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Table 2 The proportion of missing information in death certificates from Izmir, 2010

From: Reliable mortality statistics for Turkey: Are we there yet?

Variables

Frequency of missing information

Sociodemographic characteristics of decedent (n = 18933)

n

%

The level of education

8325

44.0

Profession

8251

43.6

The place of birth

3229

17.1

Sex

31

0.2

Residential area

42

0.2

The date of birth

27

0.1

The date of death

0

0.0

Variables associated with death (n = 18933)

  

Did the death occur as a result of injury?

18186

96.1

The time of death

1063

5.6

Was an autopsy performed?

602

3.2

Place of death

370

2.0

Manner of death

202

1.1

Variables associated with stillbirths and infant deaths (n = 343)

  

The time of birth

285

83.1

The sequence of birth

142

41.4

Birth weight

93

27.1

The age of the mother

97

28.3

Gestation in weeks

102

29.7

The cause of death (n = 18933)

  

Causative chain

  

a line

433

2.3

b line

6441

34.0

c line

14190

74.9

d line

17849

94.3

The contributory cause of death

  

a line

17960

94.9

b line

18701

98.8