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General description

The Tobacco Longitudinal Mortality Study (TLMS) consists of a database developed to study the effects of demographic and socio-economic characteristics on differentials in U.S. mortality rates, emphasizing tobacco use.

TLMS is based on a random sample of the non-institutionalized population of the United States and comprises approximately 1.6 million records.

Variable categories

• Education
• Employment
• Income
• Information on mortality from death certificates, including cause of death

Limitations

• TLMS data provides a one-time only, baseline, measurement of subjects in a long-term follow-up situation.
• Desirable general or specific health information is not collected.

Data access

More information about TLMS can be found at https://www.census.gov/topics/research/tlms.html

To access TLMS data, visit https://www.census.gov/topics/research/tlms.Data_Availability.html#list-tab-1103528317