Table 1.

Sensitivity and PPV for birth certificate diagnoses for selected birth defects identifiable at birth, 1995–2005

Note: Four infants had >1 birth defect diagnosis on their birth certificates.

^aSensitivity was defined as the percentage of live-born infants with a defect diagnosis recorded in the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program who had the same diagnosis documented on their birth certificate.

^bPPV was defined as the percentage of live-born infants with a birth defect diagnosis identified by birth certificates that had the same diagnosis detected by the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program.

^cOne or more of the six defects reported

PPV = positive predictive value