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Some Thoughts on Surveillance Using Mortality Data

Learn about mortality surveillance and its goals of monitoring deaths and data quality. Discover the potential of electronic death registration systems (EDR) to improve timeliness and quality. Explore strategies to improve cause of death certification and methods for analyzing and disseminating mortality data.

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Some Thoughts on Surveillance Using Mortality Data

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  1. Some Thoughts on Surveillance Using Mortality Data Robert N. Anderson, Ph.D. Mortality Statistics Branch Division of Vital Statistics National Center for Health Statistics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics

  2. Mortality surveillance is what exactly? Two goals in mind… …monitoring deaths, both overall and disease-specific …monitoring data quality

  3. Timeliness… …is the key to mortality surveillance …has deteriorated over the past several years

  4. Number of Months from End of Data Year to Publication/Data Release * projected

  5. How do we shorten this time frame? • Reengineering systems for: • Data collection • Data processing • Analysis • Electronic death registration (EDR) systems

  6. Electronic Death Registration • Potential to dramatically improve timeliness and quality • Data entry at the source • Timely queries back to the certifier • Systems currently functioning in many states • Coverage in these areas is typically substantially less than 100% • Cause of death – challenges getting physicians to certify electronically

  7. What is possible with EDR systems? • New Hampshire pilot • Median time from date of death to receipt at NCHS (COD not coded) – 4 days • Other states with EDR systems report an ability to transmit data within 1 week

  8. Timeliness goals • Transmission of data, including COD, within 25 days of registration • Goal is for all states regardless whether they have an EDR or not • EDR states are expected to be faster – many will be participating in a pilot surveillance project and are expected to deliver in 5 days

  9. Cause of Death Certification • Disease-specific surveillance requires accurate COD reporting • Problems include: • Lack of specificity • Ill-defined conditions • Terminal conditions/Non-specific processes as the underlying COD • Poorly conceived sequences

  10. What can we do to improve COD quality? • Physician education • In-person seminars • E-learning • Querying the certifier • Facilitate access to health records • Methods for collecting COD information

  11. Once timely data are available for surveillance… …what do we do with it? …how do we analyze it? …how do we disseminate it?

  12. Some thoughts • More timely publication of mortality statistics • Adopting a surveillance mentality • Need for methods for analyzing incomplete data • How frequently do we release data? …monthly? …quarterly? …and in what format? …how much detail?

  13. National Center for Health Statistics Mortality online http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm Bob Anderson 301-458-4073 RNAnderson@cdc.gov

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