Introduction of electronic death notification in Norway-Impact on diabetes mortality registration.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We studied changes in death statistics by deaths from diabetes mellitus (DM) after introduction of mandatory online death certificate (DC) submission in Norway.

Materials and methods

Information on deaths with DM mentioned in the DCs from year 2017 (DCs submitted on paper) to 2022 (DCs submitted online) was collected from the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry (NCoDR), Sex, age, year of death and type of DC (paper (pDC) vs electronic (eDC)) was registered. In DCs with DM as underlying cause of death (UCOD), all codes (International classification of diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10)), their original position in the DC and place of death were collected. DM was classified as type-1, type-2 and other. Differences between 2017 and 2022 according to use of unspecified

SUBMITTER: Eng HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11611212 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature