Validation of Birth Certificate Data A Study of Women in New Jersey's HealthStart Program
Annals of EpidemiologyPublished 1 April 2001
Nancy E. Reichman
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Prenatal care use was over-reported, and alcohol, tobacco, transfer status, medical risk factors, obstetric procedures, as well as complications of labor and delivery were underreported.
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While many variables are reported very accurately on birth certificates, other measures must be used cautiously. Analyses using birth certificate data, particularly those focusing on high-risk women, need to take the low levels of sensitivity for many risk factors into consideration.
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