Data Dictionary - Births by ZIP Code

Live Birth Profiles by ZIP Code

Five-digit ZIP Code for geography. Note that ZIP Codes represent mail delivery routes, do not represent geographic regions, and are subject to change over time. All ZIP Codes in the list of California ZIP Codes used for validation are included for all years, but this does not mean that the ZIP Code was in use at that time.

ZIP Code

Whether the geography is based on the place of residence or place of occurrence. A geography type of Residence includes events for California residents even if they occurred outside of California, whereas a geography type of Occurrence includes events that occurred within California even if they were not California residents.

Geography Type

General demographic or detail category under which events have been stratified. For example, Race-Ethnicity or Sex. Will be Total Population if there is no stratification.

Strata

Individual strata within the general demographic or detail category. For example, Hispanic or Female. Will be Total Population if there is no stratification.

Strata Name

Count of events. If blank, see annotation for more information.

Count

Annotation code for count as single digit: blank = no annotation; 1 = cell suppressed for small numbers; 2 = cell suppressed for complementary cell; 3 = no data is available; 4 = statistically unstable value.

Data Dictionary - Births by ZIP Code

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