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Report to the Global Commission for Certification of Smallpox Eradication : Bahrain / Ministry of Health, Bahrain
(WHO/SE/78.115Global Commission WP/78.34, 1978) -
Validity of death certificates for coding coronary heart disease as the cause of death in Bahrain
(2000)This study aimed to examine the accuracy of death certificates for coding coronary heart disease [CHD] as the underlying cause of death in Bahrain. Of the 1714 deaths occurring in Bahrain in 1993, 371 were classified as resulting from CHD. In this study the hospital diagnosis of 109 deaths [52 as CHD and 57 as other causes] were reviewed and re-diagnosed using hospital records. The coding of 459 death certificates [151 as CHD and 308 as other causes] by the Directorate of Public Health was similarly reviewed. The sensitivity and specificity of ...
