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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