Comparing hospital discharge records with death certificates: Can the differences be explained?

L A Johansson; R Westerling

doi:10.1136/jech.56.4.301

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Comparing hospital discharge records with death certificates: Can the differences be explained?

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Mar 2002	60	15	15
Apr 2002	27	45	14
May 2002	9	16	16
Jun 2002	4	7	4
Jul 2002	7	14	13
Aug 2002	3	5	2
Sep 2002	6	13	3
Oct 2002	3	14	6
Nov 2002	2	9	1
Dec 2002	1	8	2
Jan 2003	4	11	9
Feb 2003	2	7	3
Mar 2003	2	4	0
Apr 2003	5	11	2
May 2003	6	10	3
Jun 2003	4	6	4
Jul 2003	14	18	1
Aug 2003	41	36	1
Sep 2003	8	13	9
Oct 2003	16	18	6
Nov 2003	13	8	3
Dec 2003	11	16	1
Jan 2004	28	46	14
Feb 2004	12	19	6
Mar 2004	18	29	13
Apr 2004	22	39	2
May 2004	40	59	11
Jun 2004	45	62	9
Jul 2004	58	80	30
Aug 2004	54	47	12
Sep 2004	34	55	2
Oct 2004	13	54	5
Nov 2004	13	38	13
Dec 2004	19	47	23
Jan 2005	16	59	4
Feb 2005	10	51	5
Mar 2005	15	27	24
Apr 2005	5	55	14
May 2005	237	14	2
Jun 2005	294	28	7
Jul 2005	237	26	6
Aug 2005	102	24	8
Sep 2005	290	17	4
Oct 2005	359	31	2
Nov 2005	166	30	10
Dec 2005	219	24	3
Jan 2006	202	20	6
Feb 2006	149	29	5
Mar 2006	169	31	12
Apr 2006	192	11	5
May 2006	215	9	6
Jun 2006	286	13	6
Jul 2006	408	13	6
Aug 2006	385	17	7
Sep 2006	348	33	19
Oct 2006	233	47	22
Nov 2006	83	40	20
Dec 2006	10	46	14
Jan 2007	6	61	24
Feb 2007	8	44	20
Mar 2007	7	40	12
Apr 2007	36	4	7
May 2007	38	9	6
Jun 2007	24	11	8
Jul 2007	16	11	5
Aug 2007	22	5	3
Sep 2007	17	7	6
Oct 2007	26	11	10
Nov 2007	16	10	4
Dec 2007	17	1	5
Jan 2008	13	5	13
Feb 2008	34	14	14
Mar 2008	34	9	12
Apr 2008	60	16	9
May 2008	18	14	6
Jun 2008	22	10	4
Jul 2008	43	11	9
Aug 2008	48	5	3
Sep 2008	36	10	13
Oct 2008	28	7	3
Nov 2008	34	5	5
Dec 2008	20	4	3
Jan 2009	38	8	4
Feb 2009	25	7	6
Mar 2009	28	6	5
Apr 2009	27	5	6
May 2009	23	4	6
Jun 2009	18	5	5
Jul 2009	16	10	5
Aug 2009	21	0	1
Sep 2009	22	4	6
Oct 2009	27	3	0
Nov 2009	23	8	5
Dec 2009	26	3	0
Jan 2010	19	0	3
Feb 2010	7	7	6
Mar 2010	19	11	3
Apr 2010	27	3	4
May 2010	29	7	4
Jun 2010	29	9	7
Jul 2010	20	2	4
Aug 2010	44	10	7
Sep 2010	37	15	13
Oct 2010	35	14	6
Nov 2010	34	13	3
Dec 2010	25	21	3
Jan 2011	31	4	5
Feb 2011	35	10	1
Mar 2011	37	8	8
Apr 2011	45	8	5
May 2011	50	4	1
Jun 2011	71	2	0
Jul 2011	59	7	3
Aug 2011	59	5	2
Sep 2011	33	12	2
Oct 2011	56	7	4
Nov 2011	48	47	5
Dec 2011	20	55	12
Jan 2012	17	84	6
Feb 2012	16	51	6
Mar 2012	10	51	9
Apr 2012	15	54	5
May 2012	41	90	12
Jun 2012	30	63	8
Jul 2012	24	54	6
Aug 2012	29	61	7
Sep 2012	20	98	14
Oct 2012	18	108	11
