A comparison of underlying cause and multiple causes of death - US vital statistics, 2000-2001
A comparison of underlying cause and multiple causes of death - US vital statistics, 2000-2001
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DOI：
10.1097/01.ede.0000187177.96138.c6
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
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影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Simon, P
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作者：
Redelings, MD;Sorvillo, F;Simon, P
背景：死亡统计数据可以使用基本死因数据或多个死因数据，其中包括其他死因。方法：对于2000-2001年间美国的主要死因，我们比较了基本死因和多个死因统计。结果：在某些情况下，两种估计值之间几乎没有差异。在其他情况下，多原因数据确定的死亡人数是潜在原因数据的10倍。在使用两种类型的数据时，10个主要死因是不同的。结论：只要有可能，应同时提供潜在死因和多重死因统计数据。只使用基本死因的分析忽略了从多原因数据中随时可以获得的额外信息，而且更有限的数据可能低估了几个主要死因的重要性。
Background: Mortality statistics can be compiled using underlying cause-of-death data or multiple cause-of-death data, which include other contributing causes of death.Methods: For the leading causes of death in the United States during 2000-2001, we compared underlying and multiple cause-of-death statistics.Results: For some conditions, little difference was observed between the 2 estimates. For other conditions, up to 10 times more deaths were identified from multiple-cause data than from underlying-cause data. The 10 leading causes of death differed when using the 2 types of data.Conclusions: Whenever possible, underlying and multiple cause-of-death statistics should both be presented. Analyses that use only the underlying cause of death ignore additional information that is readily available from multiple-cause data, and the more limited data may underestimate the importance of several leading causes of death.