Determining occupation for National Violent Death Reporting System records: An evaluation of autocoding programs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicide is a leading cause of death for working-age adults. Suicide risk varies across occupations. The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) collects information about violent deaths occurring in the United States. Occupation can be determined using autocoding programs with NVDRS data. The objective of this analysis is to determine the accuracy of autocoding programs for assigning occupations in the NVDRS.

Methods

Deaths from suicide were identified in NVDRS for individuals age 16 and older from 2010 to 2017. Occupations were assigned after processing job description free text with autocoding programs. Job assigned by autocoding program were compared with the occupation code recorded on the death certificate.

Results

Assignment of major occupatio

SUBMITTER: Davis J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8711134 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature