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Table 4 Crude under-reporting rate of mortality from field survey 2009-2011a

From: Propensity score weighting for addressing under-reporting in mortality surveillance: a proof-of-concept study using the nationally representative mortality data in China

Variable

Crude under-reporting rates

Total

2009

2010

2011

Geographic region

 East

10.2(1232/12026)

10.6(1325/12466)

8.9(1083/12173)

9.9

 Central

12.1(1223/10114)

10.3(1044/10120)

10.6(1079/10211)

11.0

 West

19.8(1630/8241)

18.0(1481/8229)

17.6(1496/8517)

18.4

Sex

 Male

13.1(2289/17470)

12.3(2173/17711)

11.8(2111/17900)

12.4

 Female

13.9(1796/12911)

12.8(1677/13104)

11.9(1547/13001)

12.9

Rural/urban

 Urban

12.1(1584/13074)

11.1(1496/13473)

8.9(1196/13460)

10.7

 Rural

14.5(2501/17307)

13.6(2354/17342)

14.1(2462/17441)

14.1

Age (years)

 0-5

17.4(76/438)

22.0(89/405)

19.6(64/326)

19.6

 6-14

21.2(54/255)

17.8(48/270)

18.2(45/248)

19.0

 15-44

13.9(372/2669)

14.4(345/2394)

13.8(327/2363)

14.1

 45-64

14.1(960/6833)

12.1(827/6836)

11.6(818/7055)

12.6

 65+

13.0(2623/20186)

12.2(2541/20910)

11.5(2404/20909)

12.2

Cause of death

 Cancer

11.8(849/7180)

10.2(747/7340)

10.1(746/7420)

10.7

 Cardiovascular diseases

13.6(1784/13091)

13.2(1802/13683)

12.0(1641/13658)

12.9

 Respiratory diseases

16.3(459/2810)

12.5(351/2802)

13.7(373/2715)

14.2

 Nervous system diseases

9.4(39/413)

11.2(48/427)

11.4(49/431)

10.7

 Digestive system diseases

12.4(93/749)

10.6(75/709)

10.5(78/740)

11.2

 Urinary system diseases

11.7(47/403)

13.0(52/400)

11.6(43/371)

12.1

 Congenital anomalies

17.9(22/123)

16.0(21/131)

17.2(20/116)

17.0

 Injury

14.1(367/2610)

14.4(353/2448)

12.6(318/2516)

13.7

 Infectious diseases

12.1(124/1029)

11.0(105/953)

11.1(111/997)

11.4

 Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

21.3(34/160)

27.3(39/143)

19.8(23/116)

22.9

 Other diseases

14.7(267/1813)

14.5(257/1779)

14.1(256/1821)

14.4

 Total

13.5(4085/30381)

12.5(3850/30815)

11.8(3658/30901)

12.6

  1. aData shown as rates (No. of under-reported cases/No. of total death cases)