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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Life After a Death: a Study of the Elderly Widowed, 1979

Variable Details

Variablecause1br
LabelCAUSE OF DEATH: Code each listed cause (Ia-II on d/c) see International Classification of Disease Version 10 vols : 1b
Responses
1 Infactious and parasitic 4
3 Malignant neoplasms incl blood 47
4 Blood, blood forming organs, incl immune 1
5 Endocrine nuitritional metabolic 3
7 Nervous system 5
9 Circulatory 153
10 Respiratory 33
11 Digestive 13
12 Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1
13 Musculoskeletal 3
14 Genito urinary 8
18 Symptoms, signs 9
19 Injury, poisoning, external causes 4
20 Other injuries, burns, posoning 1
23 Other external causes of accidental injury 1
Sysmiss 462
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLife After a Death: a Study of the Elderly Widowed, 1979
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