Hill M E, Rosenwaike I
Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Soc Secur Bull. 2001;64(1):45-51.
We examine the completeness of death reporting in the Social Security Administration's Death Master File (DMF) through comparison with deaths by year and age group reported in official U.S. vital statistics. For most years since 1973, results suggest that the DMF includes 93 percent to 96 percent of deaths of individuals aged 65 or older. Although studies have shown that the National Center for Health Statistics' National Death Index provides superior coverage of deaths, for many researchers the DMF may be a desirable choice. Some advantages of the Death Master File are discussed.
我们通过与美国官方人口统计中按年份和年龄组报告的死亡情况进行比较，来研究社会保障管理局死亡主文件（DMF）中死亡报告的完整性。自1973年以来的大多数年份，结果表明DMF涵盖了65岁及以上个体死亡人数的93%至96%。尽管研究表明，国家卫生统计中心的国家死亡索引对死亡情况的覆盖范围更优，但对许多研究人员来说，DMF可能是一个理想的选择。本文讨论了死亡主文件的一些优点。
