Open AccessRacial Misclassification in Mortality Records Among American Indians/Alaska Natives in Oklahoma From 1991 to 2015
Author(s) -
Tyler M. Dougherty,
Amanda E. Janitz,
Mary B. Williams,
Sydney A Martinez,
Michael Peercy,
David F. Wharton,
Julie Erb-Alvarez,
Janis E. Campbell
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of public health management and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1550-5022
pISSN - 1078-4659
DOI - 10.1097/phh.0000000000001019
Subject(s) - confidence interval , demography , medicine , record linkage , mortality rate , geography , gerontology , environmental health , population , sociology
The primary purpose of this study was to compare age-adjusted mortality rates before and after linkage with Indian Health Service records, adjusting for racial misclassification. We focused on differences in racial misclassification by gender, age, geographic differences, substate planning districts, and cause of death. Our secondary purpose was to evaluate time trends in misclassification from 1991 to 2015.