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LSOA II Linked Mortality Restricted-use Data File

Data Availability

List of variables at a glance

List of variables available by special request

Data file technical characteristics

Accessing the LSOA II linked mortality restricted use file

Documentation contents

Data availability
Due to confidentiality requirements, the LSOA II Linked Mortality Restricted-use Data are only accessible through the NCHS Research Data Center (RDC). All interested researchers must submit a research proposal to the RDC. The RDC offers both on-site and remote user access. Approved researchers will be able to analyze data from the LSOA II Restricted-use Linked Mortality File which contains information on LSOA II participant eligibility status, vital status, date of death, age at death, and underlying and contributing causes of death. Additional death certificate data are available by special request. Requests for access to special request variables will require additional justification in the researcher’s RDC proposal. The LSOA II Linked Morality Restricted-use File does not contain perturbed data.

List of variables at a glance

LSOA II Public ID

Eligibility status

Final mortality status and source

Date of death

Age at death

Age when last presumed alive

Underlying cause of death codes (ICD-9 and ICD-10)

Underlying cause of death recodes (ICD-9 and ICD-10)

Multiple cause of death entity axis codes

Multiple cause of death record axis codes

Date of birth

Date of SOA II exam

Age at SOA II exam

List of variables available by special request

Data file technical characteristics

The LSOA II Linked Mortality Restricted-use File is available in SAS and ASCII file formats. The total number of records is 9,447.

Accessing the LSOA II Linked Mortality Restricted-use file

Overview of request process

Checklist for RDC application

Helpful tips for RDC proposal writing

NCHS Research Data Center (RDC)

Documentation contents

File layout

Detailed notes for selected variables

Underlying and multiple causes of death

This page last reviewed October 15, 2008