A Case Study of the Impact of Inaccurate Cause-of-Death Reporting on Health Disparity Tracking: New York City Premature Cardiovascular Mortality | Zendy

Lauren E. Johns | Zendy; Ann Madsen | Zendy; Gil Maduro | Zendy; Regina Zimmerman | Zendy; Kevin J. Konty | Zendy; Elizabeth Begier | Zendy

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A Case Study of the Impact of Inaccurate Cause-of-Death Reporting on Health Disparity Tracking: New York City Premature Cardiovascular Mortality

Author(s) -

Lauren E. Johns,

Ann Madsen,

Gil Maduro,

Regina Zimmerman,

Kevin J. Konty,

Elizabeth Begier

Publication year - 2012

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.2012.300683

Subject(s) - medicine , demography , heart disease , cause of death , mortality rate , disease , years of potential life lost , gerontology , environmental health , population , life expectancy , sociology

Heart disease death overreporting is problematic in New York City (NYC) and other US jurisdictions. We examined whether overreporting affects the premature (< 65 years) heart disease death rate disparity between non-Hispanic Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites in NYC.

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