Guidelines for reporting occupation and industry on death certificates
Contributors: Lainez, Jose; Robinson, Cynthia; Schumacher, Pam; Sweeney, Marie Haring; National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
Series: DHHS publication -- no. (PHS) 2012-149; DHHS publication -- no. (PHS) 2012-149.
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cincinnati, OH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Death; Handbooks, manuals; Proof and certification; Recording and registration; Death Certificates; Handbooks; Industry; Mortuary Practice; Occupations; Records as Topic; Standards
Description: "By reporting accurate data on industry and usual or life-time occupation of decedents, funeral directors and those involved in the registration process are helping to improve statistics on occupational mortality and worker health. This document updates the guidelines written in 1988 by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) (DHHS Publication No. 88-1149). It is designed to help funeral directors complete the Decedent's Usual Occupation and Kind of Business/Industry items on electronic and paper death certificates. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reviews the quality of the occupation and industry reported, combines it with the NCHS mortality data, and reports U.S. occupational mortality trends." - p. 1
Notes: This document was written by Cynthia Robinson, Pam Schumacher, Marie Haring Sweeney and Jose Lainez.

"June 2012." - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2012-149/
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Completing electronic and paper death certificates; title: 3. Rules for reporting usual occupation and kind of business or industry; title: 4. Completing the occupation item; title: 5. Completing the kind of business or industry item; title: 6. Scenarios with several jobs over a lifetime; title: 7. Checklist. Reviewing your entries; title: Appendix A. Examples of occupation that need more detail; title: Appendix B. Examples of industry entries that need more detail; title: Appendix C. Examples of acceptable entries for both occupation and industry; title: Appendix D. The Vital Statistics Registration System in the United States; title: Using death data for public health action