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ILLDURATION

Duration of illness

Description
ILLDURATION indicates the number of days the person was ill with the condition that led to their death.

Availability
1850, 1860

Codes
ILLDURATION is a 4-digit numeric variable.
1095 = 3 or more years (top-code)
9995 = Chronic/since birth
9998 = Illegible/uninterpretable
9999 = Missing/blank