Definitions
AGE - Age in years as of last birthday. For infants, age may be stated in days, weeks or months.
ANNULMENT - Legal invalidation or voiding of a marriage, which
confers on the parties the status of never having been married to each other.
DEATH - Permanent disappearance of any evidence of life at any
time after live birth.
DIVORCE - Final legal dissolution of a marriage.
FETAL DEATH (STILLBIRTH) - Death prior to the complete expulsion
or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception, with 20 weeks
or more gestation and/or weighing 350 grams or more; the death is indicated by
the fact that after such expulsion or extraction the fetus does not breathe or
show any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the
umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles. Heartbeats shall be distinguished from
transient cardiac contractions; respirations shall be distinguished from
fleeting respiratory efforts or gasps.
INDUCED ABORTION (Induced termination of pregnancy) - Intentional
termination of pregnancy with the intention other than to produce a liveborn
infant or to remove a dead fetus.
INFANT DEATH - Death of an individual under one year of age.
LIVE BIRTH - Complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a
product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which,
after such expulsion or extraction, breathes or shows any other evidence of
life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or
definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has
been cut or the placenta is attached.
Heartbeats shall be distinguished from transient cardiac contractions;
respirations shall be distinguished from fleeting respiratory efforts or gasps.
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT BIRTH - Any liveborn infant whose birthweight is
less than 2500 grams (5 1/2 pounds).
MARRIAGE - Legal union of persons of opposite sex.
MATERNAL DEATH - Death attributable to delivery or the
complications of pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium.
NEONATAL DEATH - Death occurring to an individual less than 28
days of age.
OCCURRENCE, PLACE OF - County and state where the event occurred.
POSTNEONATAL DEATH - Death occurring to an individual 28 days of
age or more, and less than one year.
RACE - Recorded as the individual states on certificate for
mother, father or decedent.
RESIDENCE, PLACE OF - County and state of usual place of
residence. For births and fetal deaths,
usual place of residence of mother is used.
Residence may be different than mailing address.
UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH - Disease or injury which initiated the
train of morbid events leading directly to death, or the circumstances of the
accident or violence which produced the fatal injury. The cause of death codes used in this report are from the
International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10).
WEEKS GESTATION - The period of gestation (length of pregnancy) is
the number of completed weeks elapsed between the first day of the last
menstrual period and the date of delivery or termination.
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