Routinely reported statistics based on death certification seriously underestimate mortality from diabetes.
The primary outcome was survival based on death certification through the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS; now called the Office for National Statistics (ONS)).
Of these, 652 had tumour registration based on death certification only and so were excluded from analyses, leaving an eligible cohort of 28 733.
Of these, 652 had tumour registration based on death-certification only and were excluded from analyses, leaving an eligible cohort of 28 733.
Second, cause of death was based on death certificates.
One exception concerns the international analyses of mortality statistics based on official death certification, showing how many people die, at what age, from what causes, and where [ 6, 13], but not including important other parameters of the quality of end-of-life care such as the use of palliative care, hospitalisations and transitions between settings, or communication at the end of life.
From the analysis of mortality statistics based on official death certification, we have learned how many people die, at what age, from what causes, and where e.g. [ 7], but no such systematic nationwide data are being gathered concerning the (quality of) end-of-life care.
In the USA, one main and up to 20 extra causes of death are listed on death certifications following ICD-10.
Similarly, cancer cases who are known to the WMCIU through death certification only (DCO) (the only information they hold about the case is based on a death certificate) have less complete linkage with HES.
The Scottish government wants to modernise rules on death certification, burial and cremation.
