Lapidus G D, Gregorio D I, Hansen H
Department of Community Medicine and Heath Care, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington.
Am J Public Health. 1990 Feb;80(2):213-4. doi: 10.2105/ajph.80.2.213.
Suspect classification of homicide deaths of Connecticut residents under 20 years of age was noted for 29 percent of cases examined. Misclassification was attributed to incomplete or erroneous information recorded on the death certificates, rather than errors in the designation of ICD-9 homicide codes. The results have important implications in the interpretation of vital statistics when homicide is listed as the cause of death and underscore the value of record linkage systems.
在对康涅狄格州20岁以下居民的杀人死亡案件进行审查时,发现29%的案件存在可疑分类。错误分类归因于死亡证明上记录的信息不完整或错误,而非国际疾病分类第九版(ICD - 9)杀人代码指定方面的错误。这些结果对于将杀人列为死因时生命统计数据的解释具有重要意义,并强调了记录链接系统的价值。