Other Positions 51 through 77 contain selected information from the death record. Bed code is an 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.