Table 1 Number of garbage-coded deaths (and percentage of all garbage-coded deaths) by ICD revision and method of determining redistribution parameters for cause of death data from 1980 to 2019
From: Public health utility of cause of death data: applying empirical algorithms to improve data quality
| Method | ICD-9 | ICD-10 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiple cause |
18,266,079 (35.1%) |
35,096,700 (30.8%) |
53,362,779 (32.2%) |
| Negative correlation |
11,711,386 (22.5%) |
34,410,369 (30.2%) |
46,121,755 (27.8%) |
| Impairment |
209,513 (0.4%) |
449,294 (0.4%) |
658,807 (0.4%) |
| Proportional redistribution |
21,796,259 (41.9%) |
43,851,463 (38.5%) |
65,647,722 (39.6%) |