III. BIRTH-INFANT DEATH MATCHING
III.D.2. BIRTH-DEATH COHORT FILE LAYOUT
The AVSS Linked Cohort File layout uses the CBC 1400 byte layout for births with the matching infant death information incorporated into record positions 790-813 as follows:
Record Positions Contents
790-799 Date of Death (YYYY-MM-DD)
800-812 Local File Number of Matching Death Certificate
813 Death Indicator (0=No, 1=Neonatal, 2=Postneonatal, 3=Other)