National Mortality Followback Survey, 1993 (on diskette)

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National Mortality Followback Survey, 1993 (on diskette)

The 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey (NMFS) is the six Mortality followback survey conducted by NCHS. The 1993 NMFS supplements information from death certificates in the vital statistics file with information characteristics of the decedent. These include access and use of health services in the last year of life, lifestyle and behavioral factors affecting when and how death occurs, socioeconomic characteristics of decedents, and disability during the last year of life. A sample of 22,957 death certificates was drawn from the 1993 Current Mortality Sample which formed the sampling frame. The sample was selected by individuals 15 years and over, two racial groups, and gender within 12 causes of death: suicide; homicide; injuries to motor vehicle drivers, pedestrians, and motorcycle owner operators; other motor vehicle injuries; non-motor vehicle injuries; HIV'; cancer; COPD; heart disease; alcohol abuse; drug abuse; and all other causes of death.