| Reliability of death certificates in the study of stroke mortality. A retrospective study in a Sicilian municipality. | |
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PMID: 8613419 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The subjects who died in the Sicilian municipality of Riposto between 1985 and 1992, and whose death certificates reported diagnoses of cerebrovascular disease, were re-evaluated with the aim of verifying the reliability of the certificates themselves. The relatives of the deceased were interviewed to confirm or exclude stroke, and about 35% of the cases proved to be false positives. Among the causes reported on the death certificates, "stroke", "cerebral hemorrhage" and "cerebral thrombosis" presented the smallest number of false positives. Our results show that the sensitivity and specificity of the death certificates was poor, and there would also seem to be a large number of false negatives. However, the official mortality rates for cerebrovascular disease are probably not very far from the truth. |
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Authors:
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A Reggio; G Failla; F Patti |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Italian journal of neurological sciences Volume: 16 ISSN: 0392-0461 ISO Abbreviation: Ital J Neurol Sci Publication Date: 1995 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1996-06-04 Completed Date: 1996-06-04 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8006502 Medline TA: Ital J Neurol Sci Country: ITALY |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 567-70 Citation Subset: IM |
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Istituto di Scienze, Neurologiche, Università di Catania, Italy. |
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Adolescent Adult Aged Cerebrovascular Disorders / mortality* Child Child, Preschool Death Certificates* Female Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Reproducibility of Results Retrospective Studies Sicily |
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