPANISH/HISPANIC (CBC CODES)
27	25	196-220	20A	FATHER'S OCCUPATION
28	25	221-245	20B	FATHER'S INDUSTRY
29	2	246-247	20C	FATHER'S EDUCATION
30	2	248-249	21	MOTHER'S RACE (CBC CODES)
31	1	250-250	22	MOTHER'S SPANISH/HISPANIC (CBC CODES)
32	25	251-275	23A	MOTHER'S OCCUPATION
33	25	276-300	23B	MOTHER'S INDUSTRY
34	2	301-302	23C	MOTHER'S EDUCATION
35	28	303-330	24A	MOTHER'S RESIDENCE: ADDRESS
36	30	331-360	24C	MOTHER'S RESIDENCE: CITY
37	5	361-365	24E	MOTHER'S RESIDENCE: ZIP CODE
38	6	366-371	25A	DATE OF LAST MENSES
39	1	372-372	25B	MONTH PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
40	2	373-374	25C	NUMBER OF PRENATAL VISITS
41	2	375-376	25D	PAYMENT SOURCE FOR PRENATAL CARE
42	4	377-380	26	BIRTH WEIGHT IN GRAMS
43	1	381-381		BIRTH WEIGHT INDICATOR (BLANK)
44	2	382-383	27A	LIVE BIRTHS NOW LIVING
45	2	384-385	27B	LIVE BIRTHS NOW DEAD
46	4	386-389	27C	DATE OF LAST LIVE BIRTH (MM/YY)
47	2	390-391	27D	TERMINATIONS BEFORE 20 WEEKS
48	2	392-393	27E	TERMINATIONS AFTER 20 WEEKS
49	4	394-397	27F	DATE OF LAST TERMINATION
50	6	398-403	28A	METHOD OF DELIVERY
51	2	404-405	28B	PAYMENT SOURCE FOR DELIVERY
52	32	406-437	29	COMPLICATIONS OF PREG/CONCRNT ILLNESS
53	18	438-455	30	COMPLICATIONS/PROCS OF LABOR/DELIVERY
54	20	456-475	31	ABNORMAL CONDS/CLINICAL PROCEDURES
55	4	476-479	A	MATERNITY HOSPITAL CODE
56	2	480-481	B	RESIDENCE COUNTY
57	1	482-482	C	SOLICITATION CODE (BLANK)
58	1	483-483	D	ATTENDANT/CERTIFIER CODE
59	1	484-484	E	PLANNED PLACE OF BIRTH
60	6	485-490	CT	CENSUS TRACT
61	1	491-491	AMND	AMENDMENT INDICATOR
62	13	492-504	6B	FATHER'S MIDDLE NAME
63	3	505-507	7	FATHER'S STATE OF BIRTH (MARC CODES)
64	2	508-509	FAGE	FATHER'S AGE
65	13	510-522	9B	MOTHER'S MIDDLE NAME
66	3	523-525	10	MOTHER'S STATE OF BIRTH (MARC CODES)
67	2	526-527	MAGE	MOTHER'S AGE
68	6	528-533	12C	DATE INFORMANT SIGNED
69	8	534-541	13B	LICENSE NUMBER
70	6	542-547	13C	DATE CERTIFIER SIGNED
71	6	548-553	17	DATE OF REGISTRATION
72	2	554-555	24B	COUNTY OF RESIDENCE
73	3	556-558	24D	STATE OF RESIDENCE
74	3	559-561	GAGE	GESTATIONAL AGE IN DAYS
75	1	562-562	GAGE	GESTATIONAL AGE ESTIMATED
76	1	563-563	%VALD	CBC VALIDATIONS
77	14	564-577	18	FATHER'S RACE (TEXT)
78	13	578-590	19	FATHER'S HISPANIC (TEXT)
79	14	591-604	21	MOTHER'S RACE (TEXT)
80	13	605-617	22	MOTHER'S HISPANIC (TEXT)
81	1	618-618		BLANK

Updated September 18, 1996 by RL Williams

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