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LS variable metadata

MLC8A1DE
TableDETH Deaths of LS members
Short descriptionAlpha code (ICD8) for 1st cause of death of LS member (deaths April 1971 - April 1981)
SourceDraft entry for deaths (Form 310): Question 8.
Code notesApril 1971 - April 1981: The alpha code indicates the position on the death draft of the multiple cause code to which it applies 'A' = Question 9, line Ia of the death draft 'B' = Line Ib 'C' = line Ic 'Z' = Line II ' ' = indicates that the following mutiple cause code is the same as the preceding one '(' = the immediately following multiple cause code provides additional information about the preceding one 'M' = the following multiple cause code is a morphology code for the preceding multiple cause code See Events Appendix2 Note: 1 'A' is always the first prefix 2 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'Z' prefixes appear only once per record and in the order shown, although they need not all be present 3 ' ' and '(' prefixes can appear any number of times after any of the other prefixes. Deaths 1982 - 2 Dec 1986: Not applicable. See MLC9A1DE Deaths 3 Dec 1986 - 31 Dec 1992: Not applicable. See OCCDX1DE/ OTCCD1DE/ OCMOX1DE/ OTCMO1DE Deaths 1993 onward: Not applicable. See ICD91DE/ ICD91FDE (Non-neonatals) or ICD9P1DE/ ICD9PF1DE (Neonatals)

Variable coding

The codelist for this variable is not available.


References

RefnumReference
776See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 343 (death registration draft entry form), page 25 and pp. 96-97 (general details), pp. 101-104 (comparability of data), page 108 and pp. 117-121 (data quality).
302Events Appendix 2

Additional information

ValueLabel
id1156
m204namePAABDETH
fullname(DETH)MLC8A1DE
description
codedas
sourceDraft entry for deaths (Form 310): Question 8.
derivedN
codelistN
formerlyMLCA8ACnDDE, MLC8ANDE
restrictedN
formatText
length1
occurs1
enddate19810405
keywordMortality
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0DETH

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS