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Some sources of error in the coding of birth weight.

Author(s) -

Andrew J. Brunskill

Publication year - 1990

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.80.1.72

Subject(s) - birth weight , confusion , pound (networking) , concordance , decimal , medicine , coding (social sciences) , pediatrics , low birth weight , demography , psychology , arithmetic , statistics , mathematics , pregnancy , computer science , biology , genetics , sociology , world wide web , psychoanalysis

Three types of error in coding birth weight to computer tapes are described: 1) confusion of ounces with pounds, 2) mistaken reading of one pound as eleven pounds, and 3) errors in placement of the decimal. All will allocate low birth weight infants to high birth weight categories. Examination of the reported gestational age of the infant or of the reported cause of death may allow these errors to be detected.

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