Non-longitudinal BLSA Data

These data are included in the BLSA Common Data Set. Unlike the other Common Data Set files which are updated quarterly, this file is updated weekly.

There is one observation for every BLSA participant.


The SAS System                                14:02 Friday, January 29, 1999   1
CONTENTS PROCEDURE
Data Set Name: BLSCDS.CS                              Observations:         2515
Member Type:   DATA                                   Variables:            11  
Engine:        V612                                   Indexes:              0   
Created:       13:05 Thursday, January 28, 1999       Observation Length:   81  
Last Modified: 13:05 Thursday, January 28, 1999       Deleted Observations: 0   
Protection:                                           Compressed:           NO  
Data Set Type:                                        Sorted:               NO  
Label:                                                                          
-----Engine/Host Dependent Information-----
Data Set Page Size:       12288   
Number of Data Set Pages: 17      
File Format:              607     
First Data Page:          1       
Max Obs per Page:         151     
Obs in First Data Page:   130     
Filename:                 DISK$GRCUSR:[BLSCDS]CS.SASEB$DATA
Host Format:              AXP
Disk Blocks Allocated:    483        
-----Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes-----
#    Variable    Type    Len    Pos    Label
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9    AUTSTAT     Num       8     57    Autopsy status                         
6    BPCAT       Num       8     33    BLSA physician consensus cause of death
2    DOB         Num       8      8    Date of birth                          
5    DOD         Num       8     25    Date of death                          
10    FDFLG       Num       8     65    Follow-up data available               
1    IDNO        Num       8      0                                           
7    IMCAO       Num       8     41    Immediate cause of death               
11    POPTRAK     Num       8     73    Minority population tracking group     
3    RACECD      Num       8     16    Race                                   
4    STAT        Char      1     24    Status                                 
8    UCODA       Num       8     49    Underlying cause of death (ACME)       



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