The final analysis dataset comprised 46 139 ABS
death records linked to 648 746 records from population datasets: APD n = 511 949, EDDC n = 135 657, RBDM birth registration records (mothers) n = 194, RBDM birth registration records (infants) n = 332, PDC records (mothers) n = 211, and PDC records (infants) n = 403.
Not exact matches
After going into some of the theories of how the evidence about Jesus could have been «tampered» with along the way, he then shows how each theory does not have the evidence to support it, and in the following chapters, goes «
link by
link» through the chain of custody to show how the Gospel
records we have today are an accurate reflection of what was originally written down, and are also an accurate account of what actually happened during the life,
death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
My reaction was one of sadness, frustration, and worry: sadness that a young athlete simply assumed that he had CTE as a result of a single concussion and considered it to be a
death sentence; frustration that, despite concerted efforts by researchers and clinicians, along with some in the media, to set the
record straight on CTE, the prevailing media narrative continues to be that concussions or repetitive subconcussive blows «cause» chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), that CTE «causes» former athletes to commit suicide, and that such causal
links are proven scientific fact (they're not); and, finally, worry: concern about the consequences of the football = CTE and CTE = suicide memes in the real world.
You will notice that the 2009 report you
linked to in your post
records only «stillbirth» or «neonatal
death» no further information is provided.
Hunting
records from the mid-20th century include data on seal mortality, Pelland says; comparing these data might help identify a direct
link between winds and pup
deaths.
Every
death is
recorded and
Link emits a tiny scream every time he fell in battle... And it turns out I died a lot.
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Record Japan Heat Leads to 32
Deaths in One Week
Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
death registration data for NSW
linked with
records of the NSW Admitted Patient Data, NSW Emergency Department Data Collection, NSW Perinatal Data Collection and Registry of Births,
Deaths and Marriages birth registration data; ABS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander estimated resident population NSW 20072; and standard
death rates were obtained using ABS Australian
death data 2006 and the estimated resident Australian population 2006 14.
This study estimates the level of increased reporting of
deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in NSW on the ABS
death data that is achieved by using
linked records from a range of health and health - related datasets, and the impact on mortality rates.
Reporting of
deaths was enhanced from
linked records using two methods, and effects on patterns of demographic characteristics and mortality indicators were examined.
If at least one
linked record reported the person as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander then the
death was considered to be of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.
Information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is drawn from all
linked records and used to «enhance» information on the ABS
death data.
Previous work using
linked death and hospital
records found that an algorithm relying on the number of
linked records and number of hospitals reporting a person as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander resulted in a higher number of reported
deaths than an algorithm relying on a proportion of
linked records and / or hospitals [8].
The level of reporting of
deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in NSW on ABS
death data based on enhancement with the algorithm (74.4 %) is similar to that found by ABS for NSW
deaths in a eleven - month period in 2006 and 2007 using
linked death and Census
records (76.3 %)[3].
There were no
linked records for 3.9 % of ABS
death records.
As hospital
records comprised 78.9 % of the
linked records and hospitalisation is more common among older people, there was a greater opportunity to enhance reporting of
deaths among older Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people compared to younger people.
Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics
death data
linked with
records of the NSW Admitted Patient Data, NSW Emergency Department Data Collection, NSW Perinatal Data Collection and Registry of Births,
Deaths and Marriages birth registration data.
ABS
death data were deterministically
linked to RBDM
death registration
records using the
death registration number.
We considered various approaches to assessing the weight of evidence from
linked records where a person was reported as non-Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander on the ABS
death record or where this information was missing.
In order to create the observed difference of 128
deaths between the two enhancement methods in this study, a misclassification rate of about 1.9 per 10,000
linked records would be required.
There was at least one
linked record for 44 328 (96.1 %)
deaths.
Baseline reporting of
deaths on the ABS data is compared with two methods of enhancement: first, where there is any
linked record that indicates a person is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; and second, an algorithm that uses a weight of evidence to report a person as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
Using a
record linkage method (
linking Census to
death registrations data), the ABS estimated that the rate of reporting of
deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was 76 % in 2006 — 07 [3].
One examines the characteristics of
linked and unlinked
records for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
deaths in more depth (
Death registrations to Census linkage project - Key Findings for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 2011 - 12, cat.
number of
deaths in
linked records by Census Indigenous status, by state / territory and age groups;
number of
deaths in
linked records reported as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in
death registrations, by state / territory and age groups;
This enabled a high level of quality control through manual checking to the point where virtually all
links assigned in this project are assessed as true
links; that is, the
death registration and Census
record belong to the same individual.
At the completion of the linkage, 93 % of
death registrations had been
linked to a Census
record.