Rubin G, McCarthy B, Shelton J, Rochat R W, Terry J
Am J Public Health. 1981 Jul;71(7):712-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.71.7.712.
To determine the completeness of reporting of maternal deaths after live born deliveries in Georgia for 1975 and 1976, we matched death certificates with corresponding birth certificates for women of reproductive age. For these two years, more intensive searching led to our finding a minimum of a 27 per cent higher number of maternal deaths than that found by routine death certificate surveillance. When the delivery-death interval was not restricted to 42 days, use of the record linkage method led to a 50 per cent increase in reporting of maternal deaths. We recommend that special efforts be made to obtain more complete reporting of all pregnancy-related deaths and that completeness of reporting be periodically evaluated for all states.
为确定1975年和1976年格鲁吉亚活产分娩后孕产妇死亡报告的完整性，我们将死亡证明与育龄妇女的相应出生证明进行了匹配。在这两年中，更深入的调查使我们发现，孕产妇死亡人数比常规死亡证明监测所发现的至少多27%。当分娩至死亡的间隔时间不限于42天时，使用记录链接方法使孕产妇死亡报告增加了50%。我们建议做出特别努力以获得所有与妊娠相关死亡的更完整报告，并应定期评估所有州的报告完整性。
