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LS variable metadata

MLC841DE
TableDETH Deaths of LS members
Short descriptionICD8 multiple cause code 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 field contains the ICD 8th revision cause of death code as follows: A ICD codes 001-799 occupy the first three characters. If a fourth digit is present this is the fourth character. Otherwise the fourth character is ' ' B ICD 'E' codes (E800-999) are represented in the following form, eg E825.2 as H252 E913.0 as I130 E897 as H97- C ICD 'N' codes(N800-N999) are shown in full without the leading 'N' eg N873.3 as 8733 The field is Blank otherwise. Blank 'E'and 'N' codes may also relate to special ONS Multiple Cause codes See Events Appendix 2 Deaths 1982 onwards: Not applicable. 1982 - 2 Dec 1986 See MLC941DE 3 Dec 1986 - 31 Dec 1992 OCCDX1DE/ OTCCD1DE/ OCMOX1DE/ OTCMO1DE 1993 + neonatals, ICD9P1DE/ ICD9PF1DE 1993+ non-neonatals. ICD91DE/ ICD91FDE

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
id1148
m204namePAABDETH
fullname(DETH)MLC841DE
description
codedas
sourceDraft entry for deaths (Form 310): Question 8.
derivedN
codelistN
formerlyMLCA41DDE, MLCA84nDDE,
restrictedN
formatText
length4
occurs1
enddate19810405
keywordMortality
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0DETH

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS