The Impact of the Pregnancy Checkbox and Misclassification on Maternal Mortality Trends in the United States, 1999-2017

Details

• Personal Author:
  Rossen, Lauren, M. ; Womack, Lindsay, S. ; Hoyert, Donna, L. ; Anderson, Robert, N. ; Uddin, Sayeedha, F.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Public health report presenting how the implementation of the pregnancy check box on death certificates, and potential misclassification, affected reported maternal mortality rates in the United States between 1999 and 2017.
• Subjects:
  Data Collection Epidemiology Vital Statistics
• Keywords:
  death certificate, epidemiologic methods, maternal death, National Vital Statistics System
• Source:
  National Vital Statistics System
• Series:
  NCHS Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  61 Pages
• Volume:
  3
• Issue:
  44
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dc979f45097b2e96c5fb3c000ad06debf5ba32ebfb98a4b170aef6981445ec7d2b2011b62d721758475e7529192796e772799986cbe713f00ce1d6c6ae9c1927
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/253265/cdc_253265_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.56 MB ]