LSOA II Linked Mortality Restricted-use File

 

Data File Description

The updated LSOA II Linked Mortality Restricted-use File provides mortality follow-up data from the date of SOA II interview (1994-1996) through December 31, 2006. Mortality ascertainment is based primarily upon deaths previously identified during one of two follow-up interviews, in 1997-1998 and 1999-2000, and results from a probabilistic match between LSOA II and NDI death certificate records. The LSOA II Linked Mortality Restricted-use data contains 9,447 records with 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. The LSOA II Linked Mortality Restricted-use data file does not contain perturbed data.

 

Data Availability

Due to confidentiality requirements, the LSOA II Linked Mortality Restricted-use data are only accessible through the NCHS Research Data Center (RDC). Approved researchers will be able to analyze data from the LSOA II Restricted-use Linked Mortality File in the RDC. All interested researchers must submit a research proposal to the RDC and provide additional justification in the RDC proposal to access special request variables.

 

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 Data File Variables Available by Special Request

• LSOA II Linked Mortality Files - Detailed Notes for Special Request Variables [PDF - 240 KB]

 

Documentation Contents

• File layout and detailed notes for selected variables [PDF - 16 KB]
• Underlying and multiple causes of death [PDF - 257 KB]