Alternate Name Item# Length Source of Standard Column #
1940 3 NPCR 2275-2277

Description
State or country where the patient died and where certificate of death is filed.

Rationale
This field also helps carry out death clearance. When a hospital reports a place of death, the information can help in death certificate matching. It can also signal an out-of-state death for which the death certificate is to be requested.

Codes in addition to geocodes
997 Not applicable, patient alive
999 Place of death unknown

Note: See Appendix B for geocodes.