Authors: Elizabeth Arias,, Melonie Heron, Jahn K. Hakes

Publication Year: 2016

Last Updated: 2019-09-30

Journal: Vital Health Statistics Series 2

Keywords: death rates, mortality, misclassification, National Vital Statistics System

Abstract:
Race and ethnicity reporting on death certificates continued to be highly accurate for both white and black populations during the 1999–2011 period. Misclassification remained high at 40% for the American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) population. It improved, from 5% to 3%, for the Hispanic population, and from 7% to 3% for the Asian or Pacific Islander (API) population. Decedent characteristics such as place of residence and nativity affected the quality of reporting on the death certificate. Effects of misclassification on death rates were large for the AIAN population but not significant for the Hispanic or API populations.

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