Beale Code 2003

Organization	Field Name	ID	Required

Organization	Field Name	ID	Required
KCR	Beale Code 2003 (BealeCode2003)	31470	Calculated
NAACCR	RuralUrban Continuum 2003	3310	Calculated

Field Length: 2

This rural-urban continuum code classifies all U.S. counties by the degree of urbanization and adjacency to a metropolitan area. This code is used in determining eligibility for several Federal programs, and allows researchers to break county-level data into finer residential groups than the standard metro/non-metro.

These codes are based on the June 2003 definition of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties as determined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Note: Adjacent counties must not only be physically adjacent to a metropolitan area, but have at least 2 percent of the employed labor force in the non-metro county commuting to central metro counties.

For more information about the rural-urban continuum codes contact:

Calvin Beale (202-694-5416).

*BEALE CODE

Code	Description

Code	Description
1	Counties in metro areas of 1 million population or more
2	Counties in metro areas of 250,000 to 1 million population
3	Counties in metro areas of fewer than 250,000 population
4	Urban population of 20,000 or more, adjacent to metro area
5	Urban population of 20,000 or more, not adjacent to a metro area
6	Urban population of 2,500 to 19,999, adjacent to a metro area
7	Urban population of 2,500 to 19,999, not adjacent to a metro area
8	Rural, adjacent to a metro area
9	Rural, not adjacent to a metro area
98	Program run; not in table; outside of state of reporting institution
99	Unknown
-1	Program not run; record not coded

This code is calculated from the patient’s county of residence at the time of diagnosis. It is not shown on the data entry screen; however, it is available for data analysis.