The validity of race and hispanic-origin reporting on death certificates in the United States: An update

Vital and Health Statistics, Series 2: Data Evaluation and Methods Research

Volumn 2016, Issue 172, 2016, Pages

  Arias, Elizabeth ^a   Heron, Melonie ^a   Hakes, Jahn K ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

Death rates; Misclassification; Mortality; National Vital Statistics System

Indexed keywords

ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; CLASSIFICATION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNICITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MORTALITY RATE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; RACE; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 84991624788     PISSN: 00832057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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