Devis T, Rooney C
Popul Trends. 1997 Summer(88):48-55.
This article analyses delays in the registration of death and discusses their effect on mortality statistics. It is shown that the longest delays arise when deaths are the subject of a coroner's inquest, in particular deaths in road traffic accidents. These delays mean that it may be many months before an acceptable proportion of deaths occurring in a year have been registered, so affecting how early a reliable extract of annual data can be taken. It also shows that the difference in the number of deaths occurring and the number registered in a year is strongly influenced by the weekdays on which holidays fall at the New Year.
本文分析了死亡登记方面的延迟情况，并探讨了这些延迟对死亡率统计的影响。结果表明，当死亡事件需进行验尸官调查时，尤其是道路交通事故中的死亡事件，延迟时间最长。这些延迟意味着，一年中发生的死亡事件可能要过好几个月才能有可接受比例的事件完成登记，从而影响到能多早获取可靠的年度数据摘录。研究还表明，一年中发生的死亡数量与登记数量之间的差异，受新年假期所在工作日的影响很大。
