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LS variable metadata

MLC9A1DE
TableDETH Deaths of LS members
Short descriptionAlpha code (ICD9) for 1st cause of death of LS member (deaths 1981 - 2 Dec 1986)
SourceDraft entry for deaths (Form 310): Question 8.
Code notesDeaths 1971-1981: Not applicable, see MLC8A1DE Deaths 1981 - 2 Dec 1986: Indicates the position on the death draft of the multiple cause of death code to which it applies 'A' = The multiple cause code is taken from line Ia of the deaths draft 'B' = Taken from line Ib of the death draft 'C' = Taken from line Ic 'Z' = Taken from line II of the death draft ' ' = The multiple cause code is taken to be the same as that of the preceding multiple cause code Note: 1 'A' is always the first alpha code 2 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'Z' alpha codes appear only once per death record and in the order shown, although they need not all be present 3 An alpha code of ' ' can appear any number of times after one of the other prefixes 4 1981-1984: 'M' prefix can appear any number of times per record but must be immediately preceded by a code with a prefix other than 'M'. Two 'M' prefixes cannot be together 5 1981-1984: The code immediately before an 'M' prefix will be a Chapter 2 cancer code (ICD 1400 - 2399). Although an 'M' code always requires a preceding cancer code, a cancer code does not always require a following 'M' code See Events Appendix 4 Deaths 3 Dec 1986 - 31 Dec 1992: Not applicable. See FCCLD1DE/ ORICL3DE/ OCCDX1DE/ OTCLD1DE Deaths 1993 onwards: Not applicable. See ICD98DE/ ICD98FDE (Non-neonatals) or ICD9P8DE/ ID9PF8DE (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).
304Events Appendix 4

Additional information

ValueLabel
id449
m204namePAABDETH
fullname(DETH)MLC9A1DE
description
codedas
sourceDraft entry for deaths (Form 310): Question 8.
derivedN
codelistN
formerlyMLCAC1DDE, MLCA9ACnDDE, MLC9ANDE
restrictedN
formatText
length1
occurs1
enddate19810405
keywordMortality
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0DETH

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