MCDF 2001 and 2002 Data Available
Posted January 27th, 2006 by Jen Darragh in Data Archive Updates, MCDFThe NCHS has provided PRI with a CD-ROM containing public-use ASCII data and documentation files (PDF and Word format) for the 2000, 2001, and2002 Multiple Cause of Death Files (MCDF).
The 2000 MCDF was already available on PopNet UNIX and SodaPop. The files for 2001 and 2002 have been pulled from the CD and added to the MCDF PopNet UNIX collection. These files will be prepared for SodaPop in the near future.
The CD-ROM is available for check-out from the PRI Computer Lab, 806 Oswald Tower.
February 17th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
[...] MCDF files for 2000-2002 are available on PopNet UNIX and CD-ROM. The CD-ROM with the 2000-2002 data could be difficult for new MCDF users - the data is ASCII text (no program syntax available) and the documentation is confusing. It is recommended that users wanting to work with these files use SodaPop. [...]