_dta:
  1.  by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org , 18 Sep 2017
  2.  OUTCyyQq.TXT contains patient outcomes for the event (0 or more).

primaryid:
  1.  Unique number for identifying a FAERS report.
  2.  This is the primary link field (primary key) between data files (example: 31234561).
  3.  This is a concatenated key of Case ID and Case Version Number.
  4.  It is the Identifier for the case sequence (version) number as reported by the manufacturer.

caseid:
  1.  Number for identifying a FAERS case (example. 3123456).
  2.  A case consists of one or more versions.
  3.  A follow-up version (that is, the newest/latest version received by FDA)
  4.  will have the same CASE number as the initial/oldest version.

outc_cod:
  1.  notes outc_cod : Code for a patient outcome. (See table below.)
  2.  CODE MEANING_TEXT
  3.  ---- ------------
  4.  DE Death
  5.  LT Life-Threatening
  6.  HO Hospitalization - Initial or Prolonged
  7.  DS Disability
  8.  CA Congenital Anomaly
  9.  RI Required Intervention to Prevent
 10.  Permanent Impairment/Damage
 11.  OT Other Serious (Important Medical Event)
 12.  NOTE: The outcome from the latest version of a case is provided. If there is more than one outcome, the codes will be line listed.

  obs:       220,841                          
 vars:             3                          18 Sep 2017 12:27
 size:     2,208,410                          (_dta has notes)
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              storage   display    value
variable name   type    format     label      variable label
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primaryid       long    %12.0g              * Unique number for identifying a FAERS report
caseid          long    %12.0g              * Number for identifying a FAERS case (example. 3123456)
outc_cod        str2    %9s                 * Code for a patient outcome
                                            * indicated variables have notes
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Sorted by: primaryid  outc_cod