학술논문
Worldwide data on causes of death: a systematic assessment of quality and availability of vital registration
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Article
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The Lancet; May 2013, Vol. 381 Issue: 9880 pS112-S112, 1p
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01406736; 1474547X
Abstract
BackgroundTimely, accurate, and unbiased data are essential to evidence-based global health policy and research. Perhaps the most widely applied data pertain to causes of death (CoD), a highly informative indicator of population health. Consequently, an accurate understanding of the availability and quality of vital registration (VR) systems is indispensable to health policy makers and researchers alike. Using the CoD database from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 Study, we measured the quality of available VR data for 187 countries worldwide.