[Noninformative coding of causes of death in cardiovascular deaths: effects on the mortality rate for ischemic heart disease].

DISCUSSION: A comparison of cause-specific mortality rates between regions, sexes, and over time is affected by differences in the use of noninformative causes of death. Improving the quality of death certificates is a prerequisite for valid mortality statistics. PMID: 31720736 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31720736?dopt=Abstract

Source: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - November 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Stolpe S, Stang A Tags: Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz Source Type: research