Moens G F
Int J Epidemiol. 1985 Jun;14(2):272-5. doi: 10.1093/ije/14.2.272.
To assess the reliability of official Belgian suicide statistics in epidemiological comparisons on national and district level, various mortality indicators for suicide, undetermined deaths, accidental poisoning deaths and 'estimated' suicide in 1968-1972 and 1978-1981 were compared. Results did not reveal important bias on national comparisons by underreporting. But the biased distribution of undetermined deaths among the 43 geographical entities (districts) suggests that the assumption about constancy of underreporting is not always met and has to be checked if possible. Nevertheless, the numerical weight of the underreporting categories was not found heavy enough to bias the geographical suicide pattern in Belgium.
为评估比利时官方自杀统计数据在国家和地区层面流行病学比较中的可靠性，对1968 - 1972年以及1978 - 1981年期间自杀、死因不明死亡、意外中毒死亡和“估计”自杀的各种死亡率指标进行了比较。结果显示，在国家层面的比较中，未发现因漏报导致的重大偏差。但是，死因不明死亡在43个地理区域（地区）中的分布存在偏差，这表明关于漏报恒定的假设并非总是成立，如有可能必须进行核查。尽管如此，未发现漏报类别在数量上的影响足以对比利时的地区自杀模式造成偏差。
