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Training of Certifiers in the United States
Donna L. HoyertRobert N. Anderson
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
US Vital Statistics SystemDecentralized systemState vital statistics laws and regulations57 registration areas
Funeral directors, physicians, medical examiners or coroners
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Scale2.4 million deaths annually 700,000-800,000 practicing physicians, medical examiners, and coronersSkewed distribution of certification
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Training in Decentralized SystemNot NCHS’ responsibility to train certifiersNCHS helps facilitate training but does more
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Workshops on Improving Cause-of-Death Statistics
Sponsors: NCHS & National Committee on Vital and Health StatisticsAttendees:
Federal vital statistics staffState vital statistics staffProfessional organization representatives
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Workshop Recommendations
Need broad-based educational training of certifiers
Multiple approachesMultiple encounters
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Workshop Recommendations
Training message:Importance of cause-of-death statisticsValue of statistics in improving the practice of medicineMechanics of completing the death certificate
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Workshop Recommendations
Training Timing:Medical school- Minimal orientation to process but emphasis on importance of statistics and physician contributionInternship and residency- key time to begin training physicians
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Follow through on Workshop Recommendations
Recommendations concerning training &:Medical schoolInternship & residency Licensure & board certificationPracticing physiciansMedical examiners and coronersHospitalsInformation dissemination and softwareOther areas
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Workshop Results
Workshop reports widely distributedResolutions of supportNotices of initiative in variety of publicationsNCHS produced additional training materialStates may have increased effortsOther promising developments withered
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Training MaterialsInstructions on death certificateLaminated instructionsHandbooks etc.ExhibitsPresentationsWeb page
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Instructions on death certificateExamples and some instructionsPurpose: To make sure instructions are available to every certifier who is completing a death certificate
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Instructions in an electronic death registration system
NCHS recommendations for help screens, prompts, and queries on an electronic death certificate developed in 1999
Above recommendations were incorporated into the Death edit specifications for 2003 revision (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/FinalDeathSpecs2-22-05.pdf)
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Laminated instructions2 separate pages of instructionsPurpose: To provide certifiers with a quick and handy reference
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Handbooks and other publications
NCHS handbooksSeries report CAP manualsJournal articles
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Handbooks
Text, instructions, examplesPurpose: To provide more detailed instructions tailored to physician or medical examiner and coroner
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Other publicationsText, instructions, examplesPurpose: To distribute instructions and examples in medical professional’s own language differently
ExhibitMain panel, 4 table top panels, variety of educational handoutsPurpose: To bring and distribute training materials directly to certifiers and to educate them about the importance of accurate cause-of-death certification
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Illustration: Old Exhibit Display
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Cause-of-death information is used to improve quality of lifeand increase life expectancy for Americans
Accurate death certificates are importantfor improving the health status of the Nation
National Center for Health StatisticsNational Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems
Mortality trends in the United States
Acc id en t d ea th r a t esa r e g rea t er th an r a t esfo r m an y cau s es a tyo un ger a ge gr ou p san d in c rea s em od er a t el y w it h age.HIV d ea th r a t es p ea kfo r age grou p s 25 -34an d 35 -4 4 . Can cerd ea t h ra t es in cr ea s eq u ick ly w it h age bef o r elev el in g off a t 75 -8 4an d 85 +. Hea r t d isea sed ea t h ra t es ar e h ighrel a t ive t o o th er ca u s esfo r ch ild ren u n der 1 ,lo w fo r ages 1 -4 an d 5-14 an d in c rea s e fo rea ch su b seq uen t age
Contribution in months to improvement in life expectancy
Mortality Trends 1979-97Age-adjusted rate per 100,000 standard populationRate per 100,000 live births
Congenital anomalies
SIDS
Disorders relatingtoshortgestationand unspecified lowbirthweight RDS
Newbornaffectedbymaternal complicationsof pregnancy
Age -ad ju s t ed d ea th ra tes for Ch ron icobs t ru ct ive p u lm on ary d is e as e s an d a llie dco nd it ion s h ave in cre ased fa ir ly s tead ily s in ce1979 wh ile ra tes for HIV in cre asedd ram a t ica lly from 1987 t o 1 995 an d h aved ro pp ed s in ce . Rat es for can ce r h ave b eenre lat ive ly s t ab le b u t h ave d ecre as ed s in ce1990 . Ra tes h ave d ecre ased fo r h e ar t d isea se,s t ro k e, an d accid en t s .
Heartdisease
Stroke
Rate per 100,000 live births
Major causes of death influencing the change inlife expectancy between 1995 and 1996
Sou rc e: C DC/N CH S, National Vital Stat ist ics System
HIV infection
Heart disease
Cancer
Homicide
Suicide
Stroke
Diabetes
COPD
Hepatitis
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Lif e e xp e cta ncy in c rea sed fr o m 75 .8 ye ars in 19 95 t o 7 6.1 yea rs in 1 996 fo r a to t al c han ge of0 .3 ye ars (i.e ., 3 .6 m on ths ). Th e to t al ch an ge is t he com b in a t ion of i nc r ea s in g mo rt a lit y fo rs o m e cau ses an d d ec r eas ing mo rta lit y fo r o t h er cau ses . T h is cha r t sh o ws th e co n t r ibu t ion o fs p ec if ic c au s es , bo t h p os i t ive an d n ega t iv e, to t h e o ver a ll im p rov em en t in life expe ct an cy.
Death rates for selected causes by age, 1997
Sou rce : C DC /NCH S, Nat ional Vita l Stat istics System , preli minar y data .
Rate per 100,000 population
Accidents
HIV
Heartdisease
Under 11-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85+0.1
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Infant mortality rates for SIDS by month, US 1989-96
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Sou rce: CDC /NCHS, National Vital Stat ist ics Syste m.
SIDS m o rt a lit y ra t es fo llow a sea son a l p a t ter n with h igh ra t es in t h e win t er a nd lowra tes in t h e su m m er . In fan t m o rt a lit y r a tes fo r SIDS d ec rea sed ab ou t 44 per cen t
Sourc e: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Stat ist ics System. Preliminary data are basis for 1997 da ta.
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HIV
All age groups
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Inf an t m or ta lit y ra te s ha ve d ecr ea sed fo re a ch o f t h es e cond it ion s s in ce 1 995 .De cr ea se s fo r SIDS a nd RDS have beenr e lat ively r ap id in re ce n t yea rs ; r a tes f orco ng en it al a no m al ie s a n d ne wbo rn a ffec te db y m at ern al co m p lic at io ns o f pr eg n an cyh a ve g en er a lly dec re as ed s in c e 1 979 . Rat esfo r d is or d er s r elat ing to sho rt ges ta t io n andun sp ecif ie d low bi rt hw e ight h ave been m o rev ar ia b le.
Cancer
COPD
Accidents
1980 1985 1990 1995 199
Some Exhibit LocationsAmerican College of PhysiciansAmerican Academy of PhysiciansAmerican Society of Internal MedicineAmerican Public Health AssociationAmerican College of CardiologyAmerican Society of Clinical OncologyNational Medical AssociationNational Association of Medical ExaminersNational Association for Public Health Statistics and Information SystemsAmerican Geriatrics SocietyAmerican Academy of Family PhysiciansNational Funeral Directors Association
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Training PresentationsTailored instructional presentation and power pointPurpose: To train certifiers
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Web PageLinks to training resourcesPurpose: To help disseminate information
URL:http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/handbk.htm
Thank you for your attention.
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