TEST OF THE NATIONAL DEATH INDEX AND EQUIFAX NATIONWIDE DEATH SEARCH

被引：470

作者：

RICHEDWARDS, JW

CORSANO, KA

STAMPFER, MJ

机构：

[1] HARVARD UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT EPIDEMIOL,BOSTON,MA

[2] BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSP,DEPT MED,DIV PREVENT MED,BOSTON,MA 02115

[3] BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSP,DEPT MED,CHANNING LAB,BOSTON,MA 02115

[4] HARVARD UNIV,SCH PUBL HLTH,DEPT NUTR,BOSTON,MA 02115

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY | 1994年 / 140卷 / 11期

关键词：

DEATH CERTIFICATES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VITAL STATISTICS;

D O I：

10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117191

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

The authors compared the ability of the National Death Index and the Equifax Nationwide Death Search to ascertain deaths of participants in the Nurses' Health Study. Each service was sent information on 197 participants aged 60-68 years in 1989 whose deaths were reported by kin or postal authorities and 1,997 participants of the same age who were known to be alive. Neither service was aware of the authors' information regarding participants' vital status. The sensitivity of the National Death Index was 98 percent and that of Equifax was 79 percent. Sensitivity was similar for women aged 65-68 years; however, for women aged 61-64 years, the sensitivity of the National Death Index was 97.7 percent compared with 60.2 percent for Equifax. The specificity of both services was approximately 100 percent. The contrast between the sources of these databases and the matching algorithms they employ has implications for researchers and for those planning health data systems.

引用

页码：1016 / 1019

页数：4