ACCURACY OF DEATH CERTIFICATE DIAGNOSIS OF INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE AND NONHEMORRHAGIC STROKE

The validity of death certificate diagnosis of stroke and its type as the underlying cause of death was investigated in a sample of in-hospital deaths of possible stroke cases from the Minnesota Heart Survey. The 228 in-hospital deaths in 1970 and the 180 deaths in 1980 had a stroke diagnosis either on hospital discharge records or as the underlying cause of death on the death certificate. Relative to a standardized physician diagnosis, positive...