Nov 2012	31	82	3
Dec 2012	32	49	9
Jan 2013	25	68	8
Feb 2013	39	86	3
Mar 2013	25	75	7
Apr 2013	21	69	5
May 2013	18	79	6
Jun 2013	15	39	4
Jul 2013	17	71	8
Aug 2013	27	56	9
Sep 2013	24	59	7
Oct 2013	25	69	5
Nov 2013	23	81	4
Dec 2013	20	59	7
Jan 2014	13	44	6
Feb 2014	17	46	5
Mar 2014	18	54	28
Apr 2014	23	49	21
May 2014	18	45	12
Jun 2014	7	49	7
Jul 2014	17	44	14
Aug 2014	12	76	21
Sep 2014	10	76	22
Oct 2014	9	234	20
Nov 2014	17	136	19
Dec 2014	7	64	14
Jan 2015	18	46	12
Feb 2015	11	55	14
Mar 2015	15	47	19
Apr 2015	7	31	9
May 2015	7	47	14
Jun 2015	7	40	10
Jul 2015	5	45	12
Aug 2015	14	30	6
Sep 2015	37	40	13
Oct 2015	13	24	3
Nov 2015	16	30	10
Dec 2015	31	34	4
Jan 2016	35	29	7
Feb 2016	14	21	8
Mar 2016	40	18	11
Apr 2016	14	24	11
May 2016	19	35	9
Jun 2016	12	89	5
Jul 2016	25	30	3
Aug 2016	20	44	1
Sep 2016	40	65	10
Oct 2016	19	59	3
Nov 2016	22	66	5
Dec 2016	19	59	4
Jan 2017	30	133	5
Feb 2017	17	183	1
Mar 2017	6	185	3
Apr 2017	4	83	8
May 2017	2	54	7
Jun 2017	13	37	10
Jul 2017	37	33	7
Aug 2017	36	36	5
Sep 2017	67	65	4
Oct 2017	48	45	1
Nov 2017	89	73	4
Dec 2017	186	186	7
Jan 2018	63	59	5
Feb 2018	200	169	9
Mar 2018	71	70	3
Apr 2018	105	95	6
May 2018	86	86	7
Jun 2018	105	105	7
Jul 2018	82	80	5
Aug 2018	115	111	7
Sep 2018	135	133	5
Oct 2018	202	176	26
Nov 2018	178	178	6
Dec 2018	164	162	4
Jan 2019	144	143	2
Feb 2019	173	162	3
Mar 2019	185	177	11
Apr 2019	162	156	13
May 2019	163	159	6
Jun 2019	140	136	9
Jul 2019	188	177	15
Aug 2019	176	174	6
Sep 2019	240	230	5
Oct 2019	344	342	7
Nov 2019	314	308	6
Dec 2019	295	280	12
Jan 2020	280	241	6
Feb 2020	256	248	11
Mar 2020	204	204	4
Apr 2020	281	275	17
May 2020	209	209	10
Jun 2020	84	84	6
Jul 2020	113	110	11
Aug 2020	108	100	9
Sep 2020	89	87	8
Oct 2020	135	133	11
Nov 2020	90	83	9
Dec 2020	145	140	15
Jan 2021	166	154	13
Feb 2021	140	135	14
Mar 2021	109	107	4
Apr 2021	123	119	5
May 2021	122	117	13
Jun 2021	132	131	7
Jul 2021	107	105	10
Aug 2021	146	145	12
Sep 2021	115	114	14
Oct 2021	108	104	24
Nov 2021	85	81	16
Dec 2021	103	95	6
Jan 2022	107	105	14
Feb 2022	79	77	2
Mar 2022	63	58	8
Apr 2022	80	74	6
May 2022	66	68	15
Jun 2022	83	79	10
Jul 2022	45	45	1
Aug 2022	67	62	5
Sep 2022	49	47	12
Oct 2022	76	74	4
Nov 2022	56	56	7
Dec 2022	38	36	7
Jan 2023	48	44	9
Feb 2023	51	49	2
Mar 2023	32	31	8
Apr 2023	24	22	4
May 2023	36	29	11
Jun 2023	24	20	5
Jul 2023	34	34	6
Aug 2023	39	33	13
Sep 2023	37	37	4
Oct 2023	42	37	5
Nov 2023	47	34	11
Dec 2023	99	13	2
Jan 2024	64	1	1
Feb 2024	64	5	4
Mar 2024	237	7	2
Total	17912	15302	2080

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