Quality of cause-of-death reporting using ICD-10 drowning codes: a descriptive study of 69 countries

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The systematic collection of high-quality mortality data is a prerequisite in designing relevant drowning prevention programmes. This descriptive study aimed to assess the quality (i.e., level of specificity) of cause-of-death report...

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Main Authors: Walker Sue, Lunetta Philippe, Lu Tsung-Hsueh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/10/30