A comparison of underlying cause and multiple causes of death: US vital statistics, 2000-2001 |
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Authors: | Redelings Matthew D Sorvillo Frank Simon Paul |
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Institution: | Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, CA, USA. mredelings@ladhs.org |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Mortality statistics can be compiled using underlying cause-of-death data or multiple cause-of-death data, which include other contributing causes of death. METHODS: For the leading causes of death in the United States during 2000-2001, we compared underlying and multiple cause-of-death statistics. RESULTS: For some conditions, little difference was observed between the 2 estimates. For other conditions, up to 10 times more deaths were identified from multiple-cause data than from underlying-cause data. The 10 leading causes of death differed when using the 2 types of data. CONCLUSIONS: Whenever possible, underlying and multiple cause-of-death statistics should both be presented. Analyses that use only the underlying cause of death ignore additional information that is readily available from multiple-cause data, and the more limited data may underestimate the importance of several leading causes of death. |
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