California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals
Incidence of cancer and sites of cancer have shown correlations to marital status. These patterns are also different among races. Thus this data item is very important to researchers for the reportable neoplasm.
Report the patient's marital status at the time of first diagnosis for the reportable neoplasm.
Code |
Description |
1 |
Single (never married, including only marriage annulled) |
2 |
Married (including common law) |
3 |
Separated |
4 |
Divorced |
5 |
Widowed |
6 |
Unmarried or Domestic Partner (same sex or opposite sex, registered or unregistered, NOT including common law) |
9 |
Unknown |