Estimating the mortality rate of hepatitis C using multiple data sources.
The New York State hospital discharge database and the multiple cause-of-death file were used to estimate the mortality rate of hepatitis C in New York State excluding New York City in 1997. The mortality rate with hepatitis C was severely underestimated when each data source was used alone. Applying the capture recapture method using the hospital discharge database and the multiple cause-of-death file appears to be an efficient method to estimate the mortality rate with hepatitis C.
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Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA. ctw09@health.state.ny.us
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012307:Risk Factors