Garbage codes in the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 1996-2019

• Main Authors: Christian Lycke Ellingsen (Author), G. Cecilie Alfsen (Author), Marta Ebbing (Author), Anne Gro Pedersen (Author), Gerhard Sulo (Author), Stein Emil Vollset (Author), Geir Sverre Braut (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Reliable statistics on the underlying cause of death are essential for monitoring the health in a population. When there is insufficient information to identify the true underlying cause of death, the death will be classified using less informative codes, garbage codes. If many d...