Titre : | The validity of the routine mortality statistics on coronary heart disease in Finland : Comparison with the FINMONICA MI Register data for the years 1983-1992. (1999) |
Auteurs : | M. MAHONEN ; M. ARSTILA ; P. IMMONEN-RAIHA ; E. KAARSALO ; M. KETONEN ; S. LEHTO ; H. MIETTINEN ; H. MUSTANIEMI ; M. NIEMELA ; P. PALOMAKI ; P. PUSKA ; K. PYORALA ; V. SALOMAA ; J. TORPPA ; J. TUOMILEHTO ; T. VUORENMAA ; Loimaa District Hospital. Loimaa. FIN ; National Public Health Institute. Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion. Helsinki. FIN ; North Karelia Central Hospital. Joensuu. FIN ; Turku University Hospital. Department of Medicine. Turku. FIN ; University Hospital. Department of Medicine. Kuopio. FIN |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Journal of clinical epidemiology (vol. 52, n° 2, 1999) |
Pagination : | 157-166 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Cardiopathie coronaire ; Mortalité ; Registre ; Epidémiologie ; Evaluation ; Fiabilité ; Homme ; Finlande ; Europe ; Appareil circulatoire [pathologie] |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST zZR0xRhl. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. We compared the diagnoses obtained from the routine mortality statistics with the standardized World Health Organization (WHO) MONICA (multinational MONltoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease) classificatio in suspect coronary heart disease (CHD) deaths registered in the FINMONICA myocardial infarction (MI) register during 1983-1992. All CHD deaths from routine mortality statistics (International Classification of Diseases codes 410-414) were registered in the MI register. Of the CHD deaths in routine mortality statistics 1.7% in men and 4.8% in women did not fulfill the MONICA criteria for CHD death (P |