Other Positions 51 through 77 contain selected information from the death record. Bed code is a alphanumeric variable used in conjunction with institution and place of occurrence to uniquely identify each hospital. Hospital code, therefore, is located in positions 1-7 of each record. A complete list of hospital codes is too extensive to be included in this document. A district code of '00' implies a rural part of the county.
Age is recorded as the number of completed months and days.