STANDARD DATA DICTIONARY #5.1 -- COUNTY FILE                                                                      9/29/25    PAGE 1
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DATA          NAME                  GLOBAL        DATA
ELEMENT       TITLE                 LOCATION      TYPE
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IDENTIFIED BY: STATE (#1)[R]

POINTED TO BY: COUNTY field (#2) of the ZIP CODE File (#5.11) 
               COUNTY field (#.117) of the SDWL TRANSFER ACCEPT File (#409.36) 
               

CROSS
REFERENCED BY: NAME(B), STATE(C)



5.1,.01       NAME                   0;1 FREE TEXT (Required)

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<3)!'(X'?1P.E)!(X'?.ANP) X
              LAST EDITED:      AUG 19, 1993 
              HELP-PROMPT:      Answer must be 3-30 characters in length. 
              DESCRIPTION:
                                This is the name of the county.  

              CROSS-REFERENCE:  5.1^B 
                                1)= S ^VIC(5.1,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
                                2)= K ^VIC(5.1,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)


5.1,1         STATE                  0;2 POINTER TO STATE FILE (#5) (Required)

              LAST EDITED:      NOV 02, 1988 
              DESCRIPTION:
                                This is the state containing this county.  

              CROSS-REFERENCE:  5.1^C 
                                1)= S ^VIC(5.1,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
                                2)= K ^VIC(5.1,"C",$E(X,1,30),DA)
                                Indexes file by STATE.  



5.1,2         SEER COUNTY CODE       0;3 FREE TEXT

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>3!($L(X)<3) X
              LAST EDITED:      APR 02, 1987 
              HELP-PROMPT:      ANSWER MUST BE 3 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH 
              DESCRIPTION:      This identifies the county of residence at cancer diagnosis.  The code is assigned by the
                                Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the Division of Cancer Prevention and
                                Control, National Cancer Institute.  (Only SEER areas have SEER county codes).  

              SOURCE OF DATA:   SEER III.01A
              GROUP:            SEER

5.1,3         ABBREVIATION           0;4 FREE TEXT

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>5!($L(X)<1) X
              LAST EDITED:      DEC 02, 1987 
              HELP-PROMPT:      ANSWER MUST BE 1-5 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH 
              DESCRIPTION:
                                This is the abbreviated county name.  


5.1,4         VA COUNTY CODE         0;5 FREE TEXT

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>5!($L(X)<1) X
              LAST EDITED:      DEC 02, 1987 
              HELP-PROMPT:      ANSWER MUST BE 1-5 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH 
              DESCRIPTION:
                                This is the county code assigned by the Department of Veterans Affairs.  


5.1,5         CATCHMENT CODE         0;6 FREE TEXT

              INPUT TRANSFORM:  K:$L(X)>5!($L(X)<1) X
              LAST EDITED:      DEC 02, 1987 
              HELP-PROMPT:      ANSWER MUST BE 1-5 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH 
              DESCRIPTION:
                                This is the VA's internal geographical area code.  



      FILES POINTED TO                      FIELDS

STATE (#5)                        STATE (#1)



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