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. 2012 Jun 24;12:86. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-86

Table 2.

Sensitivity of cause-of-death classification

  At risk Observed CVD deaths Expected CVD deaths Excess deaths (ED) Proportion of misclassified CVD deaths required to reduce the ED:s by 10,15 and 20 %
10% 15% 20%
Year of Diagnosis:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1973-1977
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
≤49 years
3339
35
11.9
23.1
6.6
10.0
13.1
50-59 years
3713
127
42.4
84.6
6.7
10.0
13.3
60-69 years
4522
600
205.3
394.7
6.6
9.9
13.2
70-79 years
4009
1313
621.8
691.2
5.3
7.9
10.5
Year of Diagnosis:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1978-1982
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
≤49 years
3447
28
10.5
17.5
6.4
9.3
12.5
50-59 years
3750
127
42.1
84.9
6.7
10.0
13.4
60-69 years
4933
607
219.4
387.6
6.4
9.6
12.8
70-79 years
4898
1592
733.7
859.3
5.4
8.1
10.8
Year of Diagnosis:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1983-1987
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
≤49 years
3894
29
9.5
19.5
6.9
10.0
13.4
50-59 years
3463
122
33.5
88.5
7.3
10.9
14.5
60-69 years
5055
571
203.1
367.9
6.4
9.7
12.9
70-79 years
5155
1554
696.3
857.7
5.5
8.3
11.0
Year of Diagnosis:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1988-1992
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
≤49 years
4640
44
12.2
31.8
7.3
10.9
14.5
50-59 years
4308
106
40.5
65.5
6.2
9.2
12.4
60-69 years
6200
598
240.6
357.4
6.0
9.0
12.0
70-79 years 5329 1485 630.9 854.1 5.8 8.6 11.5

The impact of misclassification of CVD deaths as non-CVD deaths among the cancer patients on excess mortality.