Accuracy of national mortality codes in identifying adjudicated cardiovascular deaths

• Published in: Australian and New Zealand journal of public health Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 466 - 476
• Main Authors: Harriss, Linton R., Ajani, Andrew E., Hunt, David, Shaw, James, Chambers, Brian, Dewey, Helen, Frayne, Judith, Beauchamp, Alison, Duvé, Karen, Giles, Graham G., Harrap, Stephen, Magliano, Dianna J., Liew, Danny, McNeil, John, Peeters, Anna, Stebbing, Margaret, Wolfe, Rory, Tonkin, Andrew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Elsevier B.V 01.10.2011; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Accuracy; Adult; Aged; Angina pectoris; Australia - epidemiology; Autopsies; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - complications; Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Cause of Death; Cerebral infarction; Clinical Coding - standards; Coronary artery disease; coronary heart disease; Death; Death & dying; Death Certificates; Disease; Enzymes; Epidemiology; Fatalities; Female; Heart attacks; Heart diseases; Hemorrhage; Hospitals; Humans; Hypertension; International Classification of Diseases; Ischemia; Lipids; Male; medical record; Medical Records; Middle Aged; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Registration; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Sensitivity; Stroke; Surveillance; Trends; validity; Verification; Australia; New York; United States > US; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia; Australia, Victoria, Melbourne; PSE, New Zealand; cardiovascular disease; coronary heart disease; medical record; validity; stroke

This study investigated the sensitivity and specificity of the national mortality codes in identifying cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths and documents methods of verification. A 12‐year retrospective case ascertainment of all ICD‐coded CVD deaths was performed for deaths between 1990 and 2002 in t...