From: Comparing strategies for United States veterans' mortality ascertainment
 | BIRLS Only Strategy | Death Certificate Only Strategy | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cases identified by BIRLS | Additional cases identified by death certificates | P-value | Cases identified by death certificates | Additional cases identified by BIRLS | P-value |
Number of cases | 6,387 | 2,426 | Â | 8,124 | 689 | Â |
Age (years) | 70.86 | 71.15 | 0.8253 | 70.95 | 70.79 | 0.6891 |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Male | 98 | 97 | 0.2733 | 98 | 98 | 0.8662 |
Race / Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   White | 57 | 54 |  | 58 | 31 | <0.001 |
   Black | 12 | 8 |  | 11 | 6 |  |
   Hispanic | 5 | 5 |  | 5 | 1 |  |
   Other | 2 | 2 |  | 2 | 1 |  |
   Missing | 24 | 31 | <0.001 | 23 | 61 |  |
Marital Status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Married | 46 | 49 |  | 47 | 45 | 0.0028 |
   Single | 16 | 13 |  | 15 | 16 |  |
   Divorced | 23 | 24 |  | 23 | 23 |  |
   Widowed | 11 | 12 |  | 11 | 11 |  |
   Missing | 4 | 2 | 0.0002 | 3 | 6 |  |
State of Residence | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   California | 92 | 99 |  | 99 | 38 |  |
   Non-California | 8 | 1 | <0.001 | 1 | 62 | <0.001 |
Diagnosis | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Cancer | 35 | 32 | 0.0426 | 35 | 17 | <0.001 |
   CHF | 22 | 19 | 0.0175 | 22 | 7 | <0.001 |
   COPD | 28 | 24 | 0.0002 | 28 | 11 | <0.001 |
   ESLD | 6 | 4 | 0.0327 | 6 | 3 | 0.0010 |
   ESRD | 3 | 1 | <0.0001 | 3 | 0 | 0.001 |
   Dementia | 11 | 11 | 0.9656 | 11 | 3 | <0.001 |
   HIV | 1 | 1 | 0.1586 | 1 | 0 | 0.0621 |
Complexity Index | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   0 | 35 | 37 |  | 32 | 69 |  |
   1 | 35 | 39 |  | 38 | 22 |  |
   2 | 22 | 18 |  | 22 | 6 |  |
   3 | 7 | 5 |  | 7 | 2 |  |
   4 | 1 | 1 | <0.0001 | 1 | 0 | <0.001 |
Site of Utilization | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Any inpatient |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   Any long term | 45 | 29 | <0.0001 | 42 | 21 | <0.001 |
care | 20 | 12 | <0.0001 | 19 | 7 | <0.001 |
   Any outpatient | 95 | 96 | 0.0225 | 95 | 96 | 0.1218 |