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METHODOLOGY FOR OBTAINING OCCUPATIONAL AND MEDICAL DATA FOR SPOUSES OF CASES DIAGNOSED WITH MESOTHELIOMA OR PLEURAL'TUMOR, NOT MESOTHELIOMA BETWEEN |955-77 IN STATE OF CT. I.Sources used to obtain spouse names A.CTR files of cases B.Death Certificates of cases C.City Directory search ttW II.City Directory Search A.Occupational history B.Date of death for some spouses III. CTR search 6*^ |*i**> Q- e| ^Ct'Ttad suie U1q'i"r A.Spouse name and sex matched against all cases registered in the Connecticut Tumor Registry | .non-matches eliminated by pulling paper file from CTR Kite*, of possibles and checking demographic information Ki C*Qm* 2.yield: medical and occupational history of all spouses with a diagnosis of a malignancy while a resident of Ct. as well as dates of death and, possibly, copies of death certificates IV.Death Certificate Search for Spouses (see flow-chart) A. Case name, sex, spouse first initial matched against tape of all decedents in the State of Ct. from 1959-74. Computer prints spouse name, town of residence, and death certificate access no. 1.non-matches eliminated on the basis of detailed information from death certificate 2.yield:Medical and occupational data on deceased spouses B.Spouses whose death certificates are not obtained through City Directory, CTR tape, or tape of decedents, are matched on name, sex, and interval of birth against motor vehicle tape of all licensed drivers in the State of Ct.This provides a subset, at least, of living spouses. Birth interval of spouses is extrapolated from date of birth of matching case. Females are judged to be between 3 yrs. older and 7 yrs. younger than their mate. UCC 004909 , r, , , A ^7h C. Remaining spouses for whom no death certificate can be found and who is not known to be alive will be searched manually using the State index of deaths for those years not covered in the Vital Statistics tape of decedents (i.e., prior to 1959 and after 1974). D. The vital status of any remaining spouses will be con sidered unknown 215 (cases diagnosed after 1954) 1^- (cases with no marriage history) 196 (possible spouses, assuming one spouse/case) 6 (no spouse name available) 19Espouses searched in City Directories, CTR, and Death Certificates DEATH CERTIFICATE SEARCH FOR SPOCSES OF CASES DIAGNOSED 1955-77 City Directory Search for date of death NO Jk. Hatch with Vital Stats Tape of State decedents(1959-74) for DC access no. YES No -------- ----------------------------------------Match against CTR Tape of Ct. residents with history of malignancy for date of deatt and/or copy of DC YES ^ OBTAIN DEATH CERTIFICATE FROM STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT 7K------ Motor Vehicle Match of registered drivers in State to obtain alives ESSy STOP Manual check of State index of deaths - for years not on Vital Statistics Tape ygs NO r bL UCC 004910 1