California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

County at DX Geocode1990

identifiers

CCR ID

NAACCR ID

E1795

94

OWNER

NAACCR

DESCRIPTION

Code for the county of the patient’s residence at the time the tumor was diagnosed is a derived (geocoded) variable based on Census Boundary files from 1990 Decennial Census. This code should be used for county and county-based (such as CHSDA) rates and analysis for all cases diagnosed prior to 2000. Recording a county at diagnosis that reflects the relevant date (decade) and relies on geocoded data will improve the accuracy of county and census tract assignments and of links with geographic data (i.e., population, poverty category, urban/rural designation).

leveLS

Tumors

LENGTH

3

ALLOWABLE VALUES

er1147: County at DX Geocode 1990

CODES

001-997

County at diagnosis. Valid FIPS code.

998

Outside state/county code unknown. Known town, city, state, or country of residence but county code not known AND a resident outside of the state of reporting institution (must meet all criteria).

999

County unknown. The county of the patient is unknown, or the patient is not a United States resident. County is not documented in the patient's medical record.

Blank

Not tracted.

 

Note: For U.S. residents, historically, standard codes are those of the FIPS publication “Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas.” These FIPS codes (FIPS 6-4) have been replaced by INCITS standard codes, however, there is no impact on this variable as the codes align with the system the Census used for each decennial census and will automatically be accounted for during geocoding.

SOURCE

No County at DX Geocode1990 at admission. Variable created at tumor. Set to blank for new cases.

uPDATE

Whenever Census Tract 1970/80/90 is changed, County at DX Geocode1990 must be changed accordingly:

CONSOLIDATED DATA EXTRACT

Yes

INTERFIELD EDITS

N/A

INTERRECord EDITS

N/A

historical changes

05/2016

Per NAACCR v16, new geocode data field implemented.