Completeness of infant death registration for very low birthweight infants: Washington State 1978-79. | Zendy

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Completeness of infant death registration for very low birthweight infants: Washington State 1978-79.

Author(s) -

Floyd J. Frost,

Tyler B. Jennings,

P Starzyk

Publication year - 1982

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.72.7.740

Subject(s) - birth certificate , death certificate , infant mortality , medicine , demography , pediatrics , cause of death , environmental health , disease , population , pathology , sociology

Washington State hospitals were queried about the fate of 507 infants born in 1978-79 for whom no linked death certificate existed. Only ten previously unregistered deaths were discovered, raising mortality for this group by 2.5 per cent. In addition, 13 previously unmatched death records were linked to birth records, providing more accurate calculation of birthweight-specific mortality rates. Washington State infant death registration is more complete that that found in either Georgia or North Carolina.

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