From: Accuracy and completeness of mortality data in the Department of Veterans Affairs
 | Source* | |||
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 | BIRLS-DF | MSID | MVS | SSA-DMF |
A. Death dates found in source | 229 | 35 | 246 | 272 |
B. Death dates from source used in combined data | 221 | 35 | 241 | 265 |
C. Death dates found only in source | 7 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
D. % found only in source (C/A) | 3.1% | 5.7% | 2.0% | 4.8% |
E. % of all dates in combined data found only in source (C/292) | 2.4% | 0.7% | 1.7% | 4.5% |