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Death Certification Accuracy

Death Certification Accuracy is a metric that quantifies the degree to which cause of death entries on official death certificates correctly reflect the true underlying medical conditions responsible for mortality, as determined by clinical, pathological, or epidemiological validation.

401

Publications

22.8K

Citations

1.4K

Authors

573

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

45

Variants

Cause-of-death Accuracy

Parents

Publications

401

Accuracy of cancer death certificates and its effect on cancer mortality statistics.

C Percy, Edward J. Stanek, Lynn Ann Gloeckler · American Journal of Public Health · 1981 · 706 citations · Full text

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Completeness of the Swedish Cancer Register Non-Notified Cancer Cases Recorded on Death Certificates in 1978

Britta Mattsson, Arne Wallgren · Acta Radiologica Oncology · 1984 · 564 citations · Full text

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The Autopsy as a Measure of Accuracy of the Death Certificate

Tobias Kircher, Judith Kay Nelson, Harold Burdo · New England Journal of Medicine · 1985 · 539 citations

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Mortality in Neurofibromatosis 1: An Analysis Using U.S. Death Certificates

Sonja A. Rasmussen, Quanhe Yang, Jan M. Friedman · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2001 · 536 citations · Full text

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Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: Terminology and Definitions

Lina Nashef · Epilepsia · 1997 · 482 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.4K

  1. AD
    Alan D López

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    8 publications · 661 citations

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  2. TL
    Tsung‐Hsueh Lu

    National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

    7 publications · 470 citations

    7

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  3. RH
    Randy Hanzlick

    Emory University, United States

    6 publications · 148 citations

    6

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  4. IR
    Ian Riley

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    5 publications · 454 citations

    5

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  5. LJ
    Lars Johansson

    Umeå University, Sweden

    5 publications · 578 citations

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Institutions

573

  1. National Cancer Institute

    Bethesda, United States

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    3.4K citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    10 h-index

    38 publications

    3.4K citations

  3. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    8 h-index

    34 publications

    2.6K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    673 citations

  5. National Center for Health Statistics

    Hyattsville, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    664 citations

  6. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    7 h-index

    23 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    1.8K citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 59 publications · 2.1K citations

    26

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  2. American Journal of Epidemiology

    AJE · 14 publications · 1.3K citations

    14

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  3. American Journal of Public Health

    JPH · 13 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. JAMA

    11 publications · 979 citations

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