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© 1998 Oxford University Press

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NICE, a new cause of death classification for stillbirths and neonatal deaths

Ingrid GB Winboa,, Fredrik H Sereniusb, Gisela G Dahlquista and Bengt AJ Källénc

aDepartment of Pediatrics, Umeä University Sweden
bDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Uppsala Sweden
cTomblad Institute, University of Lund Sweden

Reprint requests: Dr Ingrid Winbo, Department of Pediatrics, Umeä University Hospital, S-90185 Umeä Sweden

BACKGROUND: Stillbirths and neonatal deaths are often the result of a complicated chain of events. For epidemiological purposes a classification into single cause of death groups is essential. For large-scale studies, a method is needed which enables such grouping based on available register data.

METHODS: A cause of death dassification system called NICE is presented. It is hierarchical and is aetiologicafly orientated. A computerized method is adapted which makes use of data in four central Swedish registries. A validation of the computer method has been made from the medical records on a 10% sample of all stillbirths and neonatally dead infants in Sweden from 1983 to 1990.

RESULTS: The specificity of the computer method is high, sensitivity is less satisfactory for some subgroups. A time trend analysis illustrates the usefulness of the classification system and shows a decline with time for two groups: placental abruption and obstetric complications.

CONCLUSIONS: The NICE classification system fulfils the criteria of an aetiologically orientated classification system which can be used in a computerized environment.

Keywords Cause of death, perinatal, neonatal, classification

Accepted 22 September 1997


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