Validity of birth certificate data for the outcome of the previous pregnancy, Georgia, 1980-1995

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 883-888

  Adams, Melissa ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth certificates; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILD DEATH; DELIVERY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATABASES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GEORGIA; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035890253     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/154.10.883     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. The quality of the new birth certificate data: A validation study in North Carolina
2. Accuracy of birth certificate data regarding the amount, timing, and adequacy of prenatal care using prenatal clinic medical records as referents
3. The computerized perinatal database: Are the data reliable?
4. Assessment of gestational age using birth certificate data compared with medical record data
5. Vital records for quality improvement
6. Are we underestimating rates of vaginal birth after previous cesarean birth? The validity of delivery methods from birth certificates
7. Variations in the accuracy of obstetric procedures and diagnoses on birth records in Washington State, 1989
8. Validation of the 1989 Tennessee birth certificates using maternal and newborn hospital records
9. Reliability of birth certificate reporting of congenital anomalies
10. The surveillance of birth defects: The usefulness of the revised US standard birth certificate
11. Constructing reproductive histories by linking vital records
12. Evaluation of reproductive histories constructed by linking vital records
13. Birth weight and gestational age: Mothers' estimates compared with state and hospital records
14. Validation of maternally reported birth weights among 46,637 Tennessee WIC program participants
15. Birth complication reporting: The effect of birth certificate design