From healthmaps@attbi.com Mon Dec 16 07:03:33 2002 Received: from mailscan4.cac.washington.edu (mailscan4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.15]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.11) with SMTP id gBGF3Wrw032918 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 07:03:32 -0800 Received: FROM mxu3.u.washington.edu BY mailscan4.cac.washington.edu ; Mon Dec 16 07:03:31 2002 -0800 Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.11) with ESMTP id gBGF3VDd002927 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 07:03:31 -0800 Received: from harriet (12-229-18-75.client.attbi.com[12.229.18.75]) by sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02) with SMTP id <2002121615033000200eggise>; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 15:03:31 +0000 From: "HealthMaps" To: Subject: WAPHGIS: death classes for infant death Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 07:03:34 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 In-Reply-To: Concerning infant deaths again In SAS format representation, I am using for birth weight value birthwgt low -999 = "<1000 gms" 1000-1499 = "1000-1499" 1500-2499 = "1500-2499" 2500-4499 = "2500-4499" 4500-high = ">4499" . ="missing"; to divide up the birth weights, which seems to be the consensus for classifying birth weights, sort of a very low, ..., macrosome scale, On other classifications: 1. What are the "accepted" periods (short, normal, long) for gestation? Maybe it would be best to take my birth data (1.2 million records) and use mean +/- some fraction of the standard deviation? Maybe there is some developmental marker that is more important to a pediatrician than using absolutely, the number of weeks) 2. Length of the perinatal period? Thanks, Richard Hoskins Asst Secretary's Office EHSPHL, WA DOH 1102 Quince Street Olympia, WA 98504-7812 (360) 236-4270 -----Original Message----- From: WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu [mailto:WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Michael S. Zdeb Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 5:31 AM To: waphgis@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: WAPHGIS: death classes for infant death Has anyone mentioned that infant deaths are not classified by cause, rather by age at death? Any death at less than one-year of age is an infant death regardless of cause. Yes, the ICD causes that are referred to as "Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period" (plus "Malformations") pick up most infant deaths, However, they do not pick up all deaths at < 1 year. Mike Zdeb New York State Department of Health ESP Tower - Room 1811 Albany, NY 12237 P/518-473-2855 F/630-604-1475 "HealthMaps" om> cc: Sent by: Subject: WAPHGIS: death classes for infant death WAPHGIS-owner@u.was hington.edu 12/14/02 11:26 AM Please respond to waphgis I have an Excel spread sheet which has the 100 or so causes of death for infants and for everyone else with the ICD9 and corresponding ICD10 codes and comparability ratios. Several of you sent in various pieces of this, and some of it had already been complied by my agency's health stats unit. If you would like to have a copy, please let me know. Richard E Hoskins PhD MPH Spatial Epidemiology Unit WA State Dept of Health 1102 Quince Street Olympia, WA 98504-7812 richard.hoskins@doh.wa.gov GMT -8 to join WAPHGIS: send  email to listproc@u.washington.edu with the following request: subscribe WAPHGIS Your Name new on-line GIS, geography & health journal: http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/start.asp .