Instruction Manual Part 2a
Instructions for Classifying the Underlying Cause of Death


The basic purpose of this manual is to set forth detailed
concepts and instructions for using the ICD-9 for
classifying causes of death in the United States.  The
manual should be used in conjunction with Volumes 1 and 2.
This manual is also intended as a tool for users of
mortality medical data in proper data interpretation and
analysis.  This manual is not to be used for coding cause
of fetal death.

The Instruction Manual is comprised of eight Wordperfect files
that have been compressed into the file 2AMANUAL.ZIP (96,619
bytes).  The order of the uncompressed files is as follows:

INSIDE-C.WPF     3,008 bytes     Wordperfect version 5.0
CONTENTS.WPF    36,001 bytes     Wordperfect version 6.1
INTRODUC.WPF    25,803 bytes     Wordperfect version 5.0
DEFINITI.2A      6,982 bytes     Wordperfect version 6.1
SECTION.1        6,904 bytes     Wordperfect version 5.0
SECTION.2&3    123,228 bytes     Wordperfect version 5.0
SECTION.4      141,376 bytes     Wordperfect version 6.1
INDEX-2A.MAN    20,267 bytes     Wordperfect version 5.0

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Carolina 27709.

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