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. 2013 Jan 9;13:16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-16

Table 2.

Unweighted prevalence and concordance measures for chronic diseases using health administrative and self-reported data

Self-reported data Health administrative data    
Diabetes
Yes
No
Total
Kappa
0.80 (0.80, 0.81)
Yes
5,312
474
5,786
Sensitivity of self-report
0.73
No
1,867
77,848
79,715
Specificity of self-report
0.99
Total
7,179
78,322
85,501
Positive agreement
82%
(missing = 48)
 
 
Negative agreement
99%
 
Prevalence HA vs. SR
8.4% vs. 6.8%
Stroke
Yes
No
Total
 
 
Yes
433
1,020
1,453
Kappa
0.36 (0.34, 0.39)
No
453
83,592
84,045
Sensitivity of self-report
0.49
Total
886
84,612
85,498
Specificity of self-report
0.99
(missing = 51)
 
Positive agreement
37%
 
Negative agreement
99%
 
Prevalence HA vs. SR
1.0% vs. 1.7%
Hypertension
Yes
No
Total
 
 
Yes
15,314
2,530
17,844
Kappa
0.66 (0.65, 0.66)
No
8,284
59,293
67,577
Sensitivity of self-report
0.65
Total
23,598
61,823
85,421
Specificity of self-report
0.96
(missing = 128)
 
 
Positive agreement
74%
 
 
 
Negative agreement
92%
 
 
 
Prevalence HA vs. SR
27.6% vs. 20.8%
AMI*
Yes
No
Total
 
 
Yes
732
1,326
2,058
Kappa
0.48 (0.45, 0.50)
No
213
54,799
55,012
Sensitivity of self-report
0.77
Total
945
56,125
57,070
Specificity of self-report
0.98
(missing = 74)
 
 
Positive agreement
49%
 
 
Negative agreement
99%
 
 
Prevalence HA vs. SR
1.7% vs. 3.6%
CHF*
Yes
No
Total
 
 
Yes
413
458
871
Kappa
0.33 (0.30, 0.35)
No
1,151
55,042
56,193
Sensitivity of self-report
0.26
Total
1,564
55,500
57,064
Specificity of self-report
0.99
(missing = 80)
 
 
Positive agreement
34%
 
 
Negative agreement
99%
 
 
Prevalence HA vs. SR
2.7% vs. 1.5%
Asthma
Yes
No
Total
 
 
Yes
4,620
2,742
7,362
Kappa
0.55 (0.54, 0.56)
No
3,730
74,417
78,147
Sensitivity of self-report
0.55
Total
8,350
77,159
85,509
Specificity of self-report
0.96
(missing = 40)
 
 
Positive agreement
59%
 
 
 
Negative agreement
96%
 
 
 
Prevalence HA vs. SR
9.8% vs. 8.6%
COPD (≥ 35 years)
Yes
No
Total
 
 
Yes
1,880
1,842
3,722
Kappa
0.29 (0.27, 0.30)
No
5,474
56,916
62,390
Sensitivity of self-report
0.26
Total
7,354
58,758
66,112
Specificity of self-report
0.97
(missing = 12)
 
 
Positive agreement
34%
 
 
 
Negative agreement
94%
      Prevalence HA vs. SR 11.1% vs. 5.6%

*For CCHS cycle 1.1 and 2.1 — assumes ‘no’ to heart disease also means ‘no’ to AMI or CHF.

Abbreviations: AMI = acute myocardial infarction; CHF = congestive heart failure; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HA = health administrative data; SR = self-reported data.