Citation

Huang SF, Zhu Y, Lin XQ, Chen TH, Ye Y, Zhong WL, Lin SG, Yin P. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2016; 37(11): 1476-1479.

Affiliation

National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Zhonghua yi xue hui)

DOI

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PMID

28057138

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To understand the underreporting of death cases and related factors in disease surveillance system of Fujian province.

METHODS: We carried out a field underreporting survey in 20 disease surveillance sites selected through stratified cluster random sampling during 2012-2014. The related factors of underreporting were analyzed by using logistic regression method. Propensity score weighting method was used to calculate the underreporting rate in different groups classified by year, urban/rural areas, gender, age and death cause variables.

RESULTS: The overall underreporting rate was 9.21%(95%CI: 9.06%-9.39%) after adjusting by propensity score weighting method. The underreporting rate was higher in rural area (11.55%, 95%CI: 11.30%-11.81%) than in urban area (6.64%, 95%CI: 6.50%-6.78%). The underreporting rate was highest in age group 0-14 years (36.29%, 95% CI: 34.23%-38.67%) and lowest in age group ≥65 years (7.91%, 95% CI: 7.78%-8.03%). The underreporting rate was higher in people died of perinatal disease, congenital anomalies and injury.

CONCLUSION: The underreporting rates were different between different groups classified by urban/rural areas, age and death cause variables. Propensity score weighting method can be used to adjust underreporting rate of death cases in mortality surveillance in Fujian.

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