United States Census of 1880 - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1880
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USA_1880_PHC-10PCT_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- USA1880_PHC-10PCT-H-H
- USA1880_PHC-10PCT-P-H
Sickness (US1880B_SICKNESS)
Data file: USA1880_PHC-10PCT-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
386
End:
389
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
15. Is the person (on the day of the enumerator's visit) sick or temporarily disabled, so as to be unable to attend to ordinary business or duties?</p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><p>Is so, what is the sickness or disability?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 16 Blind<br /> [] 17 Deaf and dumb<br /> [] 18 Idiotic<br /> [] 19 Insane<br /> [] 20 Maimed, crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled</div>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><p>Is so, what is the sickness or disability?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 16 Blind<br /> [] 17 Deaf and dumb<br /> [] 18 Idiotic<br /> [] 19 Insane<br /> [] 20 Maimed, crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0101 | Typhoid fever |
| 0102 | Typhus fever |
| 0103 | Malaria |
| 0104 | Smallpox |
| 0105 | Measles |
| 0106 | Scarlet fever |
| 0107 | Whooping cough |
| 0108 | Diphtheria |
| 0109 | Cholera |
| 0110 | Dysentery |
| 0111 | Erysipelas |
| 0112 | Chicken pox |
| 0113 | Mumps |
| 0114 | Rheumatic fever |
| 0115 | Fevers (not elsewhere classified) |
| 0116 | Meningitis |
| 0201 | Fevers (not elsewhere classified) |
| 0202 | Tumors (not elsewhere classified) |
| 0203 | Rheumatism |
| 0204 | Scurvy |
| 0205 | Diabetes |
| 0206 | Anaemia |
| 0207 | Alcoholism |
| 0208 | Hydrocephalis |
| 0301 | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| 0302 | Potts disease |
| 0303 | White swelling |
| 0304 | Tuberculosis, other organs |
| 0305 | Disseminated tuberculosis |
| 0400 | Venereal disease (not elsewhere classified) |
| 0401 | Syphilis |
| 0402 | Gonorrhea |
| 0501 | Cancer of the stomach, liver |
| 0502 | Cancer of the breast |
| 0503 | Cancer of the skin |
| 0504 | Cancer (not elsewhere classified) |
| 0601 | Migraine, headache |
| 0602 | Fainting, vertigo |
| 0603 | Locomotor ataxia |
| 0604 | Cerebral hemorrhage |
| 0605 | Paralysis |
| 0606 | Convulsions |
| 0607 | Chorea |
| 0608 | Epilepsy |
| 0609 | Neuralgia, neuritis |
| 0610 | Other servous system disorder |
| 0611 | Eye disease |
| 0612 | Ear disease |
| 0701 | Pericarditis |
| 0702 | Organic heart disease |
| 0704 | Functional disorders of the heart |
| 0705 | Disease of arteries |
| 0706 | Disease of veins |
| 0707 | Lymphatic system |
| 0709 | Hemorrhages |
| 0801 | Influenza, cold |
| 0802 | Acute bronchitis |
| 0803 | Chronic bronchitis |
| 0804 | Pneumonia |
| 0805 | Pleurisy |
| 0806 | Pulmonary congestion |
| 0807 | Asthma |
| 0808 | Other respiratory |
| 0901 | Throat |
| 0902 | Ulcers |
| 0903 | Dyspepsia |
| 0904 | Other stomach disease |
| 0905 | Diarrhea, enteritis |
| 0906 | Colic |
| 0907 | Hernias, obstruction |
| 0908 | Other intestinal disease |
| 0909 | Atrophy of the liver |
| 0910 | Other liver |
| 0911 | Disease of the spleen |
| 1001 | Chronic nephritis |
| 1002 | Other kidney disease |
| 1003 | Urinary tract calculi |
| 1004 | Disease of the bladder |
| 1005 | Disease of the urethra |
| 1008 | Inflammation, prostate gland |
| 1101 | Pregnancy |
| 1102 | Childbirth |
| 1104 | Illness after childbirth |
| 1105 | Other puerperal disease |
| 1106 | Miscarriage |
| 1201 | Menstruation |
| 1202 | Menopause |
| 1203 | Uterine ailment |
| 1204 | Other female disease |
| 1301 | Furuncle |
| 1302 | Acute abcess |
| 1303 | Hemorrhoids |
| 1304 | Other skin disease |
| 1401 | Leg, ankle, foot disease |
| 1402 | Hip disease |
| 1403 | Back or spine disease |
| 1404 | Dental disease |
| 1405 | Necrosis |
| 1501 | Congenital malformation |
| 1502 | Merasmus |
| 1503 | Other congenital conditions |
| 1601 | Feebleness |
| 1602 | Senility |
| 1701 | Chronic illness (not elsewhere classified) |
| 1702 | Poisoned |
| 1801 | Unspecified illness |
| 1802 | Incomplete information |
| 1803 | Miscellaneous |
| 2100 | Melancholy |
| 2101 | Mania |
| 2102 | Hysteria |
| 2103 | Nerves |
| 2104 | Dementia |
| 2105 | Insane (not elsewhere classified) |
| 2200 | Idiotic |
| 2300 | Maimed |
| 2301 | Burns |
| 2302 | Gunshot wounds |
| 2303 | Accidents |
| 2304 | Injury to leg, ankle |
| 2305 | Injury to hip |
| 2306 | Injury to arm, hand |
| 2307 | Injury, ribcage |
| 2308 | Injury to the back, spine |
| 2309 | Amputation or missing limbs |
| 2310 | Other |
| 2311 | Other fractures |
| 2312 | One eye |
| 2400 | Blind |
| 2500 | Deaf |
| 2600 | Dumb |
| 9800 | Illegible |
| 9999 | Missing or not applicable |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
Sickness.
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United States 1880 (10%): All persons
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Concept