Illinois Department of Public Health EMS Reporting System - Death Certificate Data Dictionary

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Illinois Department of Public Health EMS Reporting System - Death Certificate Data Dictionary

(Calendar Years 1999 - 2014)

Data Element	Categories	Description	Comments
Age	0 1 - 4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65 - 74 75 +	Age in years, based on the date the death occurred	Age values are for the most part provided in five or 10-year intervals.
Gender	Female Male
Race/ Ethnicity	Asian/Pacific Islander Black non-Hispanic Hispanic White non-Hispanic Other	(Asian Indian, Guamanian, Korean, Samoan, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Other Asian, Filipino, Hawaiian) (Black, not of Hispanic Origin) (Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central/South American, Other/ Unknown Spanish) (White not of Hispanic origin) (American Indians, and Other non-White)	From 1999 on, this query system has "Native American" decedents coded as "Other".
Cause of Death	Atherosclerosis Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) Cerebrovascular Diseases Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis Congenital Malformation/Deformation/ Chromosomal Abnormalities Diabetes Mellitus Diseases Of Heart Infection - Septicemia Infection - All Other Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Injury (Intentional) - Homicide Injury (Intentional) - Suicide Injury (Unintentional) - Drownings Injury (Unintentional) - Falls Injury (Unintentional) - Exposure to smoke, fire and flames Injury (Unintentional) - Motor Vehicle Injury - All others Nephritis/Nephrotic Syndrome/ Nephrosis Certain Perinatal Conditions Respiratory - Acute Upper Respiratory Infections/Bronchitis/Bronchiolitis Respiratory - Asthma Respiratory - Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (excludes Asthma) Respiratory - Pneumonia/Influenza All Other Causes Unknown¹	I70 C00-C97 I60-I69 K70,K73-K74 Q00-Q99 E10-E14 I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51 A40-A41 All other 'A' and 'B' codes X85-Y09,Y871,U01-U02 X60-X84,Y870,U03 W65-W74 W00-W19 X00-X09 V02-V04,V09.0,V09.2,V12-V14,V19.0-V19.2,V19.4-V19.6,V20-V79,V80.3-V80.5,V81.0-V81.1,V820-V821,V83-V86,V87.0-V87.8,V88.0-V88.8,V89.0,V89.2 V01-Y36,Y85-Y87,Y89 (not otherwise specified) N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27 P00-P96 J00-J06,J20-J22 J45-J46 J40-J44,J47 J10-J18	Grouping is based on ICD-10 coding for underlying cause of death. HIV/AIDS deaths are included with the category "Infection - All Other Infectious and Parasitic Diseases". The "Injury - All Others" category includes all other injuries classified as unintentional, all injuries of undetermined intent, injuries classified as legal intervention, and operations of war.
County	All 102 Illinois counties from ADAMS to … WOODFORD Unknown Place in Illinois	County of residence of the deceased
Time Period	1999-Q1 1999-Q2 1999-Q3 1999-Q4 … through 2014-Q4	Quarterly time frames based on the date of death
Notes: ¹ The category of "Unknown" represents all values that were invalid entries, values recorded as "unknown," or when no values were entered for the field. ² Before 2009, the Cause of Hospitalization "Pneumonia/Influenza" included ICD-9 codes 480-487. As of 2009, our system has been updated to include in this group the new ICD-9 code category '488', which specifies Influenza when the influenza virus is known (such as Avian influenza virus and H1N1).

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