Improving cause-of-death statistics.

[Historical development of cause of death statistics].

Improving the quality of cause-of-death statistics in South Africa--some practical steps.

Validity of underlying cause of death statistics in Hermosillo, Mexico.

OBJECTIVE This paper assesses the quality of the underlying cause of death (COD) statistics in Hermosillo, Mexico in a random sample of 300 in-hospital adult deaths. MATERIAL AND METHODS A "gold standard" COD, determined by a systematic review of hospital medical charts, was compared to the COD reported by the vital registry system. RESULTS Overall agreement between the reviewer and origina...

Validation of cause-of-death statistics in urban China.

BACKGROUND National vital registration systems are the principal source of cause specific mortality statistics, and require periodic validation to guide use of their outputs for health policy and programme purposes, and epidemiological research. We report results from a validation of cause of death statistics from health facilities in urban China. METHODS 2917 deaths from health facilities lo...

Does quality control of death certificates in hospitals have an impact on cause of death statistics?

BACKGROUND The effects of inaccurate death certificates on cause of death statistics are uncertain. Since 2008, Akershus University Hospital has systematically corrected all death certificates. The effects of these corrections on the total cause of death statistics from the hospital were studied. MATERIAL AND METHOD ICD-10 codes for the underlying cause of death on the original and the correc...