title: [The method and efficacy for screening neonatal tetanus in high risk areas in China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish a method for screening neonatal tetanus (NT) in high risk areas in China using multi-sources data.
  
  
  METHODS
  We adopted six NT-related indicators from National Notifiable Disease Report System (NNDRS) and National Maternal and Child Health Annual Report System, to calculate weighted high-risk score at prefecture level in 2010 and 2011. And we selected the top 30 high risk cities, and compared the scores with the actual NT incidence ranking and WHO scoring.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The highest areas distributed in the Southwest of China with poor and minority population, and the Southeast part with high density of migrants. In the leading 30 prefectures with high score between the methods of weighted high-risk scoring and reported NT incidence ranking, there were 8 different. In comparison of the results of the methods of weighed high-risk scoring and WHO scoring, 276 prefectures in 340 distributed were divided into the same ranking groups, with Kappa coefficient 0.56 (P < 0.01). The Chi-Square association coefficient was 0.74 (P < 0.01), which showed a high correlation. But there were 10 different prefectures in the leading 36 prefectures between the two methods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The weighted scoring method included several possible factors influencing NT incidence and took their weights into consideration. Thereby, compared with WHO scoring method, this method could be more appropriate for the reality in China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child,Adolescent and Women's Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
authors.forename: Shu-sheng
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: Email: hongyanguan@126.com.
authors.forename: Hong-yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Chao-yang
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Shu-yan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Hui-ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Xiao-chao
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Zong-yu
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D013742:Tetanus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*