Quality of perinatal death registration. A study in Hainaut, Belgium.
(1987) European journal of pediatrics — Vol. 146, n° 5, p. 473-476 (1987)
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- The quality of national perinatal mortality statistics was evaluated from a survey in nine maternity hospitals in Hainaut, Belgium (total births: 7862). The overall completeness of perinatal death registration was 86%. Under-registration was especially frequent in low birth weight babies. In 69% of cases, the birth weight value reported on death certificates was in exact agreement with the value in hospital records. Using detailed categories of causes, there was, in 37% of cases, agreement between the underlying cause on death certificates and the main cause identified in hospital records. Using gross categories of causes, the level of agreement was 56%. Disagreement was mostly due to the lack of specificity of the underlying cause on death certificates. The authors suggest ways to improve the quality of registration.
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Hertoghe, L., De Wals, P., Piron, M., Bertrand, F., & Lechat, M. (1987). Quality of perinatal death registration. A study in Hainaut, Belgium. European journal of pediatrics, 146(5), 473-476. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00441597 (Original work published 1987)