Reporting of clinically diagnosed dementia on death certificates: retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

mortality statistics are a frequently used source of information on deaths in dementia but are limited by concerns over accuracy.

Objective

to investigate the frequency with which clinically diagnosed dementia is recorded on death certificates, including predictive factors.

Methods

a retrospective cohort study assembled using a large mental healthcare database in South London, linked to Office for National Statistics mortality data. People with a clinical diagnosis of dementia, aged 65 or older, who died between 2006 and 2013 were included. The main outcome was death certificate recording of dementia.

Results

in total, 7,115 people were identified. Dementia was recorded on 3,815 (53.6%) death certificates. Frequency of dementia recording increased fr

SUBMITTER: Perera G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5027637 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature